The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) invites you to join them for a land-based whale watch next Saturday, 25th August 2018 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The purpose of whale watch day is to raise awareness of the 25 species of cetaceans (porpoises, dolphins and whales) recorded to date in all Irish waters,
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Young Clare resident, Joshua Quinton, offered to undertake a sponsored paraglide to help raise money to buy the IWDG a new jeep. After a number of delays and cancellations he finally got to take to the skies in Italy. Thank you so much Josh for your generous gesture and money raised Josh with new
UPDATE More coming in, from Inishboffin, Inisowen and a floating carcass seen from Celtic Explorer this morning may have been a beaked whale !! Pollen Bay, Isle of Dooagh, Co Donegal. Photo courtesy of Conor McGuckin UPDATE: A whale washed up on Falcarragh, Co Donegal could be another Cuviers and kayacker Paul Duggan found a
It is with regret the IWDG say goodbye and thanks to Paul Kiernan as he heads off to Italy on a new posting at the Irish Embassy. Paul has been the IWDG Welfare Officer over the past six -year and has taken this part of our remit to a new level. IWDG often stated
Update 31st July 2018….For those of you who missed last night's whale programme on RTE Nationwide, it's available on this link on RTE Player. https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/nationwide-21/10914503/ Hope you enjoy it. IWDG were approached by RTE Nationwide last year, with a view to recording a piece on whales, whale watching and the group's conservation/research work.
by Alexandra McInturf On Monday, July 16th, Celtic Mist floated among the many clippers docked in Lough Foyle, all of which were adorned with colourful flags in the spirit of the local maritime festival. The ship itself would be recognizable to those familiar with the IWDG; however, the same could not be said for her
Celtic Mist arrived in Derry on Sunday night after a 4000km, eight week expedition to Iceland. Read about the final leg of this at https://iwdg.ie/iceland2018/post.php?id=13 Celtic Mist is currently travelling from Derry to Galway, due in on Sunday where it wil lbe for 2 weeks for some maintenance and day trips before attrending Cruinniú na mBád Festival
the IWDG have recently signed a letter to the Icelandic government requesting an immediate ceasation of commercial whaling on fin whales follwing the reported capture of a rare blue x fin whale hybrid. This capture is outside their license and blue whales are fully protected, as they are still severly depleted after years of over-expliotation. A blue
IWDG in collaboration with the National Biodiversity Data Centre are hosting a one day course at the IWDG headquarters in Kilrush, Co Clare. This workshop will help participants identify and record both whales, dolphins and porpoise sighted or stranded in Ireland and will help attendees develop their field skills. Based in the Shannon Dolphin Centre
The final leg of Ireland to Iceland 2018, IWDG Humpback whale Expedition to Iceland has just been completed. Six weeks after leaving Dublin, Celtic Mist arrived in Eskifjorŏur from Húsavik, the final destination in East Fjords. Read about it on https://iwdg.ie/iceland2018/post.php?id=12 So the survey of Iceland is over, now it’s the long passage back to Ireland via the