To celebrate the official launch of the IWDG's 2018 expedition to Iceland, Inis and the IWDG will be at Grand Canal Quay from 2 pm – 5 pm on Sunday, 20th May. Come along for a fun-filled afternoon and meet our crew and marine scientists. We will have some whale and dolphin biofacts and some prizes
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National Biodiversity Week runs from May 19th – 27th, 2018. The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group have a series of events over the week to spread the word on Irish whales and dolphins and how best to spot them. Whales and dolphins off the Northwest, Sat. 19th May, 7:30 pm – further details here Whalewatch, Brandon Point,
Preparations for our expedition to Iceland are in full swing. Volunteers have been working tirelessly over the past few weeks, with painting and sailing preparations on our research vessel, Celtic Mist, which is currently moored in Charlotte Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2. Celtic Mist sets sail at the end of May and you can
In recent weeks we've been receiving sighting reports from skipper Colin Barnes, Cork Whale Watch of quite astonishing numbers of minke whales that have been building steadily during April in the waters offshore of Union Hall & High Island extending east to Galley Head in West Cork. So we ventured out with Colin on the
A big thanks and well done to Joshua Quinton! Joshua completed his paraglide to raise funds for the IWDG on Bank Holiday Monday. He's raised an amazing €320 so far, and there's still time to support Joshua's campaign at https://www.gofundme.com/joshua-quinton039s-paraglide-for-iwdg Here are some shots from the day – Joshua with his co-pilot and then flying high
The early flurry of humpback whale activity off the Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork last week culminated in good enough sea conditions on 31st March for IWDG's MMO Officer Patrick Lyne to get out on the water to try and secure some Photo ID images and data. These calls can be a bit of a gamble,
Report II. 31st March 2018 For any wildlife enthusiasts or whale watchers who'd like to try and see these humpback whales, especially if you are already in the Beara Peninsula or West Cork area, they have also been observed in the area off Horn Point, near Crow Head on both Thursday 29th & this morning
What makes for an interesting cetacean sighting record? Take the most recent sightings feature we wrote up here on www.iwdg.ie, which was Nick Massett's account of the killer whale pair in Dingle Bay on March 5th. There was actually nothing all that unusual about a pair of killer whales passing through the Blaskets, but it
For those of you who missed tonight's main RTE News, click on this link and scroll down to end of article for footage of the two killer whales known as John Coe and the other who is likely to Aquarius. https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2018/0307/945741-whales-blasket-islands/ Just looking back on our validated sighting records of this individual, we attach
Yesterday morning, Monday 5th March was a rare day of calm seas, but was all the motivation that IWDG's Nick Massett needed to brush the snow off his RIB and headed out into Dingle Bay, with crew Britta Wilkens and Simon Crompton to see what the cetacean activity was like. They weren't disappointed. Initially they