The 3rd leg of the Celtic Mist’s grand tour was taking it from Killybegs to Ballycastle providing an opportunity to look at cetacean activity over the Tuns Bank. This area has been on local (northern) IWDG cetacean watchers ‘to do’ list for some time. There is evidence, gathered some time ago as part of a
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Leg Four of the sanctuary cruise commenced in Rathlin on Monday the 30th of May after the crew was changed over on the previous day. The weather conditions were largely calm with a chill in the air and sea fog obscuring our view of the nearby beach. We were awoken by the haunting fog horn
The Celtic Mist was diverted from its southward cruise plan down the East coast of Northern Ireland following the confirmed sighting report of an immature bowhead whale off of Carlingford Lough on Sunday the 29th of May. The vessel departed Carrickfergus Marina in Belfast Lough at approximately 4:30am on Tuesday the 31st of May
Report II, June 1st 2016 IWDG's yacht the Celtic Mist diverted to the Carlingford Lough area yesterday May 31st and after a search of the immediate area did not locate the bowhead whale. She then undertook a series of line transects covering both inshore and offshore waters in the area which also produced no sightings.
Part One: Leg three of the Celtic Mist Sanctuary Cruise began on Monday the 23rd in Killybegs. Shortly after breakfast the ship was visited by some thirty pupils from the nearby national school. Due to the size of the group, they were split into two sections and the marine biology crew on board gave presentations
Fom Wednesday the 18th to Wednesday the 26th of May 2016 I had the privilege of being part of the visual observation team on board R.V. Celtic Voyager as she carried out Passive Acoustic Monitoring (or PAM) as part of the ObSERVE acoustic monitoring program, a government funded project assessing the importance of the Irish
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Celtic Mist sets sail from Galway bay to Killybegs 16/05/2016 Leg two of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Anniversary Sanctuary tour has kicked off to a great start! The crew were ecstatic to learn from a local dive group that basking sharks and one bottle nose dolphin were spotted just outside of Galway Bay as they
For the past three days the Celtic Mist and its crew have been surveying the waters around the Aran Islands for whales, dolphins and other marine wild-life. We have had a very exciting few days with sightings of humpbacks, minke whales and common dolphins, we also encountered many basking sharks, a couple of grey seals,
Cloudy with a chance of Humpbacks What an epic day! The first day of the Celtic Mist Anniversary Sanctuary Tour has gotten off to an amazing start. An optimistic crew left Fenit this morning on board the Celtic Mist headed for Inis Mor. As we prepared for our trip the night before, we discussed some