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
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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
9 May 2016 The Celtic Mist 25th Anniversary Sanctuary Tour launched this Sunday in Fenit, starting our 3 month round Ireland cruise. A blog of our adventures so far is coming soon, so keep an eye out on our website. You can track us as we go on our website here http://www.iwdg.ie/ as we may
The collaboration between Inis/Fragrances of Ireland and IWDG is now in its 12th year. Inis are based in Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow at the foot of the lovely Sugarloaf mountain, www.fragrancesofireland.com have remarkably been IWDG's sole Corporate Core Funder during this period, and huge credit is due to them for maintaining financial support during the toughest
A quick look at the total number of strandings reported to IWDG for the first three months of 2016 show the highest figure ever yet recorded on the strandings database. Between 1 January and 31 March 2016, 91 strandings were recorded in Ireland, up from 68 in the same period in 2015 and 15 more
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On April 9th Ciaran Cronin reported a humpback whale off Bray Head, Valentia Island, Co. Kerry. This was an early Kerry humpback sighting, but wasn’t without precedent. In recent years humpbacks have been seen in April, but these tended to be isolated events, involving single animals observed once or twice. It is the consistency of
Report III April 14 2016 Successfully tagged five basking sharks off Kilkee, Co Clare on Wednesday with individually numbered coloured tags. Also obtained samples for genetic analysis. Check out youtbe video of tagging attempt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMYFs6pPrGA and More footage of tagging and sampling basking sharks off Kilkee, Co Clare with the Irish Basking Shark Study Group,
IWDG recieved our 1st humpback whale report of the 2016 large whale season from Ciaran Cronin, of Wildeye on Saturday morning, April 9th from Valentia Island, Co. Kerry. This sighting was of an adult animal that surfaced among large no's of gannets and newly arrived manx shearwaters within 150 m of the cliffs at Bray