IWDG were informed on the passing away of Colm O’Riordan. Colm worked at the National Museum of Ireland (Natural History) as keeper and was very interested in recording whales and dolphins as well as turtles and other marine megafauna of interest. The Whale Recording Scheme in Ireland is one of the longest running in the world
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At around 11:30am on Monday 5th October I received an email saying that a dead whale had washed up on Portstewart strand. I had never seen a stranded whale before and curiosity got the better of me so I headed up to the coast after lunch to see what was happening. It was easy to
Updated 19 October 2015 Lots of fin whale activity southeast of Mine head last Wednesday evening and Thursday. We counted a minimum of 5 animals as the light was fading on Wednesday evening and from sunrise on Thursday morning we observed whale blows to the south and later passed closer to a minimum of 7
This is a quick update on where we are with the website, the issues we've run into and a request for some software development help. As you may have noticed we are in the process of updating our website at IWDG.ie and making it mobile friendly. We had planned to do this in a phased
On Sunday 23rd August the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group delivered Whale Watch Ireland 2015. This All–Ireland Whale Watch day comprised free, guided whale watches at 20 sites throughout the country. This event now in its 15th year is one of the largest events on the Irish wildlife calendar and was attended by 850 whale
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of Chris Wilson, following a short illness. Chris was the driving force behind the IWDG Rosslare to Pembroke ferry surveys since 2008 and led most of the surveys himself. Chris was an all round naturalist and a gentleman. He was a font of knowledge
At 7.30am last Thursday 6th I received a call from Louise Overy about pilot whales that had stranded at Gowlane Beach in Brandon Bay. It being a short distance from my house I was on the scene shortly after the call. Upon arrival at the beach I could see that there were 3 stranded pilot
Humans have been fascinated by the power, beauty and sometimes vital savagery of the natural world for at least as long as history can tell us. And from the very beginning of history to the modern day this fascination has shown little signs of fading. However, this fascination has commonly come at a high cost
There is now broad consensus from cetacean experts on both sides of the Atlantic that this is a confirmed sighting of a beluga whale from Co. Antrim yesterday 30th July. This is a significant record of this extreme vagrant in Irish waters. STOP THE PRESS!!A BELUGA WHALE has been filmed off Northern Ireland by Gordon
Following recent incidents, involving interaction between the wild dolphin off Inis Oírr and people swimming off the beach on the Island, a number of actions have been agreed following a meeting held on Monday 20th July between Comhar Caomhán Teo, Galway County Council and the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. The agreed actions include: –