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
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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: –
Irish musician Liam O’Maonlai will narrate the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group supported film ‘Humpback Whales of the Cape Verde’. Shot in Cape Verde, the islands of Malta and Ireland over six months, the film follows IWDG scientist Dr Simon Berrow and an international team of marine scientists as they try and prove humpback whales
On 3 July, a juvenile cetacean was found live stranded at Cappagh Strand, Cloghane, Co. Kerry. Its young age was apparent with a length of 1.2m and the presence of neo natal folds. The calf was refloated but died later. Later that night, a larger whale around 5m in length was spotted close by in
Greetings from the North Atlantic! Michael Marrinan and Marissa Parker here, marine mammal observers on board the RV Celtic Explorer as she carries out an acoustic survey of the Northwest herring stock. Our role on board is to spend three weeks observing and recording any megafauna that we may encounter on behalf of the Irish