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Report II, 09/08/2014 A compilation of validated sighting reports from West Cork area between the Old Head of Kinsale and the Kedge area suggests there are likely to be upwards of 30 fin whales along this 50 km stretch of coastline now, but this estimate may be conservative. Colin Barnes who has spent several weeks now

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Report II, 09/08/2014 A compilation of validated sighting reports from West Cork area between the Old Head of Kinsale and the Kedge area suggests there are likely to be upwards of 30 fin whales along this 50 km stretch of coastline now, but this estimate may be conservative. Colin Barnes who has spent several weeks now

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Wild Ireland Tour

For those unable to get to sea the second best way to travel is on a bike ! Dr Liam Lysaght, manager of the National Biodiversity Data Centre is cycling around Ireland to celebrate Ireland's wild places and those who ar etrying to protect and conserve them. His aim is to cycle around the island

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Wild Ireland Tour

For those unable to get to sea the second best way to travel is on a bike ! Dr Liam Lysaght, manager of the National Biodiversity Data Centre is cycling around Ireland to celebrate Ireland's wild places and those who ar etrying to protect and conserve them. His aim is to cycle around the island

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Great footage taken today from waters c150 miles off the Irish southwest coast of a breaching whale taken from Casa 253 by the Irish Air Corps during a scheduled flight The diagnostic white right lower jaw and tall blow, confirms this to be a fin whale, although breaching is a behaviour typically associated with other

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Great footage taken today from waters c150 miles off the Irish southwest coast of a breaching whale taken from Casa 253 by the Irish Air Corps during a scheduled flight The diagnostic white right lower jaw and tall blow, confirms this to be a fin whale, although breaching is a behaviour typically associated with other

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Update 28th July. Celtic Mist Visiting hours, Galway Marina Tuesday 29th July – 3pm to 6pm – Contact Padraic de Bhaldraithe, Wednesday 30th July – 4pm to 7pm – Contact Connie Moloney Thursday 31st July – 4pm to 7pm – Contact Tony O'Callaghan Friday 1st August – 4pm to 7pm – Contact Deirdre Slevin Members

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Update 28th July. Celtic Mist Visiting hours, Galway Marina Tuesday 29th July – 3pm to 6pm – Contact Padraic de Bhaldraithe, Wednesday 30th July – 4pm to 7pm – Contact Connie Moloney Thursday 31st July – 4pm to 7pm – Contact Tony O'Callaghan Friday 1st August – 4pm to 7pm – Contact Deirdre Slevin Members

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We’ve written many articles on the “Big Winged New-Englander” on this site and on IWDG publications and magazines since the late 1990’s.  By now it is hardly news that Ireland has gained a reputation, among researchers, film makers and the wider whale-watching community, as a great place to study, film and observe humpback whales. It

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We’ve written many articles on the “Big Winged New-Englander” on this site and on IWDG publications and magazines since the late 1990’s.  By now it is hardly news that Ireland has gained a reputation, among researchers, film makers and the wider whale-watching community, as a great place to study, film and observe humpback whales. It

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