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12 September 2014 The IWDG CVI 2014 expedition has ended in Mindelo, Sao Vicente after an astonishing two weeks. The last few days have continued to surprise us with killer whales off Sao Nicolau and another mother calf pair, plus an escort (presumably a male) off Branco. We have never recorded humpbacks off Branco so this is

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Dolphin killed by plastic ring

We've all heard the mantra of 'Reduce, Re-use, Recycle' repeated so many times over the last few years and there's no doubt it has had a huge effect on how we dispose of our waste compared to 30 years ago when everything went into the black bag or the fireplace. What still amazes me, though,

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Dolphin killed by plastic ring

We've all heard the mantra of 'Reduce, Re-use, Recycle' repeated so many times over the last few years and there's no doubt it has had a huge effect on how we dispose of our waste compared to 30 years ago when everything went into the black bag or the fireplace. What still amazes me, though,

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The IWDG have submitted a proposal to the Petroleum affairs Division for  for a temporal restriction of seismic survey activity on  the slopes of the Irish Shelf and Porcupine Seabight.   The proposal stems from an increasing body of evidence which shows that the Irish Shelf Slopes and Porcupine Seabigh are an important migration route and

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On the weekend of 22nd July IWDG were pleased to run our first ever Wildlife-Watching Weekend on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. The idea of course was spurred on by the success of IWDG’s wildlife watching weekends on Ireland’s most Southerly Island, so we opted for the most Northerly Island off the Irish Coast. So to

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On the weekend of 22nd July IWDG were pleased to run our first ever Wildlife-Watching Weekend on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. The idea of course was spurred on by the success of IWDG’s wildlife watching weekends on Ireland’s most Southerly Island, so we opted for the most Northerly Island off the Irish Coast. So to

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The IWDG have submitted a proposal to the Petroleum Affairs Division (PAD) for  for a temporal restriction of seismic survey activity on  the slopes of the Irish Shelf and Porcupine Seabight.   The proposal stems from an increasing body of evidence which indicates that the Irish Shelf Slopes and Porcupine Seabight are an important migration

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The IWDG have submitted a proposal to the Petroleum Affairs Division (PAD) for  for a temporal restriction of seismic survey activity on  the slopes of the Irish Shelf and Porcupine Seabight.   The proposal stems from an increasing body of evidence which indicates that the Irish Shelf Slopes and Porcupine Seabight are an important migration

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On the weekend of 22nd July IWDG were pleased to run our first ever Wildlife-Watching Weekend on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. The idea of course was spurred on by the success of IWDG’s wildlife watching weekends on Ireland’s most Southerly Island, so we opted for the most Northerly Island off the Irish Coast. So to

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Whale Watch Ireland 2014 results summary It was hard to avoid the fact that this years Whale Watch Ireland event was a weather washout along the South and SW coasts, which pretty well knocked out many of the event's "better established" venues which draw in very large crowds and tend to bring in the whale

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