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IWDG are delighted to confirm the first addition to the Irish Humpback whale catalogue of the 2013/14 large whale season and introduce HBIRL23, who was observed by Nick Massett on both 27th & 28th July off Clogher and Sybil Heads, West Kerry. Fluke and dorsal shots have been run through the IWDG catalogue and we can

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IWDG are delighted to confirm the first addition to the Irish Humpback whale catalogue of the 2013/14 large whale season and introduce HBIRL23, who was observed by Nick Massett on both 27th & 28th July off Clogher and Sybil Heads, West Kerry. Fluke and dorsal shots have been run through the IWDG catalogue and we can

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Celtic Mist departed Dun Laoghaire last Thursday morning 18th of July as part of The Gathering Cruise 2013, with seven excited IWDG crew members on board!  Shortly after leaving Dun Laoghaire, we were flagged down by a fishing trawler who insisted on throwing some lobster onboard!  The sea was glass like and the sun was

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Celtic Mist departed Dun Laoghaire last Thursday morning 18th of July as part of The Gathering Cruise 2013, with seven excited IWDG crew members on board!  Shortly after leaving Dun Laoghaire, we were flagged down by a fishing trawler who insisted on throwing some lobster onboard!  The sea was glass like and the sun was

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IWDG members West Cork Sailing have kindly offered discount Sail training to all members for a limited time only! Cruising training and charter are onboard Jessy of Adrigole, 37 foot Jeanneau Sun Odyssey, that has been modified to take sail trainees. You will be cruising by day to harbours and bays within Bantry Bay and

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IWDG members West Cork Sailing have kindly offered discount Sail training to all members for a limited time only! Cruising training and charter are onboard Jessy of Adrigole, 37 foot Jeanneau Sun Odyssey, that has been modified to take sail trainees. You will be cruising by day to harbours and bays within Bantry Bay and

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The IWDG has just published an Atlas of the Distribution of Cetaceans in Irelands Offshore Waters. The Atlas is a culmination of six years of survey effort involving 1078 days at sea and over 5000 hours of survey effort. The Atlas contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date maps of the distribution and abundance of cetaceans

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The IWDG has just published an Atlas of the Distribution of Cetaceans in Irelands Offshore Waters. The Atlas is a culmination of six years of survey effort involving 1078 days at sea and over 5000 hours of survey effort. The Atlas contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date maps of the distribution and abundance of cetaceans

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Rightly or wrongly, there is always a sense, regarding whales in Ireland that unless the activity been recorded in places like West Cork, West Kerry or elsewhere along the Irish south coast, that it doesn't really count.  So for instance last month we had confirmed humpback whale sightings northeast of Rockabill, Co. Dublin and the

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Rightly or wrongly, there is always a sense, regarding whales in Ireland that unless the activity been recorded in places like West Cork, West Kerry or elsewhere along the Irish south coast, that it doesn't really count.  So for instance last month we had confirmed humpback whale sightings northeast of Rockabill, Co. Dublin and the

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