The IWDG welcomes the announcement by Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, of his intention to designate two new marine sites as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) for bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise. This is a very important announcement and one the IWDG have been lobbying for a number of years.
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The IWDG are pleased to announce the appointment of two new officers to their ranks. These cover the recently advertised Science and Welfare Officer positions with the group. This appointment compliments the recruitment of Conservation, Northern Ireland and Irish Language Officers. The Science Officer will be responsible for managing the IWDG research and identifying priorities and
The IWDG are pleased to announce the appointment of two new officers to their ranks. These cover the recently advertised Science and Welfare Officer positions with the group. This appointment compliments the recruitment of Conservation, Northern Ireland and Irish Language Officers. The Science Officer will be responsible for managing the IWDG research and identifying priorities and
With our website’s enhanced reporting and interrogation functions now in place, we are delighted to be able to resume cetacean reports for IWDG members, and plan on maintaining regular sighting summaries over the coming autumn/winter months. A full review of 636 validated sightings, comprising nine species (with images) during the four months June-Sept 2012 is available on the
With our website’s enhanced reporting and interrogation functions now in place, we are delighted to be able to resume cetacean reports for IWDG members, and plan on maintaining regular sighting summaries over the coming autumn/winter months. A full review of 636 validated sightings, comprising nine species (with images) during the four months June-Sept 2012 is available on the
Those of you who keep an eye on the daily sightings updates on www.iwdg.ie, can’t have missed that the 2012/13 “Large Whale season” is gathering momentum. For some of course, the large whale season began along time ago as Kerry observers have enjoyed an unprecedented four-month run of humpback whale activity courtesy of a group of 3-4
Those of you who keep an eye on the daily sightings updates on www.iwdg.ie, can’t have missed that the 2012/13 “Large Whale season” is gathering momentum. For some of course, the large whale season began along time ago as Kerry observers have enjoyed an unprecedented four-month run of humpback whale activity courtesy of a group of 3-4
A third striped dolphin was reported on 17 November. A juvenile dolphin measuring just 1.32m was reported by Frankie and Marie Morris and was visited today, in the pouring rain, by Simon Berrow and family. Although badly eaten away the dolphin was fresgly stranded and probably associated with the striped dolphin stranding in Ballybunnion last Friday.
A third striped dolphin was reported on 17 November. A juvenile dolphin measuring just 1.32m was reported by Frankie and Marie Morris and was visited today, in the pouring rain, by Simon Berrow and family. Although badly eaten away the dolphin was fresgly stranded and probably associated with the striped dolphin stranding in Ballybunnion last Friday.
The world’s rarest species of whale has finally been seen and photographed, 140 years after it was first identified from a jaw bone. Spade-toothed beaked whales, Mesoplodon traversii, grow to more than 5 metres (16 feet) long but, apart from a handful of skull bones, had never been seen until two bodies were found stranded