Posts Categorized: Shannon Dolphin Project
To apply, email your CV (resume) and your letter of interest by close of business Wednesday 17th January 2024 to luisa.lopez@iwdg.ie This internship is for undergraduates seeking professional practice or a college placement. The internship ideally will start in March/April, and the end date will depend on the time-frame determined by your institution. When submitting
To apply, email your CV (resume) and your letter of interest by close of business Thursday 29th February 2024 to luisa.lopez@iwdg.ie The internship runs from May to September 2024 and interns are requested to stay for a minimum of 10 weeks to gain enough experience. When submitting your application please include your preferred start and
It’s been over 30 years since the IWDG first headed out into the Shannon Estuary from Carrigaholt in west Clare, in search of bottlenose dolphins. We didn’t find any ! but the following day on 3 May, we did and the IWDG Shannon Dolphin Project had started. To celebrate the 30 years, share
The Shannon Dolphin Project has been running for 30 years, barely three dolphin generations. However. we have gained some knowledge on their movements and use of the estuary, identified important foraging areas, documented calving rates, adult and calf survival and understand a little about their social structure. This work has shown the estuary is a
In celebration of this year’s National Heritage Week, the IWDG education team invite future marine biologists to explore the world of Ireland’s ocean giants at its headquarters in Kilrush, Co. Clare. In keeping with this year’s living heritage theme of passing knowledge and skills down through the generations, this event is aimed at children ages
After 2000, and the designation of the Shannon Estuary as a Special Area of Conservation for bottlenose dolphins, the Shannon Dolphin Project settled down. Dolphin-watching had become well established with the launch of two purpose-built dolphin-watching boats. Following the SAC designation, the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) based a Conservation Ranger in west Clare
The Shannon Dolphin Project developed fast after finally kicking off in 1993, after a year’s delay. In 1995, Dolphinwatch Carriagaholt, started advertising dolphin-watching trips following a couple of years testing the water. Geoff Magee was still fishing in the estuary, and had to wash down the decks of his lobster potting vessel Fiona David and ready
“we normally pick the dolphins up around here” said skipper Joe Aston as we steamed west of Kilcredaun Head in the Shannon Estuary. Seconds later two large, adult bottlenose dolphins came to the bow of the White Bank a 50ft gillnetter which was heading for a week’s fishing west of Loop Head. A few minutes
The Shannon Dolphin Project (SDP) is offering several volunteer internships positions during the 2023 field season. The internship runs from May – September 2023 and the minimum duration for successful applicants is 10 weeks. Background: The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) is a registered charity and NGO in the West of Ireland. The group have been