🐬 Mother & Calf Dolphin Rescue, Tramore, Co. Waterford 🐬 On 24th September, a call came into the IWDG Emergency Hotline that two dolphins were in difficulty in a tidal stream in the Kilmacleague area of Tramore. A mother and calf common dolphin pair were spotted by Ian Stubbs, who contacted IWDG. Thanks to Ian’s
Great turnout of over 80 marine leaders across a range of state agencies and Departments, NGOs, third levels, industry and the fishing community at a Marine Leaders’ Forum to discuss the Nature Restoration Law and how it will be turned into a national Nature Restoration Plan. A Nature Restoration Plan is required meet the targets
On Thursday the 7th at Helvic, Co. Waterford, two juvenile Sowerby’s beaked whales live stranded – one male and one female. Tragically, both whales did not survive. Beaked whales are deep diving species, plunging to depths of 1–2km in the canyons beyond the continental shelf. Their presence in coastal waters so far from their natural habitat
On the evening of Sunday July 27th, two rare deep-diving True’s beaked whales live stranded at Kilcummin Back Strand, Co. Mayo. (Castlelacken on google maps). This mother and calf pair were seen swimming rapidly into shallow waters just before peak high tide, and subsequently beaching themselves on the shore. Unfortunately, the mother whale died within moments of
Common Dolphin Rescue, River Moy, Ballina (23 June 2025) A sincere thank you to everyone who responded to the stranding of a live common dolphin in the River Moy in Ballina earlier today (23 June). The dolphin had made its way upstream as far as the SS Crete Boom and became stranded on a sandbar
Live Stranding – Common Dolphins at Tarmon, Co. Mayo📍 Thursday 25th April 2024 On Wednesday evening, a call came in about three common dolphins observed swimming in very shallow water at Tarmon, Blacksod, a known live stranding hotspot on the Mullet Peninsula. With the tides not yet at the peak of the spring cycle, there
On the 5 March, a 9.8 male sperm whale was reported to the IWDG Stranding Scheme by Eoin Hogan of the CLDC. An IWDG team visited the carcass immediately in order to gather baseline data from the animal, which includes total body length, gender, detailed images of the carcass, and a skin sample for the
The live stranding season for 2025 has kicked off with a bang, with three common dolphins getting into difficulty on the Mullet Peninsula. This location comes as no surprise, as it was most likely going to be the Mullet Peninsula in Mayo or Cloghane in Co. Kerry that saw the first common dolphins in difficulty
On Saturday, 30th November 2024, Gemma received a call from Belmullet Garda Station about a live-stranded common dolphin near the Claggan Island causeway, Belmullet. This marked the third weekend in a row that a common dolphin had live-stranded in Ireland. The adult female was in good condition. Due to the remote location, she was initially
On Saturday, 23rd November, a lone dolphin in distress was discovered on the shoreline by Lisa Lomax, who quickly contacted the IWDG and provided videos of the situation. IWDG responders were alerted, and as the dolphin appeared to be in reasonable condition and given that it was a pelagic species who may not know coastal