Event Date 13/02/2019 12:35 |
Species harbour porpoise |
No. animals 2 |
Location: Shroove, Inishowen Head - Co. Donegal |
Event Date 11/02/2019 14:30 |
Species harbour porpoise |
No. animals 3 |
Location: Howth Head - Co. Dublin |
Event Date 11/02/2019 12:00 |
Species common dolphin |
No. animals 30 |
Location: Stags Rocks, Near Toe Head - Co. Cork |
Event Date 07/02/2019 15:00 |
Species dolphin species |
No. animals 5 |
Location: Castlehaven - Co. Cork |
Event Date 06/02/2019 16:10 |
Species harbour porpoise |
No. animals 3 |
Location: Inishowen Head, Inishowen Peninsula - Co. Donegal |
Event Date 06/02/2019 11:15 |
Species dolphin species |
No. animals 12 |
Location: Ballywalter - Co. Down |
Event Date 04/02/2019 16:25 |
Species bottlenose dolphin |
No. animals 8 |
Location: Gweedore Bay - Co. Donegal |
Event Date 04/02/2019 15:06 |
Species harbour porpoise |
No. animals 2 |
Location: Bloody Bridge, Newcastle - Co. Down |
Event Date 04/02/2019 09:45 |
Species harbour porpoise |
No. animals 8 |
Location: Howth Head - Co. Dublin |
Event Date 02/02/2019 14:30 |
Species bottlenose dolphin |
No. animals 1 |
Location: Nimmo's Pier, Galway Docks - Co. Galway |
Event Date 14/02/2019 |
Species common dolphin |
Location: Bannow - Co. Wexford |
Event Date 13/02/2019 |
Species Sowerby's beaked whale |
Location: Bertra Beach, Clew Bay - Co. Mayo |
Event Date 10/02/2019 |
Species common dolphin |
Location: Carne - Co. Wexford |
Event Date 10/02/2019 |
Species common dolphin |
Location: Kilmore Quay - Co. Wexford |
Event Date 10/02/2019 |
Species dolphin species |
Location: Crohy Head, Maghery Bay - Co. Donegal |
Event Date 10/02/2019 |
Species common or striped dolphin |
Location: Kilkee - Co. Clare |
Event Date 09/02/2019 |
Species common dolphin |
Location: Ballybunion - Co. Kerry |
Event Date 09/02/2019 |
Species harbour porpoise |
Location: Buncrana, Lough Swilly - Co. Donegal |
Event Date 08/02/2019 |
Species common dolphin |
Location: Waterville - Co. Kerry |
Event Date 08/02/2019 |
Species pilot whale |
Location: Liscannor Bay - Co. Clare |

Reflections and images on the Trail of the Whale
Six counties, six venues, one month completed on the Trail of Whale - with the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. There has been great support from ...
2nd Feb 2019
Return of Galway's bottlenose dolphin to Nimmo's pier.
IWDG have just received and validated a sighting this morning by Andrew Morgans of a solitary "dolphin" off the Nimmo's Pier area of Gal...
28th Jan 2019
Shannon LNG: is using bottlenose dolphins as a key issue in this debate misplaced?
Next week there is a judicial review of the planning application issued to Shannon LNG to construct a liquefied natural gas plant (LNG) terminal ...
27th Jan 2019Celtic Mist 2019 Summer Surveys announced
The IWDG research vessel Celtic Mist will carry out a series of week-long surveys over this coming summer. Our target is humpback whale...
20th Jan 2019
IWDG plan the way forward ...
The new Three-Year Plan for the IWDG has just been published. Any organisation with high amibitions and limited resources need to...
12th Jan 2019Mystery whale carcass offshore Co. Waterford.
During a routine Naval Service patrol today (December 28th), the L.É. SAMUEL BECKETT came across a large white object floating some 53nm southe...
28th Dec 2018
End of year reflections on This Island Nation
Dr Simon Berrow, CEO of the IWDG contributes a monthly piece to This Island Nation digital radio. Here he reflects on the year past and looks ahe...
26th Dec 2018
IWDG welcome trawler ban within 6nmls
The IWDG welcome the announcement from Minister Creed that vessels > 18m in length will be restricted from fishing within 6nmls from the coas...
21st Dec 2018
A pod of people at the IWDG annual gathering
The annual gathering of IWDG members took place at the Waterways Ireland Centre in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin in early December. Our AGM is an opportuni...
16th Dec 2018
Breaking news: Common dolphin in Dublin's River Liffey...updates
Report update IV @ 10:00am 29/11/2018: With over 2 hours of daylight this morning without any further sighting reports, we remain optimistic tha...
29th Nov 2018
Offshore whale and dolphin surveys published
Research from the largest offshore whale and dolphin survey ever conducted in Ireland and probably the largest ever in Europe were published today. Th...
23rd Nov 2018
Pair trawling for Sprat
The IWDG recently posted on Facebook about two trawlers fishing in the mouth of the Shannon Estuary: "Two pair trawlers seen entering the Shan...
22nd Nov 2018
Killer whales off Dublin Sat. 17th November
Yesterday afternoon the phone started ringing from IWDG members in Dublin who had seen a story on social media about killer whales that were filmed fr...
19th Nov 2018
John O'Shea, Achill RIP
I drove to Achill Island today to pick up a dead dolphin for post-mortem. Achill was one of the very first places I visited when I cam...
10th Nov 2018