Thu16th May 2013 | Prior to 9th May 2010, we'd have said the only way IWDG members could see gray whales was by joining an overseas trip to Baja California in Mexico, such as the members trip we delivered in 2009. This would have been a reasonable assumption based on the fact that the… | Read more... |
Tue14th May 2013 | Some unusual stranding events have occurred in recent days off the northwest coast. On Sunday 12 May, seven common dolphins (five adults and two juveniles) live stranded at Tarmon Beach near Blacksod on the Mullet Peninsula, Co. Mayo. Attempts to refloat them were successful on a number of occasions but one of the juveniles was… | Read more... |
Tue7th May 2013 | First study on diet of fin and humpback whales in Irish waters for one hundred years A team of Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and Marine Institute scientists has just published the first information on the diet of fin and humpback whales in Ireland for one… | Read more... |
Wed1st May 2013 | 20 years ago today, the first research trip into the Shannon Estuary to try and find bottlenose dolphins was carried out. The waters west from Carrigaholt in west Clare were surveyed but we returned five hours later without seeing a single dolphin !! The following day (3 May, 1993) we tried again and… | Read more... |
Fri12th Apr 2013 | IWDG were informed today that the EPA have recommended that Dublin City Councils application for a Dumping at Sea licence in connection with the proposed wastewater treatment plant be withdrawn due to the late submission of an updated screening document for the Appropriate Assessment and Natura Impact Statement. The letter… | Read more... |
| Tue 30th Nov 2004 Report on recent Black Head whalewatch Co. Antrim |
| Tue 30th Nov 2004 November ends on a high note |
| Wed 24th Nov 2004 EU Allows More Catches of Exotic Deep-Sea Fish |
| Wed 24th Nov 2004 Dolphins Protect NZ Swimmers From Shark |
| Tue 23rd Nov 2004 Ocean Survey Finds New Fish, Tuna Migration Routes |
| Sat 20th Nov 2004 Over 100 Whales, Dolphins Die in Australia Beachings |
| Wed 10th Nov 2004 Irish Humpback Whale PhotoID Catalogue |
| Mon 8th Nov 2004 As good as it gets......anywhere |
| Sat 6th Nov 2004 Antarctic Wildlife Facing Food Shortages |
| Fri 5th Nov 2004 Probe into seal killings off Kerry coast |
| Mon 1st Nov 2004 Fin whales still NW of Clare Isl. Co. Mayo |