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Date, location, submission type
Date of event*	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2009 2010
Location*
Land or boat based?	Land based   Boat based
County*	Select... Antrim Armagh Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Derry Donegal Down Dublin Fermanagh Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Tyrone Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
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Submission type* If unsure select "casual sighting".	Casual observation (while walking, angling, fishing, sailing, etc.) Constant effort scheme (with sightings) Constant effort scheme (no sightings) (Select an option above to continue...)

Effort watch?
Effort location*	Select... Antrim: Black Head Antrim: Bull Point/West Lighthouse, Rathlin Island Antrim: Cooraghy Bay, Rathlin Island Antrim: Dunluce Castle Antrim: East Light, Rathlin Island Antrim: Fair Head Antrim: Garron Point Antrim: Giants Causeway Antrim: Larne Antrim: Magheracross Antrim: Murlough Bay Antrim: Portaneevey, Nr. Carrickarede Island Antrim: Portballintrae Antrim: Portmuck, Island Magee Antrim: Portrush Antrim: Ramore Head Antrim: Rathlin Island Antrim: Runkerry Point Antrim: Skernaghan Pt., Islandmagee Antrim: Straidkilly Antrim: The Gobbins Cliffs, Islandmagee Antrim: Torr Head Antrim: White Park Bay Antrim: White Rocks, Portrush Antrim: Whitehead Clare: Baltard, Near Donegal Point Clare: Black Head Clare: Bridges of Ross Clare: Fanore Clare: Finnavarra Clare: Hags Head Clare: Kilcredaun Head Clare: Kilkee Clare: Loop Head Cork: Ballycotton Cork: Black Ball Head Cork: Bream Rock (Old Head Kinsale) Cork: Cape Clear Island Cork: Castlepoint, Roaringwater Bay Cork: Crow Head, Beara Peninsula Cork: Dursey Cork: Dursey Head Cork: Fair Head, Beara Peninsula Cork: Galley Head Cork: Garnish Point, The Beara Cork: Garranes, Beara Cork: Horn Point, Near Dursey, Beara Peninsula Cork: Kinsale Gas Fields Cork: Knockadoon Head Cork: Mizen Head Cork: Offshore West Cork Cork: Old Head of Kinsale Cork: Power Head Cork: Roches Point Cork: Rosscarbery Bay Cork: Seven Heads Cork: Sheep's Head Cork: Sherkin Island Derry: Magilligan Point Derry: Portstewart Donegal: Aughris Point, Bundoran Donegal: Ballymagaraghy Point, Inishowen Head Donegal: Banba's Crown, Malin Head Donegal: Dunree Head, Lough Swilly Donegal: Horn Head Donegal: Inishowen Peninsula Donegal: Inishtrahull Island Donegal: Loughros More Bay Donegal: Malin Beg Donegal: St. John's Point Donegal: Tawney, Kilcar Donegal: Tory Island Down: Ballyquintin Point, Ards Peninsula Down: Belfast Lough Down: Bloody Bridge, Newcastle Down: Cloghan Head Down: Copeland Island Down: Cranfield Point, Carlingford Lough Down: Donaghadee Down: Dunavil, Nr. Kilkeel Down: Dundrum Bay Down: Grey Point, Belfast Lough Down: Groomsport Down: Kearney Point, Ards Peninsula Down: Killard Point Down: Killough Down: Light House Island, Copelands Down: Newcastle Down: Sheep Point, Groomsport Down: St. John's Point Dublin: Dun Laoghaire Dublin: Howth Head Dublin: Killiney Bay Dublin: Lough Shinny Dublin: Portrane Dublin: Rush Dublin: Sandycove Dublin: Scotsmans Bay, Dunlaoighre Dublin: Shankill Dublin: Skerries Galway: Aran Islands Galway: Barna Galway: Cashla Bay Galway: Dog's Bay, Nr. Roundstone Galway: Galway Bay Galway: Galway Docks Galway: Inishbofin Island Galway: Inishmor, Aran Islands Galway: Lettermullen Galway: Mutton Island, Galway Bay Galway: Renvyle Point Galway: Spiddal Galway: Tawin Island, Galway Bay Kerry: Ballinskelligs Kerry: Ballybunion Kerry: Ballyheigue Kerry: Beal Strand Kerry: Blasket Islands Kerry: Brandon Point Kerry: Bray Head, Valentia Island Kerry: Clogher Head Kerry: Redcliff, Nr. Inch Kerry: Slea Head Kerry: Valentia Island Louth: Clogher Head Mayo: Achill Head Mayo: Achill Island Mayo: Downpatrick Head Mayo: Keem, Achill Island Mayo: Mullet Peninsula Mayo: Mulranny, Clew Bay Mayo: Old Head, Clew Bay Mayo: Roonagh Point, Clew bay Sligo: Dunmoran Strand Sligo: Mullaghmore Sligo: Portavaud Sligo: Toberpatrick Southwest region: Cork Waterford: Brownstown Head Waterford: Dunabrattin Head Waterford: Dunmore East Waterford: Helvic Head Waterford: Mine Head Waterford: Ram Head, Ardmore Wexford: Baginbun Head, Hook Peninsula Wexford: Hook Head Wicklow: Arklow Wicklow: Bray Head Wicklow: Greystones Wicklow: Wicklow Head
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Sighting: overview
Time of sighting
Duration of sighting (mins)
Species seen	Definite   Probable   Possible
Number seen*	Complete at least one: Min   Max   Best estimate
Distance to animal	0-100 m 100-1000 m 1-5 km 5-10 km 10 km+
Sighting: description of animal
Estimated length	less than 6 ft/1.8 m 6-9 ft/1.8-2.7 m 9-12 ft/2.7-3.6 m 12-30 ft/3.6-9 m 30-60 ft/9-18 m 60+ ft/18+ m
Shape of dorsal fin	No definite fin        Not seen
Position of fin	half-way along back two-thirds way along back unknown
Shape of head	Not seen
Type of blow (whale sightings only)	None seen
Colour	pale/white grey patterned black
Markings	If the animal(s) you saw had any markings, stripes or patterns, please describe.
Other notes? which may help confirm species identification
Sighting: animal behaviour
Direction of travel
Relative sizes of group members	e.g. 2 - large (6 ft); 1 - 1.5, etc.
Behaviour type	Feeding Milling Travelling Bow-riding Breaching Resting Tail-fluking Tail-slapping Spy-hopping
Seabirds present?	Yes No
Photos taken?	Yes No Please e-mail any useful images separately to sightings@iwdg.ie.

Environmental factors/weather
Sea state (0-9)	Select... 0: Flat as a mirror. 1: Ripples like fish scales. No foam crests. 2: Small wavelets. Glassy crests - not breaking. 3: Large wavelets. Crests begin to break. Some whitecaps. 4: Small waves getting longer. Many whitecaps. 5: Moderate, longer waves. Many whitecaps. Some spray. 6: Larger waves. Whitecaps everywhere. More spray. 7: Sea mounting. Breaking waves. Foam blowing in streaks. 8: Moderately high, longer waves. Edges break into spindrift. 9: High waves. Seas roll. Dense foam streaks. Spray reduces view.
Swell (m)	Select... < 1 m 1-2 m 2+ m
Wind force (0-10)	Select... 0: Calm 1: Light air 2: Light breeze 3: Gentle breeze 4: Moderate breeze 5: Fresh breeze 6: Strong breeze 7: Near gale 8: Gale 9: Strong gale 10: Storm
Wind directon	Select... NW N NE E SE S SW W var
Glare (°)	Amount of view obscured by glare, e.g. 20°
Visibility (km)	Distance est. to the horizon < 1 km 1-5 km 6-10 km 11-15 km 16-20 km > 20 km
Optics used	Select... none binoculars spotting scope binoculars and spotting scope
Water depth (m)
Precipitation (rain/fog)