When it comes to unique wildlife encounters there are few things as breath-taking and humbling as coming face to face with the world's largest creatures. Whale watching is one of those activities …
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Common dolphin strandings: an explanation
The number of common dolphins washing up dead is serious and most worrying. I'd be 99% sure they are being drowned in pelagic trawls, especially after looking closely at the skin damage on Tony Wheelan's video clip of recent days (link below). Mick …
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West Cork’s Nutrient Problem.
As our August 2017 came to a close, cetacean activity was at very low levels in West Cork's coastal waters. Somewhat surprising after a fantastic spring and early summer season, with hundreds of common dolphins, dozens of minke whales, humpbacks …
Spring time and the start of the Whale Watch season in West Cork
Skipper’s log, March 2017. As the spring of 2017 begins, it must be said that the 2016/17 winter was generally a gentle, benign period of weather, compared to the record breaking rain and flooding of 2015, or the terrible storms of the 2014 …
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