IWDG Consulting have won a contract to carry out a 12 month visual and static acoustic survey of the site of the proposed offshore windfarm off Clogherhead, Co Louth. This windfarm has been in the planning phase for many years having first been identified in 2006. With recent demands for a rapid move to de-carbonising […]
Meet Andrew Shine, IWDG MMO
IWDG Consulting have supplied a full time MMO to L&M Keating for the pier extension project on Dinish Island, Castletownbere on the Béara peninsular, Co Cork. MMO Andrew Shine who is originally from Cork City here talks about his role with IWDG Consulting and how he got involved in marine mammal work. Film courtesy of […]
IWDG supply MMO for Dinish Island
IWDG Consulting were asked by L&M Keating to supply an experienced MMO for the refurbishment of Dinish Island, Castletownbere, Co Cork. The IWDG have a good network of professional biologists available who have worked with IWDG and were fortunate to have Andrew Shine from Skibbereen available at short notice. The job started last week and […]
IWDG Wins 2018 NPWS Harbour Porpoise Survey
The IWDG has been successful in winning another Harbour Porpoise Survey from the NPWS for 2018. This is the seventh porpoise survey contract IWDG have won from the NPWS and the third time we will survey the Blasket Islands SAC for this qualifying interest. These surveys are required to meet state obligations for Habitats Directive […]
IWDG win tender to carry out necropsies of stranded dolphins and porpoise
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) have been working in collaboration with the Regional Veterinary Laboratories of the Department of Agriculture (RVL) and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) to carry out a cetacean post-mortem scheme on behalf of the Marine Institute and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Utilising the IWDG’s well established […]