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Whale Watching updates from West Cork

July 17, 2014 By Colin Barnes 1 Comment

Let’s hope June wasn’t a false start to season

After the best June weather in years (sunniest since 1940, according to Met Eireann ) the calm sea produced some excellent whale watching in idyllic conditions. …

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A large basking shark

June 13, 2014 By Colin Barnes 2 Comments

Unprecedented sand eel numbers great news for whale watching in West Cork

As predicted in my previous log, we now have an intense bloom of plankton in full swing, and the sea is green, far more than blue, with rich phytoplankton. Not …

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Another shot of a Minke whale from Saturday's trip

April 22, 2014 By Colin Barnes Leave a Comment

Whale watching… it all starts with plankton!

After one of the wettest and stormiest winters of all time, the sea has finally settled down, and clarity has returned to the water, from being a thick …

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