With support from the National Parks and Wildlife Service, the National Museum and Galleries of Northern Ireland appointed contractors to conduct surveys of wild orchid populations in Ireland as part of the Orchid Ireland project. The focus of the project in 2014 was on the recording of orchid populations in …
A survey of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) was carried out at five sites (North County Dublin, Dublin bay, Cork coast, Roaringwater bay cSAC and Galway bay) to derive density and abundance estimates. Single platform line-transect surveys were carried out on six days at each site between July and September 2008. …
To contribute to the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage (DHLGH) site management and surveillance effort, visual monitoring of harbour porpoises was carried out in the Blasket Islands SAC during the summer of 2022. This was the fifth dedicated line transect survey of harbour porpoises within this SAC, which …
Concurrent visual and acoustic surveys for cetaceans were carried out in two survey blocks in the Irish Sea to investigate species distribution, relative abundance and absolute abundance where possible. Single platform line-transect surveys were carried out in the northern Irish Sea in July and in the southern Irish Sea in …
A visual survey of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) was carried out in 2015 in the Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC in order to derive local density and abundance estimates. Static Acoustic Monitoring (SAM) through the deployment of C-PODs was carried out at two sites within the SAC using a randomised …
Dedicated boat-based transects to visually survey bottlenose dolphins were carried out in the Lower River Shannon SAC (Site Code 002165) over twelve days on fixed, pre-determined routes between June and September 2022.
In order to contribute to the Department Housing, Local Government & Heritage (DHLGH) site management and surveillance, visual monitoring of harbour porpoises was carried out in Rockabill to Dalkey Island SAC during the summer of 2021. This was the third dedicated line transect survey of harbour porpoises within this SAC …
Visual surveys for bottlenose dolphins were carried out between June and August 2021 in the West Connacht Coast SAC (Site Code 002998). This SAC was designated in 2013 with bottlenose dolphins as the sole qualifying interest. Dedicated line transects were carried out over seven days on fixed, predetermined routes within …
The Mackerel egg survey is undertaken every 3 years by the Fisheries Ecosystems Advisory Services (FEAS) department of the Marine Institute of Ireland as part of a series of international egg surveys co-ordinated by the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES). The MEGS provides a unique opportunity …
A set of visual surveys for Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) was carried out in the Blasket Islands SAC in order to derive local density and abundance estimates. Single platform line-transect surveys were carried out according to a standardised design on six days between June and September 2018. Surveys were conducted …