Additional Unpublished Stranding Records from the Irish Whale and Dolphin GroupAuthor(s): Simon Berrow, Janelle Atkinson, Mick O'Connell and Dave WallSource: The Irish Naturalists' Journal, Vol. 28, No. 12 (Dec. 7, 2007), pp. 517-519Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25536871 .

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Cetacean Notes

Additional unpublished stranding records from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group

Compilers: Simon Berrow, Janelle Atkinson, Mick O'Connell and Dave Wall

Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, Merchants Quay, Kilrush, Co Clare.

These records were not included in the previously published annual lists of stranding records. All records below have been submitted with adequate documentation and/or photographs to put identification beyond doubt. The length is a linear measurement from the tip of the snout to the fork in the tail fin. Unless otherwise stated the animal was 'observed' dead on the seashore on

the given date.

Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus 1758) Unsexed 24m. Found dead in April 1994 at Ballyheigue, Co Kerry (Q749281). Skeleton removed

and housed in Ballyheigue Heritage Centre before being purchased by Atlantaquarium in

Galway city, where it is now on display. Simon Berrow.

Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede 1804

Unsexed. 5.90m. Found dead on 26 June 2000 on Yellow Strand, Co Sligo (G565450). Don and Elaine Cotton.

Female. 5.3m. Found dead on 5 July 2001 at Ballycastle, Co Antrim (D164447). Gary Burrows.

Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster 1770) Female (teeth not erupted). Found dead in poor condition on 4 August 2002 at Kilkee, Co Clare

(Q882614). Simon Berrow.

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758

Unsexed. December 1998 /January 1999, Termon House, Maghery, Co Donegal (B792273). Linda Ratican and Tamsin Young (Irish Landmark Trust), Simon Berrow.

Unsexed. Found decomposed 23 February 2002, Dorinish Island, Clew Bay, Co Mayo (L863950). Sue Callaghan, Shay Fennelly.

Common (harbour) porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758) Unsexed. d.Om. Found in poor condition on 23 August 1995 at Waterville, Co Kerry (V4967).

Rosemary Hill.

Male. 1.2m. Found dead on 22 April 2001 on Ballyconnell Strand, Co Sligo (G5645). Don Cotton, Noel Raftery.

Unsexed. Found dead on 31 March 2000 on Bunduff Strand, Mullaghmore, Co Sligo (G715574). Don and Elaine Cotton.

Unsexed. Two found dead in poor condition (one was a skull only) on 17 November 2005 at Carnsore Point, Co Wexford (T117039 and T112040). Previously reported as unidentified

dolphins by Rogan and Philpott (2007 Irish Naturalists' Journal 28: 414-418). Tony Murray.

Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melaena (Traill 1809) Two live stranded (one male and one female) on 5 June 2001 at Ballydehob, Co Cork (W0134).

Both were refloated where one re-stranded on Hare Island (V9928) and died. Second animal observed alive in Bantry Bay up to 8 June. Padraig Whooley, Eugene Brennan.

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Mass live stranding of c39 individuals on 23 March 2002 at Castlegregory, Co Kerry (Q648130). Local reports estimated 17-18 died and were buried by Kerry County Council and 20-21 were re-floated. Kevin Flannery, Sean Eviston, Simon Berrow.

Female. Found dead on 29 March 2002 at Aughacusla Strand, Co Kerry (Q652115). Probably the same animal that live stranded on 27 March at Kilshannig, Co Kerry (Q625189) but was refloated by SE and SB. It is also probable that this event was connected to the mass

stranding on 23 March 2002. Sean Eviston, Simon Berrow.

Unsexed. 4.03m. Found dead on 13 March 2002 on Keel Strand, Achill Island, Co Mayo (F532061). Eoin McGreal.

Female. Found dead in July 2002 at Dooagh, Achill Island, Co Mayo (F604053). John O'Shea.

Unsexed. Found dead in poor condition on 7 February 2004 at Trafrask, Bantry Bay, Co Cork

(V845495). Delia Burt.

White-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris Gray 1846

Unsexed. c2.35m. Found dead in poor condition on 6 February 2004 on Inch Strand, Co Kerry

(V647980). Mick O'Connell.

Unsexed. Found decomposed on 4 September 2005 at Ross Bay, Loop Head Co Clare (Q7349). Previously reported as 'unidentified dolphin' by Rogan and Philpott (2007 Irish Naturalists' Journal 28: 414-418). Billy Ryan, Simon Berrow.

Atlantic white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus Gray 1828

Unsexed. 2.38m. Found dead in poor condition on 10 March 1990 at Waterville, Co Kerry

(V500666). Rosemary Hill.

Unsexed. c2.0m. Found dead on 15 April 1986 at Waterville, Co Kerry (V480679). Lucy Hunt, Mick O'Connell.

Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus (Cuvier 1812) Male. 2.4m. Found dead on 9 July 2003 on Carrickfin Strand, Co Donegal (G886721). Robin

Ruddock.

Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen 1833) Unsexed. d.3m. Found dead on 15 May 1986 at Waterville, Co Kerry (V480679). Lucy Hunt, Mick

O'Connell.

Male. Live stranded on 24 January 2001, East Wall, Clontarf, Co Dublin (0178365). Refloated at Howth. Lesions suggest possible bycatch. Dave Wall, Eugene Brennan.

Female. Live stranded on 29 January 2001, Malahide, Co Dublin (0242467). Different to dolphin stranded on 24 January due to absence of scratches and scars noted on previous animal.

Refloated at Howth. Dave Wall.

Unsexed. Skeleton found on 25 October 2003 at Inch strand, Co Kerry (V642996). Mick O'Connell.

Common dolphin Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758

Unsexed. 1.98m. Found dead in poor condition on 13 April 2003 on Kilcummin Strand, Co Kerry (Q560130). Alan Barratt, Mick O'Connell.

Bottle-nosed dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Montagu 1821) Male. August 1999. Moneypoint, Shannon Estuary, Co Clare (R042517). Simon Berrow, Kevin

McKiernan, Sarah Ferriss, Jane Barker.

Male. 1.4m (neonate). 18 September 2001. Lower Rosses, Drumcliff Bay, Co Sligo (G662420). Teeth not erupted, 8 whiskers on each side of upper jaw. Don Cotton, Monica Sullivan.

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Unsexed. c1.5m. Live stranded on 24 December 2003 on Tramore Strand, Co Waterford

(S595013). Refloated. Dominic Berridge, Billy Butler, Peter Jacob.

Unsexed c2.0m. Found dead on 6 November 2003 on Lacken Strand, Kiliala Bay, Co Mayo (G232317). Carol Lynott, John Boyd, Tony Murray, James Kilroy.

Unidentified dolphin Unsexed. Found in poor condition on 31 March 1989 at Smugglers Cove, Waterville, Co Kerry

(V490670). Rosemary Hill.

Stranded alive on 22 July 2003 on Bishop's Quarter Beach, Ballyvaughan, Co Clare (M243106). John Underhill (vet) administered antibiotics. Refloated. Brendan Mortell, Joanna

Mclnerney, Penny Bartlett.

Unsexed. Found in poor condition at Carnsore Point, Co Wexford (T123044). Kevin McCormick.

Unidentified cetacean

Unsexed. Date unknown,, but in 1990s in Clew Bay, Co Mayo (L843962). Possibly a Cuvier's beaked whale. Images received by Simon Berrow.

Unsexed. Live stranded on 6 November 2000 on Inishmor, Aran Islands, Co Galway (L628112). Refloated successfully on second attempt. Margaret Dillane.

Unsexed. <2.0m long Found dead in good condition on 2 December 2001 at Dun-na-noir, Co Kerry

(Q329057). Probably a harbour porpoise. Frances Bermingham.

Unsexed. 2.2m. Found dead in poor condition on 22 September 2002 on Carnsore Point, Co

Wexford (T122042). Kevin McCormick.

Plant Records

Overlooked new vice-county records for Rubus species in Ireland

It has belatedly come to light that, due to failures in communication, a considerable number of additional Irish vice-counties for which Rubus species were notified in papers published in this

journal during the 1990s failed to find their way on to the cumulative database used for compiling the Atlas of British and Irish brambles (Newton, A. & Randall, R.D. 2004 Botanical Society of the British Isles, London). That work was designed to reflect the state of knowledge up to the end of the year 2000, so any records subsequent to that did not qualify for inclusion. On the other hand, all earlier ones standing on the authority of current specialists in the group were intended to be in. Now that an increasing amount of fieldwork is being carried out on Rubus in Ireland, these accidental omissions from the key reference work in use clearly need bringing to notice.

Two of the five papers affected (1999 Ir. Nat. J. 26: 181-184 and 1999 Ir. Nat. J. 26: 279

281) reached print probably too late in 1999 to be taken into account for the Atlas. The other three

appeared earlier (1990 Ir. Nat. J. 23: 257-262, 1993 Ir. Nat J. 24: 249-253 and 1994 Ir. Nat. J. 24:

375-376), but the 1993 one proves to have been taken into account almost completely.

From the composite list of omissions detected, given below, two records subsequently notified in print as misdeterminations have been excluded, as also have been one or two for which

confirmation now seems desirable in the light of more recent fieldwork. The species order \s that in the Atlas, for the convenience of those who may wish to enter the additions in their copies:

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