Shearwater Wildlife Tours

Name: Shearwater Wildlife Tours
Address: Clonakilty, Cork, IE
Telephone: 00353861993613
Price range: £
Rating: 5

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Shearwater Wildlife Tours, Shearwater Wildlife Tours is a Clonakilty based company who offer a range of wildlife based tours throughout County Cork.
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These include boat trips to see Whales, Dolphins, Sharks and Seabirds. We also run land based guided Birdwatching and Nature walks at many different locations throughout County Cork. Our guides are all local with a deep knowledge of the wildlife of their area and where to find it. For further information on tours contact Paul Connaughton on 0861993613 or email [email protected]

12/07/2023

We are delighted to announce some extra dates for our pelagic schedule this August and September. Details are available by emailing [email protected]

20/06/2023

Had a sojourn out to sea today with West Cork Charters for some Blue Shark tagging. 4 Blues a brief Wilson’s and a cracking 1st Summer LTS.

27/08/2022

Today's exciting pelagic produced 6 Sabine's, 1 Little Gull, in the region of 150 Great Shears, roughly 20 Cory's and 30 Sooty Shears, along with good numbers of Manx and Storm-petrel. There was a good scattering of Arctic terns foraging over the whales. Also 4 Fin Whales, 5 Minke Whales and many Common Dolphins. We also had an Otter on the way out this morning and a good showing of Grey Seals on the way back in as they roosted on the Stags. We clocked Pied/White Wagtails heading south but the most unexpected sighting of the day was an Osprey that was picked up by sharp eyed James O'Neill as it headed along the clifftops! A truly incredible day out!

26/08/2022

Another fantastic day on the waters off West Cork! Hundreds of Great Shearwaters flocked with many Sooty, Cory’s and Manx Shearwaters over numerous Fin and Minke Whales as they fed with Common Dolphins. A truly spectacular experience for all on board! Also seen were 7 Great Skuas, 1 Sabine’s Gull, 1 Wilson’s, 1 Grey Phalarope with many Storm-petrels. We have some spaces left for tomorrow’s pelagic. Contact [email protected]

21/08/2022

An incredible day in West Cork waters today!
Our pelagic produced 20+ Wilson’s, 20+ Cory’s, 100+Greats, 12 Sooties, 2 Sabine’s, 1 Long-tailed and 3 Great Skuas, 8 Grey Phalaropes.

13/08/2022

A very successsful pelagic today from Baltimore! Ireland's first Scopoli's Shearwater! if accepted by the IRBC. A supporting cast of 16 Cory's, 40+Sooty and 60 Great Shearwaters. 2 Brief Wilson's Storm-petrels, 7 Great Skuas, 1 Arctic Skua, along with hundreds of Manxies and Stormies!

09/08/2022

I was delighted to be asked to tag along on a Tuna fishing trip by my good friend David Edwards of West Cork Charters. The weather was perfect for a trip to the shelf edge! Over three days some of the more interesting birds we clocked up were 49 Wilson's Storm-petrels, 82 Great Shearwater, 18 Cory's Shearwater, 3 Sabine's Gulls, 2 Balearic Shearwaters, 2 Long-tailed, 2 Arctic, 3 Pomerine and 2 Great Skuas and 3 Grey Phalarope. Porbeagle and Blue Sharks were seen along with Offshore Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Common Dolphin, Atlantic White-sided Dolphin, Pilot Whale and probable Bottle-nosed Whale. No Tuna were caught but we did see some brief Bluefin action. Very exciting trip with some great company.

09/08/2022

We had a successful trip out from Baltimore on the 30/07/22. Wilson's Storm-petrels again stole the show with up to 9 birds of various ages and stages of moult. Great Shearwater also put in a showing along with the ever present European Storm-petrels.

09/08/2022

Some pics of the Least Tern from the Portrane Little Tern Colony on the 26/07/22

20/07/2022

Our first pelagic of the year went well with a minimum of 5 Wilson's Storm-petrels, 2 Balearic, 1 Sooty and 1 Great Shearwater along with 1 Great Skua amongst hundreds of Manx shearwaters and Storm-petrels. Common Dolphins and Minke Whales also put in an appearance.

11/07/2022

We’re planning on running a pelagic on Wednesday 20th July at 8am from Baltimore. Or first was due on Saturday the 23rd which will also run if conditions allow. If anyone is interested in the 20th contact me directly here or at [email protected]. Other dates available on our website at shearwaterwildlifetours.com

03/05/2022

Fantastic to catch up with this Greater Sand Plover at Tramore in Co. Waterford this morning! We’ll done to Arlo Jacques on a great find! 3rd Irish record of this species.

13/04/2022

I had some luck this morning while out birding the marshes around Clonakilty. This superbly elegant Lesser Yellowlegs was present at White's Marsh along with a Great Egret, while the Cetti's Warbler from earlier in the spring sang it's heart out in the background! Another Great Egret and 2 Cattle egrets were at nearby Clogheen Marsh. Up to 12 Little Egrets and a few Grey Herons added up to an amazing show!

13/04/2022

Delighted to get excellent views of the Western Subalpine Warbler that was found on Galley Head yesterday! A great early spring find by local birder Colin Barton!

06/04/2022

We are delighted to finally have our pelagic schedule up on our website! Book now!

https://shearwaterwildlifetours.com/pelagictours/

19/01/2022

Semipalmated Plover and Pacific Diver from Mizen Head Today.

Address

Clonakilty
Cork

Telephone

00353861993613

Website

http://www.shearwaterwildlifetours.com/

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Today’s pelagic from Cape Clear produced 59 Wilson’s, 25+ Greats, 5 Sooties, 1 Cory’s, 3 Bonxie and small no’s Manx and Stormies

Fin Whales joining the bounty in West Cork yesterday along with a Wilson’s Storm-petrel loads of Sooties and Bonxies.

The Wildlife extravaganza is still going strong in West Cork! Just today this Humpback traveled alongside us for over 30 minutes. Also Fin and Minke Whales along with Dolphins, Porpoise and plenty of Puffins, Shearwaters and Storm-petrels. We will be running a trip on Sunday when the wind will pick up and hopefully bring some big Shearwaters and a few Wilson’s! http://www.shearwaterwildlifetours.com/?s=tours&id=1 for bookings.

Today's pelagic produced 7 Sooties, 2 Great Skua, thousands of Stormies and good no's Manxies. Also many hundreds of Common Dolphins and 30+ Minke Whale. Distant Humpback blows.

A challenging day on the water today with rain, wind and low visibility. Yet we managed to find out that the Storm-petrels are back in great numbers with over 200 seen and up to 100 in the slick at any one time! Skuas were represented by a dark-phase adult Pomarine and two Bonxie. A Turnstone came and circled us while we were 12 miles out which is a new species for our pelagic list. A Red-throated Diver was an unexpected addition also quite fr out. Supporting cast were good numbers of Kittywake, Fulmar, Manx Shearwaters, Gannets and 3 Arctic Terns.

Humpback Whale Baltimore Ireland with Shearwater Wildlife Tours

With so much Whale action going on just outside our usual stomping grounds we are going to head out east on Sunday and try to catch up with the Humpbacks aswell as our usual efforts to attract Seabirds so it could be very exciting out there. We still have a few spaces on our 'Sealife Pelagic'. Booking can be made on this link http://www.shearwaterwildlifetours.com/?s=tours&id=1or by contacting us directly by email or phone info@shearwaterwildlifetours 00353 861993613