Basking sharks visit Donegal in huge numbers

rushnaldo

Massive schools of Basking sharks have visited us here in Donegal for the past few weeks. Fintra beach and Muckross and St Johns point and Bundoran have all seen the dreaded yet absolutely harmless fins breaking the surface. The massive blooming of plankton due to the good weather have attracted our friendly visitors. If you visit the bay any of these days your almost guaranteed to see them as they scope up the rich protein along the surface. Sky news even reported this story in the past few days..

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Video-Basking-Sharks-Warm-Weather-Brings-Early-Basking-Shark-Sightings-In-Donegal/Article/201104315976389?lpos=World_News_First_Strange_News__Article_Teaser_Region__0&lid=ARTICLE_15976389_Video%2C_Basking_Sharks%3A_Warm_Weather_Brings_Early_Basking_Shark_Sightings_In_Donegal

retalivity

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Hahahaha there are some idiotic comments on there.
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Would be nice to see if i was at home. I remember years ago being on a boat out the back of Aran to see a similar sight

irish1967

Muffler should get a Mod job on sky news... That would sort them out !!

rushnaldo

Yeah what a load of tosh those comments are. Anyone who ever read a fish book knows our fish are described as "native to the British isles".

On topic again I believe the large number of basking sharks coming to us now may have something to do with global warming but would have more to do with the drift net ban for salmon. No more cutting them out of the miles of invisible monofilimant.

Another point is yesterdays star newspaper was telling us all about the few basking sharks off county Kerry and to visit Kerry over the bank holiday weekend etc.. Ffs we have 20 in our bay and no word of it. And the tourism industries and hotels wonder why its quiet

homer simpson

irish1967 wrote: »

Muffler should get a Mod job on sky news... That would sort them out !!

He's bad enough as it is....





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