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	<description>The official blog of Whale Watch West Cork</description>
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		<title>GALWAY &#8211; 24TH MARCH &#8211; A must for all whale and dolphin watch operators&#8230;Whale &amp; Dolphin Watch Operators Workshop</title>
		<link>http://www.whalewatchwestcork.com/blog/a-must-for-all-whale-and-dolphin-watch-operators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[European Cetacean Society Conference]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whale &#38; Dolphin Watch Operators Workshop &#160; Benefit from sustainable practice, learn from your customers, and make more money! Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland, 9.00 – 17.30 Saturday 24th March 2012 &#160; I have long been an admirer of Dylan Walker and all that he has achieved. When I heard that he was teaming up with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAJA, MEXICOWhale and Dolphin Watching Holiday &#8211; Baja California Sur &#8211; Mexico &#8211; February 25th &#8211; March 3rd 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Whale Watching Holidays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Avast there me hearties&#8230;. Want to leave behind the winter blues? Feel the sun on your back after all this rain? Feel the sand between your toes? AND see the Gray Whales of Baja, Mexico and their calves in the calving lagoons of Magdalena Bay? Then you know what to do&#8230;click on the link above We are running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A roundup of the 2011 whale watching season in West Cork</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A roundup on the 2011 season in West Cork&#8230; The 2011 season kicked off with the most amazingly calm seas and lovely balmy weather, not really what you would expect for late March/early April off West Cork! These lovely conditions were accompanied by fabulous early sightings of adolescent minke whales moving well inshore to feed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildlife photography tours and expeditions&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wildlife Film School &#8211; wildlife photography tours and expeditions Following the extremely popular boat based tours we have been running for wildlife and landscape/seascape photography enthusiasts we are teaming up again with The Wildlife Film School to run boat based photography tours aboard Voyager during 2012. Evening tours to capture sunsets over the iconic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding our fleet for whale watching&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expanding the Fleet During 2012, for the third year running, we will be expanding our fleet to be able to take parties of larger than 12 people out whale watching; groups varying in size between 25 and 65. During the last couple of years many groups have joined us for whale and dolphin watching expeditions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updates to our mailing lists&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updates to our Mailing Lists&#8230; We are undergoing a thorough list cleaning during the later part of 2011 and early 2012 and we would ask that you take just a few moments to update your email preferences and which newsletters and email updates you would like to be subscribed to.. If you WOULD LIKE TO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Press ++++</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In between the windy weather we are getting some love sightings of Minke Whales and Harbour Porpoise and surprisingly good Common Dolphin sightings &#8211; which is quite early for this species&#8230; Out on the water now&#8230;will update ENDS]]></description>
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		<title>Fantastic Fin Whale sightings&#8230;</title>
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		<comments>http://www.whalewatchwestcork.com/blog/fantastic-fin-whale-sightings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 06:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the largest Fin Whale gatherings ever recorded off the british or Irish coast has been spotted in the Celtic deep off the North Cornwall coast&#8230;70 odd miles offshore which makes them a little difficult for the morning tour!! Perhaps they will move inshore&#8230;? Click here for more details ENDS]]></description>
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		<title>Basking Shark video taken on a mobile phone!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 08:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a short clip taken recently by Rory Jackson as a large basking shark cruised past his RIB much to the delight of the children!]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Whale Spotted in the Bay of Biscay&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.whalewatchwestcork.com/blog/blue-whale-spotted-in-the-bay-of-biscay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whalewatchwestcork.com/blog/blue-whale-spotted-in-the-bay-of-biscay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 11:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Blue Whale was spotted from the Brittany Ferry three hours out of Santander last week. There was much excitement all round as these huge animals are rarely spotted in European waters and if they are it is usually towards the end of the summer when the big Fin Whales move into the bay to feed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lovely Basking Shark Images&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.whalewatchwestcork.com/blog/lovely-basking-shark-images/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 08:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These lovely images were taken recently by one of our customers Les Dean from Suffolk in the UK&#8230;a lovely calm day&#8230;clear water&#8230;and gorgeous basking shark activity&#8230; Lovely images Les, thank you for sharing&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>LATEST POST &#8211; Great Finish To The Week&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.whalewatchwestcork.com/blog/latest-post-great-finish-to-the-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whalewatchwestcork.com/blog/latest-post-great-finish-to-the-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 11:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a lovely week&#8230;weather and sightings. Great sightings and lovely weather concluded an excellent April. Some lovely sightings of Risso&#8217;s Dolphins made the week for many of our customers but also good Minke Whale sightings and more Basking Sharks under a warm sun and on calm seas enhanced the tours we have run every day this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basking Sharks and Risso&#8217;s Dolphins&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The warm sunshine is bring the phytoplankton to the surface waters and this is attracting the Basking Sharks. We encountered three &#8220;Baskers&#8221; this afternnon on the south side of Sherkin Island all good sized animals of around 7 metres long. It is lovely to start to get regular sightings of these huge animals&#8230;the second largist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minke Whales, Porpoises and Killer Whales&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, April is going out with a bang! Stunning weather and lovely sea conditions have enabled us to get out every day for the past two weeks with some lovely early sightings of Harbour Porpoises and Common Dolphins&#8230;it is quite early to be seeing the Dolphins. Very heartening to see the Porpoises with very young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great sightings for early April&#8230;</title>
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		<comments>http://www.whalewatchwestcork.com/blog/great-sightings-for-early-april/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although April is early in the season and sightings can be a little sporadic we have really had some lovely sightings this past two weeks during some really excellent weather. For the third time this month we have encountered a rather shy and retiring Minke Whale east of Cape Clear island, a traditionally excellent spot [...]]]></description>
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