On the latest leg of his outstanding adventure, Wally the wandering walrus who was once first noticed off Valentia Island in Co. Kerry again in March 2021, was once observed lounging aboard a moored motorboat in a small cove close to Clonakilty at the West Cork coast.
Wally, a tender male walrus, has travelled broadly on his adventure south. After that first sighting in Kerry he’s frolicked in south Wales, Cornwall, the Atlantic coast of France and as a ways south as Bilbao in northern Spain earlier than running his long ago by means of the Scilly Isles to Waterford and, maximum just lately, West Cork.
As documented by way of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Staff on its web page, Wally’s stops come with:
- Valentia Island, Co. Kerry, SW Eire, 14 March
- Broadhaven, South Pembrokeshire, South Wales, UK 20 March
- Tenby bay, South Wales, UK, 29 March to 19 April
- Padstow, Cornwall, UK 20 Would possibly
- Les Sables d’Olonne, France, 27 Would possibly
- L. a. Rochelle, France 28 Would possibly to 29 Would possibly
- River Nervion, Bilbao, Spain 04 June to 06 June
- Helen’s Scilly, UK 18 June to 30 July
- Clonea Strand/Ardmore Bay, Waterford, Eire, 02 August to 05 Aug
We will be able to now upload some other forestall to that checklist: after trying out Courtmacsherry on 08 August, Wally spent the 09-10 August lounging on a motorboat at a small cove alongside the West Cork coast close to Ardfield, Clonakilty.
Because of his monumental bulk, the walrus has broken a number of small boats and sunk no less than one in his makes an attempt to haul out, prompting Seal Rescue Eire to enchantment for the donation of an outdated/unused RIB or pontoon to provide Wally a protected haven to relaxation on. They’re additionally urging other people to provide the walrus area, at the start advising other people to stick no less than 300m from the animal, a determine they revised to a extra smart 100m of their most up-to-date replace. Even that extra sensible determine turns out an excessive amount of for some boat operators to stick with, with contemporary examples of vessels coming near inside of 5 metres of the resting animal.
Must you get the risk to peer Wally the Walrus on his talk over with to Eire, by way of all approach, accomplish that. It’s a fantastic alternative to revel in a captivating creature that so hardly ever visits our shores — however please, display him the glory he merits and stick with that Seal Rescue Eire urged restrict of 100m to steer clear of undue disturbance to the animal.