Shannon dolphins in Kerry

A POD of bottlenose dolphins, which many people believed were confined to the lower reaches of the Shannon Estuary, have been found up to 30km outside that range, a new study shows.

As a permanent dolphin location, a section of the estuary between Kerry and Clare is a special area of conservation (SAC), but the dolphins are also found in the Atlantic, north and south of the estuary.

Clear photographic evidence has emerged to show Shannon dolphins are regularly in Brandon Bay and Tralee Bay, Co Kerry.