Richard Collins: A whale of a time off the Beara Peninsula

Spring was late this year, migrant birds being slow to arrive. Things were different at sea; whales and basking sharks turned up earlier than usual, writes Richard Collins.

Two orcas visited the Blaskets at the beginning of March and there were humpbacks off the Beara Peninsula on the 26th of the month, the earliest arrival date of recent years, say the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group.