STOP THE PRESS!!
A BELUGA WHALE has been filmed off Northern Ireland by Gordon Watson!
Reported to us by Conor Ryan of Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust who spotted a post on facebook, and as soon as our director Peter Evans saw the video, he clearly saw it was a beluga.
This sighting from yesterday is a fantastic addition to this year's National Whale & Dolphin Watch!
Posted by Sea Watch on Dé hAoine, 31 Iúil 2015
AN ARCTIC whale has been captured on video enjoying the waters of the Irish Sea – for just the third time on record.
The playful beluga whale was spotted swimming near the Antrim coast at the weekend.
While this is the breed’s first known trip to the North of Ireland, belugas have been spotted in the waters of the Republic of Ireland twice before – once off the coast of Mayo in 1948 and once of the Cork coast in 1988.
Though this fellow seems to be enjoying his trip to Ireland, the beluga whale tends to stay further north in its Arctic home.
Watch the incredible footage above!
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