Dolphins in Killiney Bay on the Shortest Day of the Year

It was a stunning morning down at White Rock. I went down to get my annual photo of the sunrise, but instead was very taken with, what Twitter tells me, are a pod of three dolphins who are resident in the area. I’ve never been fortunate enough to see them there before, but apparently they are often seen on a calm day. They were in very playful form. A beautiful sight to watch.

Here are some of my photos:


Dolphins playing in Killiney Bay

Lastly here are a couple of photos of the sunrise that I set out to watch:

Hope you’re having a lovely Christmas week.

-B

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37 thoughts on “Dolphins in Killiney Bay on the Shortest Day of the Year

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  3. Hugh says:

    Wonderful photos.

    A big dolphin was out swimming around the winter frostbite sailing off Dun Laoghaire a couple of weeks ago….magnificent big fellah.

  4. Lucky you capturing the dolphins at play. These are great.

  5. Niall Bourke says:

    Brilliant capture! They followed me several times during the summer on the water but I never had my camera :(

  6. Billy says:

    Great pictures Blaithnaid. What lens and setup did you have ? (Tripod ?)

    Cheers

    Billy

  7. Coilin MacLochlainn says:

    Three bottlenose dolphins (two adults and a little’un), they have been present in the Killiney to Greystones area since June 2010, and perhaps earlier. I would be hoping that other, passing bottlenose dolphins will join them and that the group becomes a viable pod, resident, breeding and increasing in number, establishing a small colony in the Irish Sea, where they are currently visitors only.

  8. Thank you for being up at the crack of dawn to bring this wonder to us, the hibernators.

    Joakim

  9. david says:

    Fantastic pictures! Would put a smile on your face !! Wonderful

  10. Great pictures Blathnaid, what a great experience for you.

  11. Beautiful photos Blathnaid, a friend of mine just forwarded on your link.

  12. kathryn says:

    Great Photos…really inspiring. I saw them doing their thing over summer and swam within a respectful distance of them another day…are you considering getting any of these pics printed up and framed?

  13. John Smyth says:

    Just saw your pictures via the BBC website – great shots and well done. We had a dolphin visit Salthill in Galway a couple of years ago but I never managed to get pictures like yours.

  14. Mark Henry says:

    Saw this report on BBC Northern Ireland news website and did a Google search. Good pics, ill be bookmarking this page! keep up the good work!

  15. Chris says:

    Congrats on these fantastic dolphin shots. I saw them in the Irish Times on Thur and just had to visit your blog. Must take a trip to Killiney, I might just be lucky enough to see them!

  16. Hi Blathnaid,

    love the photos. BTW which plugin are you using for mobile device display??

    The blog & pics look great on iPad.

    tnks

  17. fabulous pictures ,perhaps an other tourist attraction for our country !

  18. Jacob Hill says:

    Great to see this on Irish shores. Thanks for posting.

    I was directed here from the Dún Laoghaire Marina Facebook page.

  19. Olly says:

    Hi Blathnaid, after looking through these photos last week, I DREAMED about the dolphins at the weekend. Strange but true. Great job here, all the best, Olly

  20. Tricia Sheehan says:

    June 2012 – Thank you Blathnaid, what amazing photos of the dolphins in Killiney Bay, most especially the first one, never saw a dolphin photo quite like it and have swam with and followed dolphins with great interest for years.

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