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Common Dolphin In River Liffey Brightens A Dreary Day For Dubliners
A dreary, stormy day in Dublin city centre was brightened with the appearance of a common dolphin swimming up the River Liffey as far as the Loopline Bridge.
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) says it got its first reports early this morning (Wednesday 28 November) from the Jeanie Johnston, whose John O’Neill shot this video of the solo cetacean swimming loops in the river.
It was spotted swimming strongly as far west as Liberty Hall around lunchtime before heading back east and towards Dublin Bay.
Dolphins are known to develop kidney and skin problems on prolonged exposure to freshwater environments such as rivers.
However, the IWDG moved to assuage public concerns over this particular animal — saying that if it was swimming as strongly as sightings suggested, it would be more than able to swim back to sea.
It’s suggested that this short-beaked visitor may be one of a pod of some 20 dolphins known to be feeding off the East Coast this month.
