Inishkea Islands

Inishkea comes from the Irish Inis Gé, which translates to “Island of Geese”. This is apt in winter, as thousands of barnacle geese descend on the islands from their breeding grounds in Greenland to graze.

In summer, the islands (54.128°N x 10.204°W) become home to roughly 400 pairs of Northern fulmars, as well as Great skuas, Red-necked phalaropes, Arctic and Little terns, European shags, Lesser black-backed gulls and European storm petrels. The islands generally slope from low cliffs, sheltered coves and dunes on the east to tall storm-worn cliffs on the west.

Doon (Dún in Irish) Island, is towards the northern end of the Inishkea archipelago, and became a SEATRACK study site in 2019 with GLS deployed on Northern fulmars. The site was part of SEATRACK during phase I and II.