2026, August 12. Ireland, Trá na Feothanaí in west Kerry’s Corca Dhuibhne, Gaeltacht beach. A mass stranding of 21 common dolphins. A total of nine cetaceans (five calves and four adults) were already dead when responders arrived. Twelve dolphins were successfully refloated.
New Zealand Update 20260814: 2026, August 6. New Zealand, South Island east coast, Canterbury. Fireball. Region Seen: Canterbury, Otago and Wellington. Time: around 06:45 UT, 18:45NZST. Travelling N over coast.
2026, August 9. New Zealand, Cook Strait. Fireball. Time: 06:18UT, 18:18NZST. Seen in Wellington, Nelson and Manawatū-Whanganui Regions. This was the sixth recorded fireball recorded in New Zealand since July 26th.
2026, August 9. New Zealand, South Island, Cook Strait, south of Palliser Bay, near Waimeha Camping Village. A juvenile humpback whale washed ashore dead.
2026, August 11. New Zealand, NW South Island, Carters Beach, Westport on the West Coast, just over two kilometres down the beach, south of the township. A large pygmy blue whale, 21.7 metres long and is believed to weigh about 20 tonnes. In a moderate state of decomposition. The whale was first spotted floating in the surf on Monday, August 10, before washing fully ashore on Tuesday, August 11.
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