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Tysties getting feisty
June 26, 2016 - Black Guillemots, or Tysties as they are known in Scotland, are part and parcel of Ireland's coastline, with the excepti...
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Kittiwakes are brilliant!
June 15, 2016 - Kittiwakes are brilliant. I just love watching these elegant seabirds effortlessly make their way over stormy seas with...
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A wintering Firecrest in Dublin...what a little gem
April 30, 2016 - There are a few regular Autumn and Spring migrants that have escaped me over the years. For example, after 30 years of b...
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Tree Climbing Rails
April 18, 2016 - On my way home from work one evening in March, at dusk, I was making my way across the Luas bridge over the Grand Canal.
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Irish Ring-billed Gulls
April 14, 2016 - A recent brief trip to Cobh to visit the folks, one of the siblings and her progeny (my adorable nieces and nephew), res...
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Snow Buntings
April 11, 2016 - The Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis; Gealóg shneachta) is an enigmatic member of the bunting family that occurs in I...
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A Rosy Kind of Day
December 13, 2015 - It has been quite some time since I found the time, energy and urgency to get out and about with my binoculars and camer...
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Day 19 and 20 - The Drake Passage to Buenos Aires
November 15, 2015 - After getting out of the waterproof and thermal gear following our final landing on Antarctica (and the trip), we headed...
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Day 17 - Livingston Island and the Aitcho Island Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
October 03, 2015 - Our second morning on the Antarctic Peninsula and our second-to-last day of the Antarctic leg of the trip. It was sort o...
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Day 16 - Gourdin Island, Antarctic Sound
September 01, 2015 - The "Café" on Deck 5-Aft was occupied with the usual nutters in yours truly and Damian Caniglia just prior to sunrise. T...
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Days 13 to 15 - Retracing Shackleton's steps to Elephant Island, Antarctica
August 20, 2015 - It's been quite a while since I updated the blog. It has been a busy few of months for me, for many reasons. One of the...
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Day 12 - Moltke Harbour and Drygalski Fjord
April 15, 2015 - The morning of the 12th day of the trip was rougher than normal. This was evidenced by the appearance of sick bags on th...
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Day 11 Saint Andrew's Bay, South Georgia
March 30, 2015 - I am an emotional being. I wear my heart on my sleeve more often than I should, or at least I used to do that. The trip...
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Day 11 - Godthul Bay, South Georgia
March 15, 2015 - I woke early, as normal, a bit more refreshed than the day before. An early night after a relatively calm day (emotional...
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Day 10 Grytvikan, South Georgia
March 11, 2015 - After the mind-blowing experience that was Stromness, we steamed onwards for a few hours and headed towards Grytvikan an...
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Day 10 - Stromness & Leith Whaling Stations, South Georgia
February 25, 2015 - The alarm went off at the usual non-holiday hour and I groggily dragged myself up the bar for a coffee, a biscuit (or th...
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Day 9 - On Salisbury Plain...there were penguins
February 18, 2015 - After lunch, or rather two lunches (buffets, the enemy of all waistlines), we headed towards a place made famous by one...
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Day 9 - Elsehul Bay, South Georgia
February 09, 2015 - I slept fitfully the night before the dawn of the first day on South Georgia. The island evokes a land of wonder and awe...
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Day 8 - Thar' she blows!!..and the Shag Rocks
February 08, 2015 - Another dawn, another coffee, more biscuits and more seabirds, albeit a bit quieter than the day before. A full day stea...
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Day 6 - Port Stanley, Las Malvinas/Falkland Islands
January 30, 2015 - Dawn broke as we approached the Eastern Falkland Islands and our destination for the day: Port Stanley. Stanely is the c...
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Day 5 - Las Malvinas/Falkland Islands - Day 1 Saunders Island (A 5-Penguin Day!)
January 25, 2015 - The plan for the afternoon of the 20th November was to land on Saunders Island. This is the fourth largest of the Las Ma...
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Day 5 - Las Malvinas/Falkland Islands - Day 1: Carcass Island
January 22, 2015 - Dawn broke on the third day of being aboard the ship and I woke to what would become a familiar sight - a hint of blue f...
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Days 3 and 4 - All At Sea
January 19, 2015 - On the third day I woke early, had breakfast, paid my bill at the B&B and headed off in a cab. I was meeting up with Jim...
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Day 2 - The Beagle Channel and Ushuaia Town
January 15, 2015 - After another solid night's sleep, the hungry cries of the Rufous-collared Sparrow fledglings outside my window was bett...
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Day 1 of the Antarctic Adventure 2014
January 09, 2015 - At long last, after years of salivating over photographs taken and stories told by my uncle, Jim Wilson, I was on my way...
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The Terns of Dublin Docks
October 30, 2014 - The Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, it...
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California Dreaming...
August 15, 2014 - I was over in San Diego (SD), California attending a conference at the end of June. It was my first time on the west coa...
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The Irish Winter GullFest of 2013/2014
April 11, 2014 - It was a winter to remember in terms variety and quantity of stellar "Northern" Gulls. Multiple numbers of Ivory and Ros...
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Laughing in the face of the storms
March 24, 2014 - Laughing Gulls are found primarily on the Atlantic coast of North America and the northern part of South America. It is...
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Winter Visitors
March 19, 2014 - Snow Buntings are a regular winter visitor to Ireland, and in particular the west, north and east coasts of Ireland. The...
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Pacific Vagrant...the Loon!
March 16, 2014 - Pacific Divers are regular winter visitors around the coast of Japan, particularly around the northern coastline, where...
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There's something special about...Ivory Gulls
February 25, 2014 - There really is something special about high Arctic species such as Polar Bears, Arctic Foxes, Narwhals, Beluga Whales a...
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Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
December 10, 2013 - When news broke in September 2013 that a juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) from North America was found at We...
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Dubai - world in a bubble
October 20, 2013 - To continue the UAE experience, I bring you Dubai- the city that lives in a bubble and is like a movie set. If anyone ha...
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Cityscapes in Abu Dhabi, UAE
September 30, 2013 - I was fortunate to spend a week or so in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) back in April 2013. My brother (currently) lives...
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Pelagic Photography
September 22, 2013 - The opportunity to photograph typically pelagic birds such as shearwaters, skuas and petrels comes around infrequently....
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Behind The Lens
September 15, 2013 - The Irish Independent magazine on Saturday 14th September 2013 featured me for their "Behind the Lens" series. The serie...
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Reviews for The Birds of Ireland
September 06, 2013 - Some recent reviews on our latest book http://www.collinspress.ie/the-birds-of-ireland.html
Also a nice review in t...
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The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide
July 30, 2013 - Hi all, it's been a while since I wrote anything for this blog. That is something which I wish to remedy and attempt to...
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The birth of the books
October 24, 2012 - By way of introduction really, I just want to briefly explain how I was lucky to be able to publish two books on Irish b...
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