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The Kingfishers of Griffith Park, Dublin
February 09, 2025 - The Common Kingfisher/Cruidín (Alcedo atthis) is one of Ireland's most colourful breeding birds. It is a firm favourite...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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