Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda
I’ve generally avoided the explicitly political here. However, one can’t help notice that in recent years we hear a lot about the evils of modern Russia, and its geopolitical ambitions and…
From Heiligenkreuz Abbey via the blog of Fr Edmund Waldstein. Latin text: Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio; contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium. Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur: tuque,…
Originally posted on Haiku out of Africa:
electronic days ~ we disconnect to connect ~ to be real again — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
I began this exploration of species extinct in Ireland with a fish, the sturgeon., have moved through mammals and insects, but only now am moving to plants. And predictably enough…
My September blog series Extinct in Ireland continues dolefully on. And here is a bird extinct as a breeding species in Ireland very much within recent memory: the Corn Bunting.…
In recent years declines in bee populations have set alarm bells ringing, and this seems to have penetrated quite widely. I would urge all readers in Ireland to familiarise themselves with All-Ireland Pollinator…
Continuing a month of postings on species extinct in Ireland since the coming of humans, the first insect of this series and a moth last found in Clonmel – the barberry…
Continuing my September project with the first avian entry, the capercaillie. From “Whittled Away”: An oversized grouse of woodlands, the last record of which was from Thomastown, Co Kilkenny in 1760…
Séamus Sweeney 