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Posted on April 25, 2019April 25, 2019

The Birds of Castle Espie

I haved blogged before about WWT Castle Espie, Co. Down. Another visit over Easter re-confirmed just how wonderful a place it is for a family day out. It is also…

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Posted on April 21, 2019April 16, 2019

Henry Williamson on Curlews: From “Tarka the Otter”

From Tarka the Otter Within the moor is the Forest, a region high and treeless, where sedge grasses grow on the slopes to the sky. In early summer the wild…

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Posted on April 15, 2019April 15, 2019

A short film about Curlews: “Keeper of the Call”

World Curlew Day is next Sunday, April 21st. The decline of the curlew, whose call truly merits that overused word “iconic”, is one of the most shocking natural history stories…

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Posted on January 27, 2019January 27, 2019

Red Sky on the Black Isle: a short film about raptors by Alison Marley

From film maker Alison Marley, here’s a short film about raptor persecution – a visually beautiful look at a less than beautiful subject:

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Posted on October 3, 2018

“The Barn Owls of Tipperary”, talk by Áine Lynch of BirdWatch Ireland, Tirry Centre, Fethard, October 4th

In case a Blessing of the Animals is not enough for one day, there is a talk at 7.45 pm in the Tirry Community Centre, Fethard on the Barn Owls…

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Posted on September 30, 2018September 22, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 30th, the crane

The final species I have selected for this month of Irish extinctions is the crane. The crane only went extinct in late medieval times, and features much in Irish poetry…

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Posted on September 20, 2018September 10, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, 20th September, the Woodlark

From Pádraic Fogarty‘s Whittled Away: Woodlark Formerly common along the Eastern counties, it had disappeared as a breeding bird by the start of the twentieth century. Gerald Manley Hopkins attempted…

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Posted on September 11, 2018September 12, 2018

The gannet photos of Richard Shucksmith

As always, the Bird Photographer of the Year competition has produced a crop of stunning images. The most striking of which for me was one of a familiar bird, the…

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