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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 September 3, 2018September 1, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 3. The Capercaillie

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…

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