Sharks: from demonization to glorification
Recently I came across Ocearch, a shark tracking project which has produced some amazing videos of Great Whites and other sharks being tagged: One of the interesting shifts in my lifetime…
Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda
Recently I came across Ocearch, a shark tracking project which has produced some amazing videos of Great Whites and other sharks being tagged: One of the interesting shifts in my lifetime…
Another pretty flower with a pretty name – pretty names, indeed, as Adonis annua has a pleasingly alliterative ring. And extinct in Ireland. I came across this elegy for Adonis…
Moving from yesterday’s flower, the meadow saxifrage, to a moss species no longer found in Ireland. The demise of “mud capped stone walls”, as outlined below, is another example of…
Between Comber and Newtownards in County Down lies WWT (Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust) reserve Castle Espie. This is a wonderful site, and I would say the most impressive family attraction…
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…
On the Irish Franciscan’s Praying Nature page, there is a section of “eco prayers”: A Franciscan presence and spirit requires living a way of life that cherishes Gospel values as St. Francis…
Aldo Leopold died of a heart attack while battling a fire on a neighbour’s property on April 21, 1948. He is one of those literary figures better known and much…
I have posted quite a few hedgehog posts. This is perhaps as they are frequent garden visitors/residents. Or were, it seems. So far in 2018 I have not seen a…