Nature
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Bee-eater perched on a wire in Extremadura, Spain
Oasi WWF di Lago Alviano, Umbria, Italy
Bee-eater perched on a wire in Extremadura, Spain
European Birds
Two pairs of gannets greeting each other having landed in adjacent nests. Saltee Island, County Wexford, Ireland
Saltee Islands
Two pairs of gannets greeting each other having landed in adjacent nests. Saltee Island, County Wexford, Ireland
Sea Birds and Coastal Birds
Some of the five barn owl chicks born in our nest box in 2024.
Owl chicks in our nest box in Kilkenny getting ready to fledge
Roosting in a tree in the the town of Castro Verde, Portugal
Some of the five barn owl chicks born in our nest box in 2024.
Owls
An Irish hare sits, attentive, on a headland in West Cork
An Irish hare runs across an open field in West Cork
At Sant'archangelo, Lago Trasemino, Umbria, Italy
An Irish hare sits, attentive, on a headland in West Cork
Mammals
Crested Grebes, Lago Trasimeno, Umbria, Italy This image may be purchased at RedBubble by clicking the link below:
Oasi WWF di Lago di Alviano, Umbria, Italy This image may be purchased at RedBubble by clicking the link below:
Photographed in April this lone crane obviously missed the migration north from the wintering grounds in the rice paddfields of Extremadura, Spain
Crested Grebes, Lago Trasimeno, Umbria, Italy This image may be purchased at RedBubble by clicking the link below:
Water Birds
Ireland's smallest raptor. A winter visitor to the coastal esturaries. Photographed here in November at Bannow Island, County Wexford
Advertising hoarding near Bologna makes a good perch
Ireland's smallest raptor. A winter visitor to the coastal esturaries. Photographed here in November at Bannow Island, County Wexford
Raptors
On the steppes of Castro Verde, Portugal
On the steppes of Castro Verde, Portugal
Steppe and Upland Birds
