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Kerry born and Kerry bred, strong in the arm, and thick in the head.
A great collection of ‘divers’. A Great Northern Diver, a Red-Throated Diver, and a Pacific Diver. Wonderful to see such cracking birds, a pity I didn’t see the last of the collection, the Black-Throated Diver, but to have seen the ‘pacific’ and the ‘great’ in their summer coats was amazing! #birds
17.10.2025 19:54 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
A raven stands sentinel, like the signal tower behind it. The tower, such an impressive structure, is now ruinous, a great relic from a different time. The raven stands eternal, ever present. #Birds
04.07.2025 14:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sure thing, that’d be great! Thanks, and take care
04.07.2025 13:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
While ‘dipping’ in the river, I encountered TWO ‘other’ dippers. Amazing how disinterested they were with me, causally flying over and back above my head while they searched for food. The most incredible wildlife encounter, made all the more special as I shared it with my partner. Food for the soul!
04.06.2025 01:27 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Isn’t she a picture of health! Hard to imagine she has come out so well in her coat, with absolutely no brushing or maintenance. Goodness from the inside out, vitamins, minerals and oil in the feed, and by god she’s gorgeous
27.04.2025 12:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Who’s watching who. I never tire of seeing my good friend Reynard.
17.04.2025 00:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Very confiding views of a drake American Wigeon yesterday, what a striking bird. Easy enough to momentarily lose it among the European wigeons, but equally easy to find again.
07.03.2025 15:24 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
Delighted to get such a close encounter with this beautiful peregrine in mid-Tipperary two weeks ago now. Always such a pleasure to see the fastest member of the animal kingdom, just lolling around preening and enjoying the break in the weather
03.03.2025 20:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Great to see the move to Bluesky, hopefully the community as a whole shifts from ‘the other place’ to here!
03.03.2025 20:28 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Male Red-breasted Merganser in the Tarbert estuary this afternoon, no sign of female today. Great addition to the place, and really enjoyable to watch closely
22.01.2025 18:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Jelly Ear Fungus yesterday in the John F. Leslie woods Tarbert. Cracking fungus, so evocative of its namesake, I love to find them. So many different funguses on offer I this wood, but this one stood out as my favourite from the short adventure.
16.01.2025 20:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Spotted Redshank still at Blennerville Tralee. South bank on the west side of the bridge. Flock of pintail still in the outer bay. Heaps of golden plover, lapwing and bar tailed godwit also.
16.01.2025 20:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Witches Butter or Yellow Brain Fungus (Tremella mesenterica) that I found on the banks of ‘The Big River’ Tralee. Incredible looking fungus, really captivating thing, and looking at it through the eyes of a person from many many moons ago, it’s no wonder they called it Witches Butter
12.01.2025 22:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Gorgeous female Brambling present today along the river beside the Na Gaeil Gaa field Tralee. Present a few days, found by EM.
11.01.2025 20:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Fontaines D.C.
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