Lesser Spotted Eagle – Nice Story from Poland

Jan 8, 2010 | Blog, General nature

Lesser Spotted Eagle : Cows to protect rare birds Twenty five cows are to be handed over to farmers in eastern Poland to graze in the open, thereby creating an ideal habitat for the Lesser Spotted Eagle, Polskie Radio reported on January 5. This is part of a project...

Otter Encounters in Mayo

Jan 7, 2010 | Ecotourism

Being an island off an island, only released from the vice-like grip of ice sheets a mere 10 – 12,000 years ago, Ireland has relatively little biodiversity. We can only boast around 25 land-based mammal species, of which around 10 are bats. But one great guy we...

Ecotourism in 2010

Jan 5, 2010 | Ecotourism

At the end of the day and the beginning of this new year, is there really anything more to ecotourism than “more environmentally responsible nature tourism” ?  The world and Ireland is full of nature tourism operators – walking, hill climbing, kayaking, cycling,...