Mar 31, 2010 | Blog, General nature
Just a short word to let you know that I was recently informed by a staff member at NPWS of a Peregrine Falcon that flew from Finland to Ireland this winter. The female Peregrine, which was only born in Finland last summer, had managed to fly around 2,000 km, at an...
Aug 17, 2009 | Blog, General nature
With all the welcome and merited hullabaloo about the reintroduction to Ireland of our long lost Golden Eagle (Donegal), White Tailed Sea Eagle (Kerry) and Red Kite (Wicklow), not so many people have noticed the perhaps even more wonderful natural, unaided geographic...
May 27, 2009 | Blog, General nature
Hen Harriers in Ireland The magnificent Hen Harrier is one of Ireland’s rarest native birds of prey. To be lucky enough to see one, as I have on a small number of occasions, is truly a gift. I remember the first time I saw a Hen Harrier, I was transfixed. It was...
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