Buzzards in Mayo

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...

Hen Harriers in Ireland

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...