The Red Squirrel is one of Ireland's few mammal species and has been under threat for the past decades from its invasive relative, the...

Herring Gull scuffle, short and brutal.

Buying a camera, no matter if it’s the first ever or an upgrade, is always a big decision and one that gets ever more difficult with the...

It's one of the first signs of spring when ponds and puddles fill up with love crazed frogs...

The hero of the story which I have to tell... appears to observers in different guise; to some it is a ghost, to some the conqueror of...

This was one of those photography moments when things come together perfectly: First light at the Shannon Estuary and a grey heron on the...

Home of Ireland's Red Deer: Forest & Mountain The red deer is Ireland’s biggest land mammal and the only native deer species to the...

The final weeks of the Silent Spring project became unexpectedly difficult. Having to go out every day and produce a more or less decent...

The spring of 2020 turned out to be of the driest and warmest in years. Many wildflowers started to bloom several weeks early, the most...

Initially my daily "lockdown picture" wasn't much more than a way of killing some time and taking advantage of the good weather Ireland...

The basking shark is the second largest fish on the planet and a regular summer visitor to Ireland's west coast. On their search for...

April is a month of transformation. The spring equinox on 21. March marks the beginning of spring in many cultures and it is the time...

Now that the days are getting noticeably longer spring is about to arrive in full force and with it the first wildflowers of the year....

Common Seals at the Shannon Estuary Seals are among the best loved marine mammals. Predominantly perceived as cute and cuddly, these...

A field covered in its delicate yellow blossoms is a most uplifting sight and a sure sign that winter is over: The common dandelion,...

After the last wolf was killed in 1786, the red fox, madra rua in Irish, became the only representative of the Canidae family in Ireland....

When we talk about saving the planet we often look at events that happen far away. We are devastated when we see the giant panda that...

Mudflats, which can be found at sheltered bays and inlets of river estuaries and the coast, appear dull and desolate. However these vast...

The Little Egret is one of the success stories of the bird world. This member of the Ardeidae family with its pure white plumage...