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04 Jan 2016

To Twitch or Not to Twitch

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It’s January! Where has the past few months gone? It seems like only last week when my memoir, ‘Don’t Die in Autumn’, was published� ...

12 Oct 2015

Two Birds – Two Worlds

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Several times over the last week I have been asked the same question: why birds? What is it about birds that captured my imagination from ...

27 Sep 2015

Spirit Swallow

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The last few weeks have been a bit of a blur. Don’t Die in Autumn was launched at the end of August and, since then, I have been on ra ...

22 Aug 2015

Don’t Die in Autumn – ‘Here…come look at the birds’.

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It’s a dull wet day as I look out the window into our garden in Wicklow. Where has the sun gone? Last week we had such glorious, sunny, Au ...

16 Aug 2015

Always Take A Second Look!

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On Tuesday last, 11th August, myself and Michael O’Clery joined the rest of the ‘Kerry lads’ for our annual pelagic off Dingle. Run wi ...

23 Jul 2015

I Love Swallows

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For the past few weeks I have been pacing the garden like an expectant father. Now, let me immediately clarify that…I have been pacing the ...

25 Jun 2015

Rock Pipit – No Problem

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If there is one thing I have learned is that, in birding, nothing is guaranteed. Birds often decide whether you see them or not. Years of gu ...

03 Jun 2015

Our Lost Ring Ouzels

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It’s been a busy few months and I’m back doing some short blogs again. Since I’ve been with you last, I have travelled on my honeymoon ...

22 Dec 2014

Happy Christmas

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Just a very short message to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and the very best for 2015. I will be back blogging in the new year! Er ...

31 Jan 2014

Ivory Gull -A Gull Among Gulls

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There is an old saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I remember my late father reciting an old Limerick which had lines which s ...

To Twitch or Not to Twitch

Two Birds – Two Worlds

Spirit Swallow

Don’t Die in Autumn – ‘Here…come look at the birds’.

Always Take A Second Look!

I Love Swallows

Rock Pipit – No Problem

Our Lost Ring Ouzels

Happy Christmas

Ivory Gull -A Gull Among Gulls

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