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Picture of the Month - April

Shadows of the past: 4000 years old pines embedded in peat.

Picture of the Month - January

Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown 3.0 and a rare, calm winter morning at Ross Bay.

Picture of the Month - November

November is traditionally the start of the stormy season in the west of Ireland (this doesn't mean however that storms can't hit at other...

Picture of the Month - October

Autumn in the Burren is beyond words especially on a calm morning like this. The chilly air, the soothing autumn colours and the warmth...

Picture of the Month - September

I had been waiting for a morning like this for almost three years. On this September morning a beautiful dawn came together with low...

Silent Spring - Part 3

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

Silent Spring - Part 2

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...

Silent Spring - Part 1

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

Picture of the Month - March 2020

Tideline 21st century style. This area of the upper reach of the tide should be decorated with seaweeds and shells, yet today's tidelines...

Picture of the Month - February 2020

February brought a series of storms that battered the country with high winds and heavy rain. In places the amount of precipitation...

Picture of the Month - January 2020

Some millennia ago Ireland was covered in vast forests dominated by oaks and pines. A sudden change in climate triggered the rapid...