A Spring Morning in the Burren
The Burren is a limestone karst area in the west of Ireland, featuring a very un-Irish landscape and a world renowned flora consisting of...
Carsten Krieger
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Carsten Krieger
- Sep 20, 2021
Picture of the Month - August
Jellyfish Stranding
Carsten Krieger
- Jul 29, 2021
Picture of the Month - June
Summer is a wonderful times to visit the peatlands, get down on your knees and explore the small wonders like this Oblong Leaved Sundew.
Carsten Krieger
- Jul 29, 2021
Picture of the Month - May
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...
Carsten Krieger
- Jul 29, 2021
Picture of the Month - March
Herring Gull scuffle, short and brutal.
Carsten Krieger
- Jul 29, 2021
A Raven Story
The raven is, along with other members of the corvid family, considered to be one of the most intelligent animals on the planet....
Carsten Krieger
- Mar 24, 2021
Picture of the Month - February
It's one of the first signs of spring when ponds and puddles fill up with love crazed frogs...
Carsten Krieger
- Feb 16, 2021
The Fulmar
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...
Carsten Krieger
- Feb 16, 2021
Picture of the Month - December
This was one of those photography moments when things come together perfectly: First light at the Shannon Estuary and a grey heron on the...
Carsten Krieger
- Oct 19, 2020
The Red Deer Rut
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...
Carsten Krieger
- Sep 30, 2020
Nature First
Nature photography and landscape photography are becoming ever more popular. For some it is a way to reconnect with the natural world,...
Carsten Krieger
- Aug 10, 2020
A Natural History
Today Ireland is a small island at the north-western edge of Europe. Its origins however lie far away from its current position, on the...
Carsten Krieger
- Jun 29, 2020
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...
Carsten Krieger
- Jun 6, 2020
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...
Carsten Krieger
- May 20, 2020
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...
Carsten Krieger
- May 10, 2020
Picture of the Month - April 2020
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...
Carsten Krieger
- May 10, 2020
A Month in West Clare - April 2020
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...
Carsten Krieger
- Apr 12, 2020
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...
Carsten Krieger
- Mar 17, 2020
Photo Essay: Spring Flowers
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....
Carsten Krieger
- Mar 2, 2020
On Seals
Common Seals at the Shannon Estuary Seals are among the best loved marine mammals. Predominantly perceived as cute and cuddly, these...