My Miscellany

For all the many times I see a cormorant flying up the river, or swimming and diving, last week was only the second time I've seen one s...

The SCS challenge this week was a scavenger hunt - the objects to find were a leaf, a stone, a shell, a feather and a bottle or a can. Well ...

Archibald MacLeish "Ars Poetica" A poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit, Dumb As old medallions...

Town bird's country cousin - I know which I'd rather be! Plus an older picture of a chick, showing just how big those feet ...

Taking a walk on the wild side!! I often see a moorhen or two at Heuston Station when the tide is low.

(This is the post I thought I made during the week, but it went AWOL. I think what happened is I originally posted it accidentally when I wa...

These ducks were just gently drifting in the morning sunshine - they rather reminded me of all the locals swimming in Astros last year - jus...

No-Tail's tail has grown again, but it's still quite easy to tell him apart from Scarface. He's still trying to muscle in on the...

As promised, coot videos. Not one, even, but two. It was fascinating watching the coot reorganising the nest. At first I wondered if it was...

Yesterday was a day that threatened rain, so I put off going out, but then decided to risk it. First picture is the lake in Farmleigh. I us...