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Robin – Spideog – All kinds of Sad songs

Published on March 5, 2019
Birds/Fresh/Nature
robin

The Robin needs no introduction in Ireland. I wonder are there places in the world where Robin’s are rare: “Hey what is that cure little bird with the red on his chest?”

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All alone with Torr Head

Published on February 27, 2019
Fresh/Geology/Irish Sea/Nature
Torr Head

 For the first time in my life, I was standing in a wide expanse of raw beauty, but I was alone. (Within an hour I was in Murlough Bay saying the same). 

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Dunnock – Donnóg – Keeping a low profile

Published on February 27, 2019
Birds
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The Dunnock is a common bird who causes very little uproar, and is a resident of Ireland.

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The dark side of a cliff – A sense of unfairness at Fair Head

Published on February 26, 2019
Featured/Fresh/Geology/Nature/Recent

On my last evening in Ballycastle, I made a desperate attempt to see Murlough Bay, Torr Head, and Fair Head – in that order.  The unexpected beauty of the first two had taken me by surprise, and delayed my arrival at Fair Head car park.  By then, the fading April light was quite dim, and in a hurry I missed a sign saying “Private Property”

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Loughareema vanishing lake

Published on February 23, 2019
Fresh/Geology/Nature/Science and Geography

This is a real oddity.  A lake that works like a kitchen sink.

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A Hike in the Mountains – This one takes about 500 million years to do!

Published on February 23, 2019
Atlantic Ocean/Fresh/Geology
International Appalachian Trail Ireland

Fancy walking all the way from Springer Mountain in Georgia in the United States to Slieve League and onto BenNevis in Scotland? All this is possible on the International Appalachian Trail which stretches not only across an ocean, many countries, and also aeons of time.   Keep Reading

Downpatrick Head – Stack and Blow Hole

Published on February 22, 2019
Atlantic Ocean/Fresh/Geology/Nature

The Stacks at Downpatrick Head date back 350 million years are made of limestones and shales.

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Descent into Awe – Murlough Bay

Published on February 22, 2019
Fresh/Geology/Nature
Murlough Bay, Antrim

Murlough Bay is in County Antrim. It is a bay which is hardly known in the south of Ireland.  One can view Rathlin Island and views across the sea to the Mull of Kintyre, Islay, Jura and various other Scottish islands.

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More than Moher – The Slieve Liag Cliffs

Published on February 21, 2019
Atlantic Ocean/Fresh/Geology

Sliabh Liag, sometimes Slieve League or Slieve Liag  is a mountain on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal, Ireland. At 601 metres it has some of the highest sea cliffs on the island of Ireland.  Keep Reading

How Irish Waterfalls rank worldwide!

Published on February 14, 2019
Fresh/Geography/Geology/Rivers

After my visit to Glencar, I wondered how it compared to those of other nations worldwide.

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