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Writing about the nature, heritage, and history of County Wicklow, Ireland. Now doing videos too.

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My review of @zoedev1174 's fantastic 'Blooming Marvellous: A Wildflower Hunter’s Year' published by #CollinsPress

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Blooming Marvellous this September:

It’s hard not to feel sad in September as another summer draws to a close...

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April Adventures:

Spring has been a little slow to take off – I only saw my first Swallow yesterday, and...

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St. Brigid’s Day:

Today is St. Brigid’s Day, the traditional start of the Celtic Spring, and it is very...

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The Spring Moth Arrived:

This morning (February 2nd – I’m writing this just after midnight) I found this...

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The Last Days of Summer:

Recently I have been asked if we are still in summer, or is this technically autumn...

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The Night of the Moths:

A few people have been asking me about the moths which invaded the Stade de France...

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Full Moon and Summer Solstice:

Anyone who uses Google will probably have seen the ‘First Day of Summer’...

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Fledglings and Maybugs:

It was a tough spring for the birds because temperatures were almost relentlessly below...

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Warm Spring Weather at Last:

In fact, it feels more like summer than spring, and all in the space of a week...

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Beautiful blossoms = beautiful insects:

This year we have had a very cold April. In the last few days...

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Spring: at last

It has been a whole month-and-a-half since I wrote the last instalment of this blog. Why?

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All Saints Day:

Halloween has ended and November has begun, bringing us deeper into autumn and closer to winter...

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Stags in Glendalough:

If you want to see a really exciting wildlife spectacle then now is the time to visit...

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Super Full Moon Eclipse:

In the early hours of this morning we had a super full moon, which is when the moon...

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African Giants Visiting Ireland:

Only last week my brother contacted me with news he had come across...

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Spider Romance - ending soon:

Many people will probably be glad to know that spider mating-season won’t be...

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Master of Camouflage:

Considering we are at the transition between summer and autumn, and it’s still...

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Spider Times: a video:

It’s that time of the year again, and to help you identify those arachnids...

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An Early Autumn:

Sadly our summer was not up to much this year, with only a couple of warm weeks in early August...

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