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Down to the woods

“Inside an hour we had gathered a nice selection of meaty Boletus, along with a double handful of yellow-fleshed Chanterelle … every gastronomist’s favourite” Country Sights and Sounds John Shelley Each time we go to the woods we find another ...

16 Oct 2007 at 15:06

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NATURE Call out for Carra’s mallard

COLOURFUL CHARACTERS?The mallard population at Lough Carra has dwindled significantly. Call out for Carra’s mallard Country Sights and Sounds John Shelley This morning Carra was flat, calm and still, last year’s dead reeds a soft, golden ...

31 Mar 2015 at 13:10

A virtuoso joins the dawn chorus

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A virtuoso joins the dawn chorus

WONDER WARBLER The blackcap’s song is one of the most beautiful of all Irish songbirds. Country Sights and Sounds Michael Kingdon Dear Reader, It was more than 20 years ago that the late SeΡn Staunton, whom many of you will have known, ...

11 May 2021 at 11:00

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Life begins anew

Life begins anew John Shelley At last the corner has been turned; the pendulum, after hovering briefly at the extremity of its outward swing, now begins to fall back. Already there is a new warmth to the sun and the days are inching ...

10 Jan 2007 at 11:30

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Check out the grebe

Check out the grebe John Shelley THE sun shone again today, but with little enthusiasm. For a few moments it grew warm in the lee of the trees, and I would have found a stone where I might sit and bask if it weren’t for the ...

24 Jan 2007 at 10:29

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“We were astounded that such a small bird could make more noise than a pig and examined it in wonder before setting it free” Country Sights and Sounds John Shelley I snuffled and wheezed my way to the lake an looked out ...

06 Jan 2009 at 13:33

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Butterfly magic

Butterfly magic John Shelley Dusk came early this evening, with night, black, cold, wet, and close on its heels. Trees danced and flung their least few leaves into the gloaming, and the wind blasted them, shaking them ...

29 Nov 2006 at 11:08

Clowns and acrobats

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Clowns and acrobats

LONG ROAD AHEAD A juvenille chough, its feathers still growing, found along the west Mayo coastline. Pic: Michael Kingdon The cΡg cosdearg’s hard-won joie de vivre Country Sights and Sounds Michael Kingdon I always ...

23 Jun 2022 at 13:06

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Swallows return

“The wagtail waited patiently…then led me onwards again, offering promising poses on fencepost and boulder but eluding the lens "Most effectively” Country sights and sounds John Shelley WE HAVE our swallows back ...

21 Apr 2008 at 22:21

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Close encounters

“The buck’s antlers were high and wide, lacking the depth of palmate that typifies a well-bred animal, but quite adequate for his purpose” Country Sights and Sounds John Shelley THE wind, for once, was constant,...

06 Nov 2008 at 11:25

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The wonders of the water

“Oh, for another life, a timeless one; for the opportunity to surf with sea lions, swim with dolphins, to hitch a ride on the back of the world’s largest fish, the gentle whale shark” John Shelley THERE is ...

29 Jan 2007 at 20:26

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Heron’s return

“In the heat of a long day herons doze … they seem to lose some of their sensitivity to movement, so that I, even I, clumsy and heavy-footed, can stand over them” Country Sights and Sounds John Shelley ...

15 Jul 2008 at 11:52

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