Brent Geese

The brent geese will be leaving soon - returning to the tundra via Iceland and Greenland

They dropped in today to say goodbye.

In praise of wild swimming

An interesting article here from the finacial times weekend (there were a few copies left in John's newsagent in Dun Laoghaire).

Sparrowhawk

This sparrowhawk perched on a tree stump for almost an hour,   not far from Hawk cliff.