Vico Dipper celebrates 75th birthday

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A good advert for taking bracing dips in the briny!

Sharing lunch with juvenile Redshank

Amazed at how close this young redshank (at least I think it's a redshank?) approached me while having lunch at Blackrock seafront on Friday. Almost ate crumbs from my palm, quite remarkable for a wild bird.

An Irish Times article on the green lights in the water can be found here.

And a Wiki article on the Noctiluca scintillans can be found here.

Stalactites on the East Pier

This shows the effect on a rainwater hopper of rain trickling through the blocks of stone (presumably they are limestone blocks or the lime is from the cement between the blocks).

Storm victim

Storm on Friday, and a victim (possibly a Black Guillemot)

East Pier battery open day

There are plans to refurbish the East Pier battery and put a cafe there.Here are a couple of 'pre-touristification photos.

Here is some history.

Lisbon?

The great Lisbon debate