Martello Tower No. 7

The Fortification is open every day 9 am to 5 pm until Sunday 28th August at 5 pm. 
Exhibition at Dunlaoghaire town hall is mon to fri all day and sun 1 to 5 pm. 

A great tour of the Martello Tower and associated works, restored by Niall O Donoghue
See also the French salute.

Ireland's Eye

Some photos from the birdwatching expedition.
The list:

• Great black-backed gull Larus marinus
• Herring Gull Larus argentatus
• Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
• Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
• Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
• Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
• Guillemot Uria aalge
• Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
• Puffin Fratercula arctica
• Gannet Sula bassana
• Reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
• Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
• Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
• Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
• Tern Sterna

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).

Additional Kayak voyage photos

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Expedition to remote Dalkey Island

Intrepid explorers from Vico Department of Maritime Services completed an expedition to remote Dalkey Island, far out in the Irish Sea. Braving treacherous currents and aggressive marine mammals the team successfully landed on the sole tiny beach, surrounded by dangerous rocks and dangerous mushrooms.