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Killala kayakers at twilight

Killala Harbour kayaker at twilight. Photo: Anthony Hickey
Killala Harbour kayaker at twilight. Photo: Anthony Hickey

An enchanting scene awaited me on a walk around Killala Harbour at dusk. Kayakers paddling in the calm lagoon beneath the world-class architectural heritage of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Killala’s Round Tower; their voices echoing across the stillness of a beautiful August twilight. It was a magical scene of evolving shadows as the kayaks glided […]

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Nature Trail

The Brent Geese of Mayo

A ringed Light-bellied Brent Goose on seashore at Pier Road, Enniscrone, on January 19th, 2019. Photo: Anthony Hickey
A ringed Light-bellied Brent Goose on seashore at Pier Road, Enniscrone, on January 19th, 2019. Photo: Anthony Hickey

January 2019 In mid-January 2019, I spotted a ringed Light-bellied Brent Goose in a flock of about 20 foraging for food on the rocky seashore in front of Kilcullen’s Seaweed Baths on Pier Road in Enniscrone. I emailed the photograph to the Irish Brent Goose Research Group in Downpatrick, Co Down, for identification and Graham […]