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Corncrake Crex crex
Figures from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) confirm that the red-listed Corncrake has had its most successful Irish breeding season in 25 years with 233 confirmed breeding territories. The 2024 figure represents a 45% increase since 2018.The ground-nesting corncrake is a shy and elusive summer visitor that spends....
A close-up of a Panasonic Lumix G9II camera held by a hand, with a blurred green grass background.
I've been using the superb Panasonic Lumix G9 Micro-four-thirds camera for my wildlife photography since I reviewed it here on the site back in 2018, not long after its release. It was... and indeed still is... a fantastic camera for wildlife. With the announcement of the Lumix G9II in late....

Wildlife Features

Choosing the right optics can enhance your wildlife watching exponentially… but it can also be a tricky thing to get right. Here Jason Whitehead, who....
Bird Watching in Ireland -- seabirds
Bird watching, or “birding” as many people who watch birds have come to call it these days, is perhaps the most popular form of wildlife....
Red Squirrel in Co. Waterford, Ireland
The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is one of our most charismatic species, found in woodlands in many parts of Ireland and is an animal that....
Great Spotted Woodpecker in flight
Over the last five years woodland on Ireland’s east coast has started to reverberate with the drumming of a very welcome blow-in. This feature documenting....