Featured Wildlife Content
![A close-up of a Panasonic Lumix G9II camera held by a hand, with a blurred green grass background.](https://irelandswildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lumix-G9II-Review-768x576.jpg)
Panasonic Lumix G9II Camera Review for Wildlife Photography
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....
![A basking shark off the West Cork Coast](https://irelandswildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/P1045333-768x576.jpg)
How to watch Basking Sharks
"Shark-infested waters" isn't a term you normally associate with the Irish coastline, yet in late spring and early summer the Irish coast is one of the best places in Europe to see one of the world's largest sharks. The basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) is the largest fish in the North Atlantic, and second....
Wildlife Features
![Little Egret](https://irelandswildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CSC6092-768x478.jpg)
Birding for Beginners: bird watching equipment
In this feature, the third in our four-part series on beginning birdwatching, we take a look at some of the equipment owned by birders, and how....
![European grey wolf](https://irelandswildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1024px-WolfP1050427-768x576.jpg)
Re-introducing wolves to Ireland: could we? Should we?
Centuries ago wolves roamed the wilds of Ireland. In this full-length feature Ireland's Wildlife contributor Dan Lettice, explores whether or not, one day, they could do so again.... ....
![Azure Kingfisher, NT Australia](https://irelandswildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/DSC2138-768x548.jpg)
Australia’s “Top End”: a wetland wildlife wonderland
Awe, tempered with a healthy dose of apprehension. That's the only way to describe a close encounter with a large saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus). Saltwater or estuarine crocodiles,....
![Humpback whale Kalbarri](https://irelandswildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/DSC1111-768x511.jpg)
Humpback heaven in Kalbarri, Western Australia
“Get ready to hold on,” skipper Ayden Curic yelled from the bridge as he gunned the engines and the boat surged into the aquatic maelstrom.....