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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....
A basking shark off the West Cork Coast
"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

Ladybird
As another wildlife documentary draws to a close, I can't help looking out of the window at our back garden: the patio, the lawn, the....
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....
Stranded Sperm Whale Carcass, Fermoyle
In this guest post marine biology student Sean O'Callaghan, a keen cetacean enthusiast and admin of the popular Kerry's Wild Side page on Facebook, explores some....
Bellowing red deer stag Killarney
Sean O'Callaghan of Kerry's Wild Side gives us the low-down on one of the most testosterone-charged events in the Irish wildlife calendar: the annual red....