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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

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....
Rook -- Ireland's most common crow
Join Ireland's Wildlife contributor Albert Nolan as he discovers the hidden wildlife gems of Limerick city. Cities like Limerick are havens for a surprising array of wildlife (image....
Birding, any time, any place, anywhere
With spring on its way, our resident birds getting ready for nesting season, and the prospect of  spring migrants just around the corner, this is....
Grizzly at Yellowstone National Park
Ireland's Wildlife contributor Daniel Lettice shares his recent experience visiting the USA's most famous wilderness... The fulfilment of a long held ambition to visit Yellowstone....