Tag Archives: #birds

Friday’s Facts, Fiction and Feathers!

Posted on 25/01/2019 by aj vosse

OK, OK… apologies first… sorry, I’ve been rather busy with stuff… so, I’ve been tardy in visiting your sites. Bad boy me, I know! Anyway… it’s Friday so, here’s the first Friday fact for the day… it is a calendar … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Feathered Fact – Photo-Bombed!

Posted on 18/01/2019 by aj vosse

Yes… there I was… minding my own p’s and q’s… taking photos of the wildlife, more specifically the bird life… when the boat photo-bombed my shot! Shameful, don’t you think? I think I must start a movement… we can protest! … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Feather Flappers

Posted on 11/01/2019 by aj vosse

This lad came at us… we were hardly parked when it left the water and headed straight for the car. Either he was very hungry or mating season is in the air… whichever… he’s a feisty fellow! Happy Friday… the … Continue reading →

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The Year That Was – July to September 2018

Posted on 29/12/2018 by aj vosse

And so we get to the second half of the year. I’d stopped work at the end of June and as such I then was at home for the best summer Ireland has seen in a generation. Needless to say, … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Feathery Flapper!

Posted on 21/12/2018 by aj vosse

Guess what? Yep… today is the shortest day of the year up where we live! That can only mean one thing… that soon soon we’ll be celebrating spring again! Yep… I’m sorry to have to do this to all my … Continue reading →

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Monday Mono – as the Crow Flies…

Posted on 17/12/2018 by aj vosse

Well, technically speaking… as the crows fly! There are two of them, if my last count was correct. The photo was taken on Saturday afternoon… as the last bit of Storm Deirdre swept by… and oh boy, did she sweep! … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Flying Feathers…

Posted on 14/12/2018 by aj vosse

Yep, this was a fight… and not the peaceful swan mating session I at first thought it most likely to be. Swans are territorial… well, it seems some are and when the one on the left intruded the big male … Continue reading →

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Mono Monday – Crossing the Line?

Posted on 10/12/2018 by aj vosse

Baby it’s NOT cold outside! Promise… in fact, it’s Baltic! Or… Arctic… or could I now be in trouble for using old (read Eurocentric…) terms to describe a feeling? Seems, these days the PC correct social warriors are wrecking everything. … Continue reading →