European Peacock (Inachis io) Not all Peacocks have feathers, nor are they all related. There are also Peacock butterflies, but not of the same genus. Take the European Peacock (Inachis io) above in all its splendour. A stunning looking butterfly with four big “eyes” which it is thought help dissuade […]
Ireland
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Sun Fly (Heliophilus pendulas) on a Thistle flower Back again in Spain after a month in a somewhat wet and rainy Ireland, I have the task of going through all my photos now. And updating my blog of course after the past weeks of neglect. So let’s start with some […]
Garden Tiger Moth (Arctia caja), a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. Actually no, it´s not, we all know the Celtic Tiger is dead, or at the very least has left the building…I mean fled the country. What I want to talk about is the Garden Tiger. This, like […]
Time for the second part of this story dealing with the voyage and a bit of history. We sailed from Knightstown, Valentia to Derrynane Harbour on my cousins yacht Janus. It is thus named due to having two heads (toilets in maritime speak) and Janus was a Roman god of […]
Great War Memorial, a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. So let´s kick off the return to the land of digital communication and start at the beginning. It´s been a great few weeks in Ireland full of travel, activity, culture and nature. We started off by staying at my […]
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis), a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. I was at home in Ireland for the last week and went to Galway, Mayo and Cork. What amazed me was the number of songbirds. Perhaps it´s the time of year, since I wouldn´t normally be home at […]