A TIGHT formation of dunlin rockets down the channel towards me, turns and disappears into thin air. Five seconds later and fifty metres away, they reappear as a sudden blink of light before turning and disappearing again.

ON the morning last week when a whale came up the bay, I found four missed calls on my telephone at 10am.

THE Seven Heads ranks amongst the most scenic, least spoiled areas of coastal west Cork.

Damien Enright on his encounters with whales

SURELY everyone who has a child in the house should have a book on the natural history of Ireland if they can afford it.

Damien Enright on why we need to reinforce a vital law.

FIRE in the briars as bright as fires in the gorse in late summer.

Damien Enright gets swept away by Ireland’s ocean

Damien Enright on options for the weed growing in bays.

Damien Enright on the beauty of a November morning.