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World’s oldest known wild bird lays an egg – her 60th – at the age of 74

The oldest known wild bird has laid an egg at the ripe age of about 74 – her first in four years – US wildlife officials have said.

Fri, 06 Dec, 2024

Albatrosses — creatures of the wind that scarcely need to flap their wings

Doldrums are what happen when the wind 'withdraws its services'... and scientists are learning more about them using data collected from buoys in the Atlantic

Thu, 19 Sep, 2024

Rare albatross sighting off Irish coast

These birds with a wing-span of more than 2 metres use updrafts to get airborne — exploiting air currents, they can fly almost without flapping their wings

Fri, 09 Sep, 2022

Richard Collins: Are dinosaurs still around today — masquerading as birds?

Discoveries of a 'fuzzy raptor' and the missing link fossil, archaeopteryx, have given us ancestral links between birds and reptiles and birds and dinosaurs

Thu, 19 May, 2022

Check out the Albatross taking on three massive cranes at Cork Dockyard

The first of three massive cranes was loaded onto the Albatross this afternoon at the Cork Dockyard. Dan Linehan was on the scene to give us the lowdown on the action. 

Tue, 21 Feb, 2017

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World’s oldest known wild bird lays an egg – her 60th – at the age of 74

Albatrosses — creatures of the wind that scarcely need to flap their wings

Rare albatross sighting off Irish coast

Richard Collins: Are dinosaurs still around today — masquerading as birds?

Check out the Albatross taking on three massive cranes at Cork Dockyard

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Mick Clifford

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World’s oldest known wild bird lays an egg – her 60th – at the age of 74

Albatrosses — creatures of the wind that scarcely need to flap their wings

Rare albatross sighting off Irish coast

Richard Collins: Are dinosaurs still around today — masquerading as birds?

Check out the Albatross taking on three massive cranes at Cork Dockyard

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Mick Clifford

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