Person: Michael O’Clery

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

home and gardens

Islands of Ireland: To everything tern, tern, tern

From a distance, the standout feature on this lacustrine island in Lady’s Island Lake, Co Wexford, is of a solitary Monterey pine tree which dominates the character of the island.

home and gardens

Highways to hell for barn owls

Perfect time to turn over new leaves

Take flight with superb nature books

Exhausted flocks greeted with snow

‘Bird walk’ through magical pages

A bird book that ticks all the boxes

FOR the weekend birder, the peripatetic birder (the travelling salesman, say) or the twitcher, Finding Birds in Ireland, The Complete Guide, by Dempsey and O’Clery is the book to buy.

Mon, 26 Nov, 2007

The harmless hunt for the feathered grail

LATE summer is a lean time for the birdwatcher.

Mon, 15 Oct, 2007