House on Owey Island where my great grandparents Manus and Mary O'Donnell lived. Mount Errigal standing above the clouds in the background.
County Donegal, Ireland.

Cliffs of Moher, with the sun shining on Goat Island - home to the largest Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) colony on the Cliffs.
County Clare, Ireland.

Marsh Orchids (Dactylorhiza sp.) and Heath spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata) flowering along the Cliffs of Moher.
County Clare, Ireland.

Sliabh Liag Cliffs capped with low lying clouds.
County Donegal, Ireland.

'Mother and Son'
Sliabh Liag, County Donegal, Ireland.

'Lucky break'
A Sea pottery fragment from Owey Island.
County Donegal, Ireland.

A porous bone fragment that has washed up on the beach.
County Donegal, Ireland.

A porous bone fragment that has washed up on the beach.
County Donegal, Ireland.

Sea sparkling beneath Sliabh Liag.
County Donegal, Ireland.

A white Goniatite fossil in a dark shale concretion. Worn smooth by wave action on the Atlantic shoreline.
County Clare, Ireland.

A pretty green pebble flecked with colours.
County Clare, Ireland.

Peeked over a stone wall and disturbed a herd of feral goats in the Burren National park.
County Clare, Ireland.

Another look at yesterday's Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis) with one of my size 12s for scale.
The Burren, County Clare, Ireland.

A Goniatite fossil encrusted pebble from beneath the Cliffs of Moher. The shells of these ancient relatives of modern cephalopods littered the sea floor that covered this area over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.

A white version of an Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula).
The Burren, County Clare, Ireland.

Fiadh taking in the scene on Sliabh Liag.
Thanks to Fintan Geraghty for the pic.
County Donegal, Ireland.

Sea pinks (Armeria maritima) at sunset on Teelin pier.
County Donegal, Ireland.

Sliabh Liag Cliffs in the Summer Sun.
County Donegal, Ireland.