One of two Fox cubs i met i my travels this evening - Trying to figure me as friend or foe - Great to have a diversity of mammals on the farm from Fox to Badger, Hare, Rabbit, Stoat, Pine Martin to the smaller mice, Shrews & Bats

Beautiful day walking on Bofin. Looking over east beach to Mwellrea, leitir hill and cleggan head, with diamond hill looking up in between. Was pleased to find a copy of 'Sailing to an Island' inspired by Clare & bofin, Strand Book Store when visiting NY on holiday in recent weeks

Some of 100s of Common Dolphins seen today SW of Árainn, along with 3 Minke Whale, Porbeagle shark and seabirds including Wilsons Petrel, 120 Storm petrel, 4 Sooty shearwater.

Great day seabird watching on Bridges of Ross in Clare. 10 yrs or more since there before. Watched Bluefin Tuna soar into air while watching Great shearwaters feeding with Sooties & Manx, also Corys Balearics shearwaters, Poms Arctic & Great skuas Sab & Med Gull with much more

Room with a view, 4 ladies of an evening and the best year in 10 for blackberries

Enjoyable walk saturday, starting east end of Kylemore lough, walking west & along old track to kylemore statue, then vertically up Dúchruach, down along nw contours, circling loch an crapaí & back east over the pass. Such an unfortunate proliferation of Rhododendron above lake

Cattle love Ivy. Some heifers tucking into some in the woods today. Cattle love diversity in their diet loving tree leaves, varied herbs etc and ive no doubt it benifits their health and wellbeing.

Nice day on Árainn. 1st trip of 2023. A hardy cold start. No unusual birds but 11 Long tailed duck & 11 Red throated diver in Manistir bay were nice. Sun setting over Dún Aonghus & Kilmurvey on journey out this evening

Beautiful spring day. Many Redwing moving through, singing in the tree tops. Five ladies who've spent the winter out, wondering if a few treets are in store. One due to be a mother come summer

Holiday read recently 'Arctic Dreams' by Barry Lopez.Traveling today listening to Barry explore deep listening & sacred relationship to place.Old Squaw ducks leaving Mainistir bay, Árainn, let me travel North together in imagination to their Arctic nesting sacredland.org/barry-lopez-pa…

Huiceirí agus Curachaí i Spideal tráthnona inniú. Beautiful to see these two traditional boats in the expert baidoirí hands agus daoine ag caint as gaeilge Cois Farraige, Feile an Spideal

Belted galloway cattle are part of the natural ecosystem on the farm. The farm is no less wild with their presense. Here grazing heath & raised bog they help wild flowers like this orchid, & also woodland expansion and woodland edge butterflies like this Silver washed fritillary

An enjoyable morning hillwalking Binn Chuiní & Binn Mhairg, in Maam turk mts, but extraordinary occurance was a 1st year Long tailed skua, flying above the road in Maam cross. Scarcest of the 4 skuas seen off ireland, but normally storm driven off west coast headland in autumn

Enjoyable day out west, a circumambulation of Omey, nature walk - song & songflight of Skylark, a Corncrake, many Wheatear here for the summer, Whimbrel on their way to iceland, and the wild atlantic red billed Chough making their presense known. And afterwards Olivers in Cleggan

Great day on Árainn. 24km on bike & foot, watching birds, butterflies & flowers. Such a wonderful world on my doorstep, to take a day out and explore

Celtic people put the cattle to the mountain in May, to graze the grass that comes alive between June & Sep - Molinia, Purple moor grass or Fionnán. Galloways are true celtic hill cattle. Along with furs the main fuel of wild fires. Bog myrtle or Reilóg's plentiful also

Farming & nature can exist together. Cattle can be part of integral ecology, part of a rich biodiversity. Exploring these relationships, looking at Cows, Birds, Butterflies, Flowers, Fields, Fens & Woods & more on a farm walk on Sat June 29th Booking @ farmingfornature.ie/events/farm-wa…

Talking farming and nature, a farm walk here next Sat and Belted Galloway cattle on Galway bay fm @ 20min 30sec on 2nd slot galwaybayfm.ie/listen_back/ga…

Wonderful weekend in Moyvane, the womb & birthplace of writer poet, John Moriarty, exploring his mystical mind heart & soul. Meeting wonderful people & setting forth a gestation of further consideration, through poetry, reflection,consideration, song & music #johnmoriartyfestival

Talking farming&nature to a lovely group today, exploring how different approaches impact nature outcomes. Accompanied by Brendan Dunford. In todays Irish Times, Ella McSweeney talks on the ditching of Burren Life founded by Brendan & impact on resulting loss of trust by farmers