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- Feb 21
Froggy Love is in the Air
Valentines Day may have passed but love is still in the air... and on the bog, and in the fields, in the ditches, in the puddles and on...
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- Jun 17, 2022
Lunchtime in the meadow
It's all go in the meadow. This little cuckoo flower is proving popular!
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- May 26, 2022
That Summer Feeling
And in a flash there was colour everywhere. The colour of summer! The wildflowers have started popping up everywhere now, each few days a...
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- May 9, 2022
A Friendly Pheasant
We've had a pretty prowler over the last couple of evenings making lots of squawky noise and venturing right up to our window. It's...
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- Mar 29, 2022
Busy Spiders of the Bog
What another beautiful start to the day as we continue enjoying this mini-heatwave. An ethereal fog hanging over the lake, early morning...
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- Mar 8, 2022
More signs of Spring
Canada Geese are back on the lake again. As its name implies, the greater Canada goose is not a native species - in Ireland colonisation...
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- Mar 8, 2022
Spring is here
The frogs are spawning and the buds are budding...hello Spring. Nature keeps to her schedule and the world keeps turning despite the...
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- Jul 27, 2021
Pretty moth
A lovely find by the girls - the Common Garden Tiger Moth - we usually see the caterpillars munching on ragwort but don't often see the...
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- Jul 7, 2021
A Drippy Start to the Day
Beautiful morning dew drops glistening on all the grasses this morning. Resulting in very wet jeans after my walk.
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- Jul 2, 2021
Grass Roof in Full Bloom
What an incredible aerial photo looking down over the Lodge. The skylight which seems massive when standing under it looks miniscule! And...
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- Apr 14, 2021
Heron in Flight
This heron, a regular visitor here, is usually very hard to photograph, let alone record on video. I manage to capture him today though...
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- Mar 14, 2021
Buzzard Sighting
Quite a few large birds are circling Lough Mardal the last few weeks as the lake shoreline has become a breeding ground for frogs - they...
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- Mar 4, 2021
Canada Geese
Lovely to see the return of the Canada Geese. They usually nest on one of the small islands on the lake. Our journey to school has been...
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- Feb 27, 2021
Spring Wildflowers
Leaving the house has been so much simpler the last couple of days - no ten minute rummaging for hats, scarves, jackets, wellies (oh...
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- Feb 22, 2021
Bird Nest
What a find! An abandoned bird nest in a Rhodedendron bush - what clever little birdies made this we wonder and made it so well that it...
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- Feb 20, 2021
Tis the Season to be Froggy
One of the big annual nature events we get very excited about at Lough Mardal is nearly here. All of a sudden for about a week long at...
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- Feb 4, 2021
Deer Paths
We spotted lots of red deer droppings today out on our Sunday rambles. This field down by the lake is obviously a busy spot with a...
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- Jan 23, 2021
Frozen Funghi
A lovely bit of colour peeping up through the blanket of white snow everywhere
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- Jan 13, 2021
The Week the Lake Froze Over
The big freeze is over. From being almost cut off from civilisation (not even the postman nor binmen could reach us over a couple of...
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- Nov 26, 2020
Red deer in front of the Lodge
The beautiful sight of red deer just outside the Lodge early this morning. We know from the tracks around the bogland that they are never...
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