Grey Heron , Basking in Evening Sunlight

Grey Heron , Basking in Evening SunlightThe grey plumage and stature of Grey Herons make them unmistakable. It is a very familiar species being widely distributed and a year round resident in Ireland. Single birds are often flushed when posed motionlessly at the edge of water bodies, coiled ready to strike out at unsuspecting prey with its formidable spear like bill. It feeds along the edge of a wide range of wetland habitats from coastal waters and estuaries to loughs, streams and marshy

’ This particular species was introduced from Scotland

(Acrylic painting) Killarney National Park (Irish: Páirc Náisiúnta Chill Airne)

which increases substantially during the summer months when the tourist season is at its peak and when the boating fraternity and other tourist visitors arrive in large numbers

It overlooks Cork harbour from a prominent position

Sheeps Head Peninsula

The lighthouse was connected to land by the Great South Wall completed in 1795

loaded fifteen white ducks of this type for shipment to a businessman named McGrath in the United States

It is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland

Howth Castle

male and female puffins form long-term pairs – sometimes breeding for life – and both parents help in the raising of offspring

females lay a single egg

which are incubated by the female for 18–21 days