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2026-09-01 13:27:06 CEST

Morning fog droplets covering every available space on the surface of this Ladies mantle (Alchemilla sp.) leaf.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-09-01 13:01:10 CEST

A Septarian nodule (fossilized mud bubble).
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-08-31 17:36:49 CEST

The underside of an Arctic Cowrie (Trivia arctica) shell with grooves running across it as fine as fingerprints.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-08-30 10:03:17 CEST

A Barnacle encrusted, Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) carapace.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-08-29 11:39:53 CEST

Fiadh, framed in a coastal canyon.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-08-29 11:21:04 CEST

A shore polished concretion, formed in an ancient delta deposit, eroded out by the action of the Atlantic and worn smooth by sand and waves.
Not sure what the name for this shape is - a 3D Trapezium?? 🤔
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-08-14 09:33:41 CEST

Lepidodendron fossils. Fossilized root sections from giant (up to 50m) tree-like club moss species that grew in the tropical swampy conditions, that prevailed on this part of the planets surface over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-25 09:47:40 CEST

A Sea urchin shell without it's spines. Found on the Burren shoreline in an area with quite a few empt shells and bits of crabs - I may have stumbled across a seagull picnic spot 😋
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-25 09:26:38 CEST

Spear Thistles (Cirsium vulgare) just beginning to flower on the Cliffs of Moher.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-24 11:27:32 CEST

A Pink Cuttlefish (Sepia orbignyana) bone.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-23 10:36:54 CEST

Bloody Crane's-bill (Geranium sanguineum) flowers are on full display across the Burren at the moment.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-23 10:23:54 CEST

Sand ripples preserved in stone. Part of an ancient sea bed that once covered this area over 300 million years ago- they are now found in the rock layers that make up the Cliffs of Moher.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-22 16:36:02 CEST

A gorgeous day for a walk with Fiadh, through the flowers by the sea.
The Burren, County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-21 17:47:58 CEST

A Purple sea-urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) shell with (almost) all of its spines removed.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-18 18:33:54 CEST

A Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae).
These moths principally feed on the leaves and flowers of Ragwort and are easily spotted, at rest or in flight, due to their bright markings.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-18 18:23:05 CEST

A drystone wall in the Burren with what appears to be a floating rock in the middle of it 🪄 😲
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-18 18:14:47 CEST

A stormbeach concretion, shaped over time in the sedimentary layers of the Cliffs of Moher and polished smooth by Atlantic waves.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-17 10:13:06 CEST

An absolutely stunning Magpie moth (Abraxas grossulariata) resting on the wall of a friend's house yesterday afternoon. I can't remember ever seeing one this striking 😍
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-14 10:36:29 CEST

The Cliffs of Moher/Insanity.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-14 10:26:00 CEST

A piece of a Septarian nodule - eroded from coastal sedimentary layers by the action of the Atlantic ocean.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-10 10:05:04 CEST

A Heath spotted-Orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata) in the Burren National park.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-10 09:59:35 CEST

Morning at the Cliffs of Moher.
You can just about hear the seabirds calling through the wind.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-09 09:33:36 CEST

"Pink Pompoms" a pair of fluffy tufts of Coral weed (Corallina officinalis) growing in rockpools on the lowtide.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-09 09:26:23 CEST

A water trickle, following a well worn path through the limestone bedrock.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-09 09:16:21 CEST

Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-07 10:46:28 CEST

A greenish granitic orb - Most likely a glacial deposit, dropped here at the end of the ice age over 15,000 years ago. Then worn down and polished by the action of Atlantic waves in more recent years.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-06 10:00:59 CEST

A fly stopping over on a bramble flower, feeding on nectar and gathering pollen to spread as it goes about its day.
Hopefully resulting in plenty of blackberries later in the year 🤞
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-05 10:19:52 CEST

A small By-the-Wind Sailor (Velella velella) blown ashore by the recent summer winds. Usually open ocean drifters they occasionally get blown ashore in large numbers.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-05 09:59:22 CEST

An unsettled Summers day with churning seas and strong winds pushing waterfalls back up the cliff..
What do you call a waterfall when the water's not "falling" anymore??
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-04 12:06:20 CEST

Fossilized Goniatite shells, spiraling throughout this piece of shale concretion. Each one a, stone imprint of a tiny life, lived out in a tropical sea over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-04 11:54:57 CEST

Flowering Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea), standing tall along stone walls on quiet bog roads.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-02 11:54:12 CEST

A Drinker moth caterpillar (Euthrix potatoria).
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-01 11:30:12 CEST

Calcite veins connecting in a sea smoothed, shore stone.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-06-01 11:10:47 CEST

A tiny Common Starfish (Asterias rubens), a close-up of a Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) and three individuals of the same species showing their colour variations.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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2026-06-01 10:58:00 CEST

Map Lichens (Rhizocarpon geographicum), each with their own territory and boundaries, on this piece of hillside stone.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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2026-05-30 12:21:44 CEST

A White Ermine moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda)
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-05-30 12:13:24 CEST

"A Polka-dot Pebble"
A piece of fossilized communal Coral - a tiny remnant of the tropical marine ecosystem that covered this part of the earths surface over 300 million years ago.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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2026-05-27 11:41:25 CEST

A cast off Shore crab (Carcinus maenas) carapace.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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2026-05-26 18:11:40 CEST

Fossilized Goniatites in a shale concretion.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-05-26 18:06:00 CEST

Seafoam swirling beneath Sliabh Liag.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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2026-05-26 17:25:30 CEST

Underside of a Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) with its tube feet giving a confused mexican wave. 🤣
County Donegal, Ireland.
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2026-05-25 18:38:51 CEST

Fiadh, pushing through a freshly flowered patch of Ragged Robin (Silene flos-cuculi).
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-05-25 18:30:32 CEST

A Solitary Rugose Coral fossil.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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2026-05-25 18:23:59 CEST

A Sea slater (Ligia oceanica) - marine relatives of the more commonly spotted Woodlouse.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-05-24 10:26:50 CEST

A wee bit of forest, flowing water and birdsong to start the morning off.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-05-24 10:20:22 CEST

A pair of Goniatite fossils eroding out of the stormbeach stones they've been hidden inside for over 300 million years.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-05-23 16:26:28 CEST

Fiadh in a field of Seapinks near Doolin.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-05-22 09:46:36 CEST

Small golf-ball sized hollows on the floor of a rockpool - created by sea-urchins and now occupied by a colorful variety of sealife. Each containing it own unique mix of intertidal life!!
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-05-19 11:06:09 CEST

Another triple-holed Hagstone.
The holes are drilled by a species of marine bivalves called a Common Piddock (Pholas dactylus) - they live in the protective burrows and enlarge them as the grow.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-05-03 08:05:16 CEST

A Septarian nodule - reminds me of the symbols used for organic Chemistry at school 🤣
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-05-01 08:59:24 CEST

A two tone granitic shore-stone.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-04-27 16:45:28 CEST

An unfurling fiddle-head in the Burren National park.
County Clare, Ireland.
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2026-02-10 15:12:58 CET

Fossilized Bivalve in shale and a fossilized Brachiopod in limestone.
The bivalve is slightly more recent in age than the Brachiopod but both are close to 320 million years old.
County Clare, Ireland.
"Aillte"
Episodes 1 and 2 of documentary now available for streaming on TG4.
https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/categories/top-documentaries/?series=Aillte&genre=Faisneis
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