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Photos and thoughts of a naturalist.

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My Ink by Denise of Snakebite Tattoo, Dublin, Eire

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Fishing for Herring and Mackerel in the Atlantic

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Trip aboard the RV Celtic Explorer around the West of Ireland and The Hebrides of Scotland.

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Robin ringed. East Coast Nature Reserve, Newcastle, Co.Wicklow, Eire

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Blackbird and House sparrows- communal bathing :)

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Goldfinch Eire.  Mexican wrestler :)

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Spot the Little Owl!

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Dutch rabbits living on Skomer Island, Wales. Their burrows are used by nesting Manx Shearwaters and Puffins :)

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Puffins, Skomer Island, Wales. 6,000 breeding pairs.

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Puffins Fratercula arctica galore, Skomer Island, Wales. 6,000 breeding pairs on Skomer.

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European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus ringing in the depth of night! Breeding colony on Skomer Island, Wales. 

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Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus and chick. Ringing project of nesting birds on Skomer Island, Wales. Manx Shearwater come out to play at night :) Up to 120,000 breeding pairs on Skomer! The sounds were haunting at night! 

Interestingly, they head for their winter quarters off the coast of southern Brazil and Argentina, and ringing studies on Skomer show that some of the young make this 6000 – 7000 mile journey in less than a fortnight!

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Tooooooaddd

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Sparrowhawk caught in a mist net and ringed :) Calf of Man, Isle of Man.

and a Stonechat, Isle of Man

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Edible crab Cancer pagurus nom nom nom

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Garden Tiger moth, Calf of Man, Isle of Man.

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Beached Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena necropsy. Visible scratches and bite marks from dogs, and possibly Bottlenose dolphins.. 

Manx Wildlife Trust and DEFRA IOM

Photos by me