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Sunday morning and its a warm and slightly overcast I downed the last of my coffee. Grabbed the camera and decided to go for a walk. Over the last few weeks I have been using my Nikon D750 with the 50mm 1:8 G lens. A lens I don’t use very often. I was reading a… Read more
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“I may not have a therapist, but I do have my motorcycle.” Irish Photo Rally 2025, It’s been a couple of years since I done any of the photo points but I decided to do some of them this year. Not sure I’ll get round them all but there’s still time. For those that do… Read more
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Drumballyroney church sits on top of a hill with views across county Down into the Mourne mountains. One view from the church carpark. The church is also known as The Bronte church. Patrick was born in the parish of Drumballyroney and this was the family church. He was born in 1777 and died 1861. He… Read more
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Meet the Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) a bird of prey that is a specialist small bird eater. It uses hedges and buildings for cover to get closer to it’s prey. It is an exceptionally agile hunter commonly seen hunting in woodland, wooded farmland and urban green spaces. Also they turn up around bird feeders in gardens.… Read more
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There as been a few changes in my life over this last couple of years, changes where I stepped back from posting. Taking time to look after myself from the stress of my employer moving me to a different location to work. I survived and retired in December 2024. So my first post is about… Read more
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My last post was about the walk out to Rue lighthouse. This is the photographs of the wildlife I took while out on the trail. I hopefully will give them the right I.D, so I hope you enjoy the photos. So the first photos show the Eider duck. Next up is three photos of a… Read more
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It’s been a couple of weeks since my walk on Rathlin, the weather was grey and heavy rain has I left home. It rained for most of the 80 mile trip to Ballycastle to catch the 8.30am ferry across to the island. But half a hour before the ferry was due to leave the sky… Read more
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Rathlin island sits about six miles off the north coast of Northern Ireland and around 11 miles from Scotland. In the spring/summer months sea birds in there hundreds converge here for the breeding season. The Island is a dog leg shape around 8 mile long and around 1 mile wide, there are three lighthouses at… Read more
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Week 11 Continuing this week with another Irish photo rally point. This one is just a couple of mile from my home. The Dromara Destroyers roadracers. Here in Ireland a lot off motorcycle racing is done on public roads that are closed to the public for the days racing. The four that made up The… Read more
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Week 10 I have missed a couple of week’s posts due to a bout of illness. But back on track, so we are going to Ballydevitt Cottage in County Londonderry . I have tried to find some history about this small cottage,without success. I talked to a local couple but they are only a few… Read more
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George McNeill Photography 