Nature & The Environment
2022

A sparrowhawk pins down its starling prey in Howth, Co. Dublin. The starling later escaped.

Firefighters and locals team together to extinguish a wild gorse fire in the Connemara region of County Galway near Inverin before nightfall.

An old cottage near Portumna, Co. Galway.

“Wally” the arctic walrus lounges in a speedboat at Crookhaven, Co. Cork. The walrus was first spotted on Valentia Island in Co. Kerry in March, and has also been seen off Pembrokeshire in Wales, Cornwall in England, and the coast of France, and most recently in the Isles of Scilly.

Ships at Dublin Port in the early morning fog.

Killarney, Sneem and Kenmare Fire personnel fighting the flames in Killarney.

Seagulls fighting in Saint Stephens Green, Dublin.

Three foxes approach a heron on the banks of the river Dodder in Co. Dublin.

The sun sets on a February evening at Doolin, Co. Clare.

A full ‘Blue’ moon rises behind Poolbeg lighthouse as seen from Clontarf, Dublin.

A group of dogs posed up for photo in Clontarf.