The Capercaille caught my eye in Bringing Home the Body of King Charles XII by Swedish artist Gustaf Cederström. When it was painted Capercaillie were extinct in Britain, they survived in Ireland until the late 18th C. The Scottish population is the result of a Swedish reintroduction
"Landscape without wildlife is just scenery" - Kris Tompkins
This sums up the state of the world for me: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity
We could only see the Aurora Borealis faintly with the naked eye but got great results using night mode on the phone camera.
Todays cattle drive, celebrating the ancient practice of moving cattle up into winter pastures in the Burren uplands, brought this years Burren Winterage festival to a close. A celebration of farming & nature, its always good for the head & heart.
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