The pale-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla is a very common visitor to the Irish coast during the winter.

During the winter months, the long and varied coastline of Ireland becomes a main focus for the landscape photographer.

With the unseasonably warm weather in Dublin and across Ireland today, it seemed like a good idea to go for a walk around Irishtown Nature Reserve.

Sunset on Ireland's River Shannon

A recent photography workshop took me to the majestic River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland or Britain.

With the rainfall that is falling in Ireland today it was a wise choice to stay in and look at some old images.

Appropriately enough, this image of Glencar Waterfall really stood out.

The River Liffey at Night

Dublin's River Liffey, like many urban waterways, is often best seen at night with its colourfully-lit buildings and reflections.

Glendalough in Co. Wicklow is one of the places where you will find me with my camera, spending time walking and waiting for the right conditions.

Walking around the woods and streams of Ireland's wild landscapes with camera in hand is one of the best experiences to be had as a photographer.

Wicklow is one of the most scenic counties in Ireland, located south of Dublin it is home to the largest continuous upland area in Ireland (think remote but accessible) and has a good and varied coastline.

Here we see one of my favourite places in Ireland, with me taking time out to make a few images alongside this stream on a quiet day in Wicklow. It was all quiet except for the noisy stream, full of recent rainfall.

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Ancient woodlands are very rare in Ireland. By ancient woodland in Ireland we mean woodland that has been continuously forested since 1660, this date is shortly after the Cromwellian land confiscations of the seventeenth century and several surveys carried out around the 1650s would have identified land ownership and land use.