IBIOLI members beginning the tour

Views of Birr Castle

Large trees in the parklands

IBIOLI members approaching the telescope

Great trees at Birr Castle gardens

Some of the great old trees

Parklands at Birr Castle

Old trees at Birr

Bridges at the Birr Castle gardens

The great telescope and some of the attendees

IBIOLI members touring the gardens

Gardens at Birr Castle

Sculptures at Lough Boora

Lough Boora Bog

The Great Telescope

Birr Castle

Lough Boora Sculpture

Lough Boora Sculpture

Lough Boora Sculpture

Lough Boora Parklands

Lough Boora Hiking

The Atlantic Puffin

Gannet Colony

Guillemot in flight.

Visiting the Saltee Islands

The Great Saltee Bird Sanctuary

The Great Saltee

Visiting the Saltee Islands

Puffins on Saltee Islands

Gannets on Great Saltee

The Dead Zoo

Nigel Monaghan sets the museum in the historical context of the city development.

Viewing other caged specimens

Beautiful displays in locally made glass cases.

Staring at the Basking Shark

Enjoying the Dead Zoo

Stone walls of the Burren

The Blooming Burren

Burren in Bloom

Blue Gentian

Irish Burren

The Burren in the evening

Mulloughmore

Stone walls of the Burren

Drystone walls snake across the countryside as far as the eye can see, limestone walls, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland

Gordon gives a class in ‘ear-tuning’ to the bird songs.

Gordon engages the group as we move towards the Turlough.

Leaving Ballyvaughan for Lough Rask.

The Turlough in the early morning.

Dawn in the Burren

Kilmaccuragh Gardens

Fritillaria thriving in the wild flower grassland

Kilmaccuragh Gardens

Kilmaccuragh Arboretum

Himalayan Rhododrendon (Rhododendron ferrugineum) found all over the gardens

IBIOLI members, families, and members of the public with guide, Myles Reid

Mistletoe high up on a Beech tree

Note the thickening at the base of the Monkey Puzzle. This acts as protection from molten lava derived from volcanic eruptions in its native areas of Chile and Southern Andes

Seed-pods of the giant Himalayan Lilly (Cardiocrinum giganteum)

Drystone walls snake across the countryside as far as the eye can see, limestone walls, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland

Lough Avalla Shrine

Lough Avalla Farm Loop Walk

Lough Avalla Farm Loop Walk

Kilmacurragh Arboretum

Kilmaccuragh Gardens

Willow at the National Botanic Gardens

National Botanic Gardens

Glasnevin Cemetary

Glasnevin Cemetary