Well bloggers, it seems not everyone is that taken with the joys of nature. Declan is losing sleep over it! You see he lives beside a roost of Whooper Swans. ‘But’, I hear you say, ‘swans aren’t that noisy’ ….well these are, have a listen to the video.
There’s no picture because it’s night but the sound of the swans is real. Known previously as the North American Trumpeter Swan, they are known as Gaeilge as Eala Ghlórach; the “noisy swan”. It’s not a wonder Dec is losing sleep

Here's the first of two Ocean themed TED talks for the weekend. Today David Gallo and some remarkable underwater footage. For more TED talks go to XXX. Hat tip Greg Laden for turning us onto TED.

Dolphins bow riding the boat off Baltimore

Dolphins off Baltimore

Drunk animals after eating fruit from the Marula Tree

Here are scenes and photos from our construction of a Mesolithic hunters camp. Huts were built for a

Kicker from TV3 News last year

Humpback whales, Monterey Bay

Moore Marines/Eoghan's underwater video camera footage of a Stingray observed while diving the Great Barrier Reef off Townsville, Queensland, Australia last year.

Last Summers Livestock Festival where we demonstrated our Bronze Age Brewing