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Digital Photo Tutorial for birders
A tutorial for correcting white balance with your digital bird photographs.

The hunt for Al-Xenaida
An account of the finding of Ireland's first Mourning Dove, in November 2007.

Deep-sea birding
Anthony McGeehan's illustrated article on the extraordinary pelagic off Donegal, in September 2007.

Eiders in Ireland
Martin Garner & Wilton Farrely explain why there is far more to the Eiders wintering in Ireland than previously thought.

Northern Bullfinches
Anthony McGeehan examines the influx of Northern Bullfinches into Ireland in autumn 2004.

Bird in the Hand
A selection of photographs of birds in the hand, ringed at Cape Clear Bird Observatory in autumn 2003.

Pelagic magic
Wonderful account of a successful boat trip off the coast of Donegal, by Anthony McGeehan.

Lovely Larids
Anthony McGeehan discusses some recent sightings of Yellow-legged and Caspian Gulls in Ireland.

Irish Subspecies
Ireland has three distinctive subspecies of bird. Find out how the Irish races differ from British and Continental races.
Coal Tit
Dipper
Jay

The Irish List (Under construction)

Predictions
In 1990, subscribers to the journal Irish Birding News were invited to predict the next additions to the Irish List. This is the original article.

Eleven years on...
Find out how accurate the predictions were! Some surprising results...

Additions
A list of all additions to the Irish List, from January 1990 up to the present.

Desktop downloads
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Click here to visit Conn's Cameras
Ireland's leading supplier of Zeiss, Swarovski, Opticron and Leica binoculars and telescopes

List of features

In this section, links to other features will appear on the right hand side of each page.