Ireland is the only country in Western Europe that has experienced being colonised in the modern era. It was used by England as a laboratory for imperialism & was the site of bloody colonial wars for centuries, yet many people in the United Kingdom have little understanding of Ireland’s history.

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Local Swans

Like our own swans

The world howling too

I was lucky enough that my Dunlins were hard to miss. About 1,500 of ‘em on the beach!

Here they are taking off after a gull buzzed them.