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Wildflower Heaven
The meadow in front of the Lodge is in full bloom and a joy to behold! The roof is also in full bloom and blending in beautifully with...
Jul 24, 2023
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The Summer Holidays are Here
The summer holidays are here. All is lush and green with long swishy swashy grass and wildflowers in every direction including up on the...
Jun 27, 2023
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Pretty Cloudscapes
Pretty cloudscapes reflecting in the lake, brightening up our day!
Jun 20, 2023
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That Eerie Sound is Just the Birds
While some of us have forgotten it's Spring thanks to all this dismal weather, the birds are cracking on with things. Undeterred by all...
Mar 21, 2023
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Northern Lights Time-Lapse Footage
Simply stunning time-lapse footage of the Northern Lights at Lough Mardal this week taken by photographer Noel Keating can be seen...
Feb 28, 2023
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Northern Lights Mesmerize
What a magical night! The Northern Lights mesmerized us here at Lough Mardal and across most of the North West last night. So many tmes...
Feb 27, 2023
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Froggy Love is in the Air
Valentines Day may have passed but love is still in the air... and on the bog, and in the fields, in the ditches, in the puddles and on...
Feb 21, 2023
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Winter Landscape at Lough Mardal
Some photos of the beautiful Winter scenes the Arctic Airmass gave us here at Lough Mardal this week.
Dec 14, 2022
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Lunchtime in the meadow
It's all go in the meadow. This little cuckoo flower is proving popular!
Jun 17, 2022
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That Summer Feeling
And in a flash there was colour everywhere. The colour of summer! The wildflowers have started popping up everywhere now, each few days a...
May 26, 2022
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A Friendly Pheasant
We've had a pretty prowler over the last couple of evenings making lots of squawky noise and venturing right up to our window. It's...
May 9, 2022
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Busy Spiders of the Bog
What another beautiful start to the day as we continue enjoying this mini-heatwave. An ethereal fog hanging over the lake, early morning...
Mar 29, 2022
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More signs of Spring
Canada Geese are back on the lake again. As its name implies, the greater Canada goose is not a native species - in Ireland colonisation...
Mar 8, 2022
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Pretty moth
A lovely find by the girls - the Common Garden Tiger Moth - we usually see the caterpillars munching on ragwort but don't often see the...
Jul 27, 2021
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Heron in Flight
This heron, a regular visitor here, is usually very hard to photograph, let alone record on video. I manage to capture him today though...
Apr 14, 2021
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Buzzard Sighting
Quite a few large birds are circling Lough Mardal the last few weeks as the lake shoreline has become a breeding ground for frogs - they...
Mar 14, 2021
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Canada Geese
Lovely to see the return of the Canada Geese. They usually nest on one of the small islands on the lake. Our journey to school has been...
Mar 4, 2021
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Spring Wildflowers
Leaving the house has been so much simpler the last couple of days - no ten minute rummaging for hats, scarves, jackets, wellies (oh...
Feb 27, 2021
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Bird Nest
What a find! An abandoned bird nest in a Rhodedendron bush - what clever little birdies made this we wonder and made it so well that it...
Feb 22, 2021
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Tis the Season to be Froggy
One of the big annual nature events we get very excited about at Lough Mardal is nearly here. All of a sudden for about a week long at...
Feb 20, 2021
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