Ennistymon Dippers

 Dippers are a marine bird that feed under water and nest in and around waterfalls and Ennistymon Cascades has always had Dippers.

I parked up near the Cascades when I heard the call of the Dipper at the waterfalls.

I took a look to see 2 juvenile birds being fed  by the parents..

A juvenile Dipper

This juvenile Dipper was perched up on a rock below Ennistymon cascades.
Time for it to start underwater feeding for itself now.
 Truely an aquatic creature.

A walk down the Falls

We often take a walk down Ennistymon Falls as a family.

Its a good place for the kids to see Dippers ,which were nest building.

A pair of Mistle Thrush and pair of Robins were active along the river.

Spring is in the air

Chilling at the Cascades

An evening chilling at the Ennistymon Cascades, 

Spending time getting creative with the camera.

Cascades and The North Clare Local

Karl the editor of The North Clare Local newspaper approached me to use one of my photos of Ennistmon Cascades in an article and I was  delighted to see it compared with a photo taken 100 years ago.

Late evening Water falls

I spent the last 1/2 hour of day light at The cascades in Ennistymon town .
A great place to spend time with a new camera .

Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum

When I came across this quite exotic flower growing on the cascades of Ennistymon I thought it to be and introduced invasive species/ type.
But later I found out Tutsan native plant. When crushed it stinks like a Goat ,hense its other name Stinking Tutsan.

Dipper roosting

It was nearly dark when I spotted a Dipper roosting on the cascades .
With a 5 sec shutter speed in TV and 100iso , i grabbed a bit of available light and  try something new.

Cascades ,still ,cold

A late cold Deember evening. The air was still ,the river was in good flow , darkness approaches .

Evening Cascades

An evening spent at the Cascades of Ennistymon, slowing it down to 30 second shutter speed

Ennistymon cascades

Ennistymon Falls

 

A spring evening at Ennistymon Falls

Frozen cascades of Ennistymon

the cold snap continues, the falls at Ennistymon frozen -10