Some English animal names don’t precisely define any one particular creature: prawn is a good example. According to my old seashore guide book, Palaemon serratus is the common prawn. In Ireland, however, fishermen call this a shrimp, and prawn to them is Nephrops norvegicus. But Nephrops, the Dublin Bay prawn, […]
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This month, branch committee member Andrea Reichstein travels up to Rathlin Island, off the northern coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland, to experience its birdlife and so much more. After visiting Cape Clear for the very enjoyable week-long ‘Seabirds to Songbirds’ course held by Dick Coombes for Birdwatch Ireland […]
