Trembling in summer breezes, bog cotton brightens the Irish landscape. These fluffy, feathery blooms are found where their name suggests, smack bang in the middle of Ireland’s beautiful bogs.

Owner of Drop in the Ocean photography, Rankin grew up on the stunning Clare Island off the coast of Co Mayo. Now, he finds himself based in Co Cork and still exploring all that Ireland’s landscape ...

Standing by a small pool near Roundstone bog in the west of Ireland, any first-time European botanist would be both confused and startled by the mixture of plant types. The pools from which grow ...

Life is punctuated by the chatter of birds — be it the cries of a flock of geese migrating south, a pigeon warbling just outside a cityscape window, or a crow cawing high above the treetops. But this ...