Hi all,
While I enjoyed last night's show,a few points to raise:
1)WHY must every show mention "the little people" and play up the quaintness quotient times 1000??
2)Irish Hares are a subspecies,but of the Mountain Hare,not the Brown Hare.The latter never reached Ireland after the last Ice Age due to the island being cut off from Britain before they could (re?)colonise as conditions became suitable.As a consequence,the Mountain Hare(which would have been able to move here before the more southerly Brown)adapted to the new climate,and is found from the mountains down to sea level.It also no longer turns white in the winter,as an adaptation to the general lack of snow here.
3)That guy with the bats is Conor Kelleher of the Cork Bat Group:I know him!He's MAD about bats,as much as I'm into birds!
4)There ARE birds in that yew wood:a study was published in "Irish Birds" a few years back about the bird communities there.Few migrants,but good numbers of tits and Goldcrests,I think.
5)Did Bill learn to play the tin whistle while birding here?(He used to come over quite a bit in the 70's and 80's,and found many good birds,including Kentish Plover,which is a mega here(need it myself))
Harry Hussey
P.S.I was led to believe that he would be in the Burren?Maybe later in the series?