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Get high resolution version » The Burren: An overview » Wikipedia: The Burren » "The Burren (Irish: Boireann, meaning Great rock, Boirinn is the modern form used by the Ordnance Survey) is a unique karst-landscape region in northwest County Clare, in Ireland. The region measures approximately 250 square kilometres and is enclosed roughly within the circle comprised by the villages Ballyvaughan, Kinvara, Tubber, Corofin, Kilfenora and Lisdoonvarna, It is bounded by the Atlantic and Galway Bay on the west and north respectively. Strictly speaking the territory of the Burren or barony of Burren only contains the villages of Lisdoonvarna, Ballyvaughan, Fanore, Craggagh, New Quay/Burrin, Bealaclugga (Bellharbour) and Carron." "The rolling hills of Burren are composed of limestone pavements with crisscrossing cracks known as "grikes", leaving isolated rocks called "clints". The region supports Arctic, Mediterranean and Alpine plants side-by-side, due to the unusual environment. The blue flower of the Spring Gentian,...

Coming back from Connemara last weekend, we stopped off in Cong, Co. Mayo. Late in the afternoon, we were walking out of the grounds of Ashford Castle, towards Cong. On the avenue between the Church of Ireland church and the Roman Catholic Church, was a tubby bird about the length of a blackbird pecking away on the ground. We got closer, for a look. It wasn't so much tame as completely unconcerned by us. It looked at us, cocked its head, and then going back to digging for worms. It made no attempt to fly, and we stayed with 1-2m of it for about 15 minutes before it wandered off into the undergrowth. It had a pale breast, speckled with brown, a short, slightly hooked beak, and a brown head and back. Some of its wing feathers seemed to be tipped with gold, or yellow. Its head seemed to be...

Due to popular demand - like everyone who posted the comments Slideshow: Atlantic Wildlife, West Africa thread, Elaine in Greenpeace HQ in Amsterdam has knocked up wallpapers of some photographs from our trip, including dolphins, turtles, terns and a booby (oooh, misbehave!). You can download them here » Download booby wallpaper » Download "terns from the air" wallpaper » Download spinner dolphins wallpaper » Download turtle wallpaper » Download royal tern wallpaper » All images ©2006 Dave Walsh

Get high resolution photograph of the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas » Auditorio (Auditorium) Alfredo Kraus, Las Canteras beach, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Designed by rchitect Oscar Tusquets and the sculptor Juan Bordes as being an auditorium it also incorporates the Palacio de Congresos de Canarias (Canary Islands Congress Centre) Website »

© Greenpeace/Dave Walsh The Esperanza, 1/2 day south of the Canary Islands.  

© Greenpeace/Dave Walsh Seen from the deck of the Esperanza