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David Twamley

Animal enthusiast, Cartoonist, Photographer, Writer

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Wildlife

A guide to the wildlife of Ireland

This is a list of some of the animals I have seen in the wild of my home country, Ireland. Each page features a photograph taken of each species at the top of the page, with a cartoon drawing accompanying the text.

  • Badger (Meles meles)
  • Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
  • Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
  • Common frog (Rana temporaria)
  • Common lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
  • Curlew (Numenius arquata)
  • Fallow deer (Dama dama)
  • Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
  • Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
  • Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
  • Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
  • Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
  • Irish hare (Lepus timidus hibernicus)
  • Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
  • Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
  • Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
  • Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
  • Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
  • Little tern (Sternula albifrons)
  • Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
  • Orca (Orcinus orca)
  • Otter (Lutra lutra)
  • Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
  • Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
  • Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

 

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  • Museums
  • Prehistoric life
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  • Uncategorized
  • Video Post
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  • Work experience
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Recent Posts

  • Retour á Paris: Diables de Tasmanie, Dinosaures et Plus
  • Adventures in London: From Dinosaurs to Curious Creatures
  • Wild Days in Donegal (Part 2)
  • Andrewsarchus – A Most Mysterious Mammal
  • Lost and Found in Belfast Zoo – a simple 2D animation

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Welcome to my website. I am an animal enthusiast and hope you find the information useful and interesting.

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