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Irish Photography Hides

Our Member Pat Kehoe had visited the Irish Photography Hides which are located on the farm of Richard Duff which is near the village of Ballyfin, Co Laois. Pat was very impressed with the set up and he arranged for 15 of our Members to visit the site.

The site which comprises two hides, Limekiln located at Eircode R32K8H3 and Woodlands is at Eircode R32FFDO. 

The hides are equipped with toilet facilities, heating and seating. Each Hide can accommodate four Photographers.

 Their locations are about one hour and ten minutes from Dublin.

Tripods, Monopods, Gimbal heads and Beanbags are the recommended equipment. Having a camera might also be a good idea!! 

Nothing is more than ten metres from the hide but short lenses are not of much use due to the small size of the Wildlife, so bring your big guns!!.

As there are no shops in the vicinity sufficient food and drink for the entire trip is essential.

According to Richard Duff the Limekiln Hide has Sparrow Hawk, Kestrel, Buzzard, Jay, Wood Pecker and small birds.

The Woodlands Hide has Pine Martens, Jays, Sparrow hawk, Kestrel, Woodpeckers and sometimes Red Squirrels.

More info at http://irishphotographyhides.com and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Irishhides

8 of our Members visited the Hides on Tuesday 21/03/23 and 7 on Saturday 25/03/23, 

and some of their images from their visits can be seen below.

 
  • Pine Martin © Louise Skelly
  • Siskin Pair © Louise Skelly
  • Jay underside © Louise Skelly
  • Courting Couple © Louise Skelly
  • Male Siskin © Louise Skelly
  • Jay with Crest Raised © Louise Skelly
  • Angry Bird © Louise Skelly
  • Squabbling Goldfinches ©Ted Keane
  • Take Off ©Ted Keane
  • Brace Yourself ©Ted Keane
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker ©Ted Keane
  • Goldfinch take off ©Ted Keane
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker ©Ted Keane
  • Chaffinch Take Off ©Ted Keane
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker ©Ted Keane
  • Pine Marten ©Liz O'Neill
  • Male Chaffinch ©Liz O'Neill
  • Pine Marten ©Liz O'Neill
  • Female Chaffinch ©Liz O'Neill
  • Pine Marten ©Liz O'Neill
  • Buzzard © Brendan Kneafsey
  • Cock Pheasant © Brendan Kneafsey
  • Siskin © Brendan Kneafsey
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker © Brendan Kneafsey
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker © Brendan Kneafsey
  • Female Chaffinch ©Suzana Radic
  • Chaffinch x 2 and Siskin ©Suzana Radic
  • Finch in Flight ©Suzana Radic
  • Cock Pheasant ©Suzana Radic
  • Pine Marten ©Suzana Radic
  • Pine Marten ©Suzana Radic
  • Jay ©Suzana Radic
  • Female Chaffinch ©Joe Joyce
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker ©Joe Joyce
  • Goldfinch ©Joe Joyce
  • Rat ©Joe Joyce
  • Jay © Pat Kehoe
  • Goldfinch © Pat Kehoe
  • Female Chaffinch © Pat Kehoe
  • Male Chaffinch © Pat Kehoe
  • Male Chaffinch © Pat Kehoe
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker © Pat Kehoe
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker © Pat Kehoe
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker © Pat Kehoe

35 years celebration

sThe pictures below (thanks Barbara) show some of the Members, new and old, who gathered in Aras Chronain to celebrate the start of our 35th year programme.  It was a lovely night  and Brian had a slideshow (that's an old term belying my age - PowerPoint sounds more modern!!) of some of the events in the Club since 1988.  
It was a lovely trip down Memory Lane.
Tim later sent a link to his Smugmug pages where lots of CCC events are recorded of the club's outings and the holidays to France - here's the link - https://timsfotos.smugmug.com - just search for the galleries with CCC in the title.

 
  • Ted, Tommy (in front) Tim, Alexander Sarah at back
  • Rod and Harry
  • Joe, Kevin and Brian
  • Kevin, Brian, Eddie, Noleen
  • Liz, Gay, and Tim
  • Alexander and Nora
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