Some images from survey of Scattery Island in Co. Clare in October... and an interesting look at what happens to island vegetation when the impacts of cattle/sheep grazing are removed for 36 years... a rare occurrence along the west seaboard of Ireland.
OPW Visitor Centre on the Island
Bramble and scrub encroachment on Scattery Island due to a lack of grazing.
St Senan monastic ruins in distance with bramble and scrub encroachment. (Green are in foreground mown visitors paths)
Bramble and scrub encroachment.
Saltmarsh area on southern part of island
Wheatear
Fungal ergots on Spartina
Bittersweet
