Two herons, two very different moods. The first one had clambered up into the bare branches like it owned the place, scruffy chest plumes blowing about and that sharp yellow eye scanning the park below. The second was posing in profile on the netting above one of the enclosures, side-lit by late sun that caught…

This handsome iguana was lounging on a branch in the hothouse at Fota Wildlife Park this morning. He didn’t seem bothered by the passing crowds: kids, parents and inquisitive photographers with the wrong lenses. A bit of cropping and I had the frame I wanted. That red-rimmed stare never left me though, watching from the…

I went to Wonderlights in Fota House last night with others from Blarney Photography Club and, despite the rain and mud, we were blown away by the light show, especially over the pond where lasers cut through the dry ice fog over brightly lit flowers on the water’s surface. It’s a bit pricey at €25+booking…

Cheetahs cuddle and groom each other at Fota Wildlife Park in Co Cork.

Fota Wildlife Park, June 2011.

Fota Wildlife Park, Co Cork. June 2011.

Fota Island Wildlife Park, Cork. June 2011.

Nicole Sawani, April 2017.

Nicole Sawani, April 2017.

Kimm Gonçalves, Fota House & Gardens, April 2017.