What's on in Waterville this week.

A large brown wader with an unmistakable long, down-curved bill and a haunting bubbling call. Breeding curlew are in catastrophic decline in Ireland; the birds you see at the estuary are mostly winter visitors.

Sneem's most charismatic river resident. Otters are widespread but elusive — early morning and dusk give you the best chance. They patrol the Sneem River from the falls down to the estuary, taking salmon, trout and crab.

Larger and chunkier than common dolphins, and often resident year-round in the bays of west Kerry.

Spiny evergreen shrub with coconut-scented golden flowers. The saying goes that "when gorse is out of flower, kissing is out of season" — and it almost always has at least a few flowers.