Turtles

Some readers may have seen on BBC 2 television yesterday a programme on the phenomenon of leatherback turtles off our coasts. For those who didn't, and actually perhaps even more for those who did, click here for a great website filling-in some of the details.

These creatures are not only huge (weighing up to a ton - that's the weight of several motor cars !) but are amazing travellers: they more-or-less replicate the old Triangular Route i.e. Ireland-West Africa-Caribbean. They are also awesome - for once the word is definitely apt - divers: ... a dive of 1,280 metres has been recorded.

I have run out of time; you must visit the website.