WWildlife Read More This red squirrel keeps visiting my flower box. It’s not doing what I thought it was – The Irish TimesSeptember 20, 2026 This red squirrel was a regular visitor to our flower boxes during the summer. We first thought he…
WWildlife Read More Jolt from the blue: It’s a jellyfish − of course it stings – The Irish TimesSeptember 12, 2026 On an ebb tide at Belderra Strand, Co Mayo, I found this lad, stranded. I’m wondering what kind…
SScience Read More Did a rare pair of cranes visit a Co Waterford garden? – The Irish TimesAugust 31, 2026 Two of these magnificent birds were standing for ages in our garden in Dunshaughlin during early morning. They…
SScience Read More Did children catch a baby shark on the beach in Skerries? – The Irish TimesAugust 23, 2026 Children on the beach in Skerries caught this recently. They named it baby shark? What was it? Vinny…
WWildlife Read More These crows may not survive because of how they look. Nature is red in tooth and claw – The Irish TimesAugust 1, 2026 This year a pair of hooded crows have nested somewhere near our garden near Derry (incidentally displacing the…
IIreland Read More I was surprised to see this visitor on my evening river walk – The Irish TimesJune 21, 2026 I went for walk by the Dodder this evening and was surprised to see this unusual visitor. This…
EEnvironment Read More We have an asylum of cuckoos here in west Clare – The Irish TimesMay 16, 2026 We have an asylum of cuckoos here in Tullaher in west Clare. I counted three on April 29th…
IIreland Read More They’re brown, hairy and known as woolly bears here in Ireland but don’t panic – The Irish TimesMay 2, 2026 I saw a speck of dust on the bedroom windowsill. I went to move it and it moved!…
WWildlife Read More Next spring these swans will be driven away by their formerly loving parents – The Irish TimesNovember 29, 2025 A pair of swans led their nine healthy cygnets upstream today. Incredible to have raised so many. Carmel…
SScience Read More the Latin name of the Stinkhorn fungus tells it like it is – The Irish TimesOctober 11, 2025 I found this growing though bamboo under an arch in my garden which was covered with wisteria and…
SScience Read More This female only stick insect arrived in Ireland from New Zealand in the 1960s – The Irish TimesSeptember 13, 2025 Attached is a picture of what we believe is a stick insect that cousins Ronan Kelly and Daire…