Outdoor Living

NATURE Michael Kingdon saves a hedgehog in a bind, a goldcrest in a tangle and eight moorehen chicks in a quandary

NATURE Michael Kingdon witnesses a life-and-death drama in miniature, on the needles of a small Scots pine

GREEN LIVING We all need to be doing regular clean-ups, even if we are not personally responsible for the rubbish

NATURE Michael Kingdon enjoys spring sights at Lough Carra, from warblers to mallards, to ants at work

NATURE Country Sights and Sounds’ true author is revealed, while a blackcap takes centre stage in the dawn chorus

NATURE John Shelley remembers how his love for nature began and was fostered during his childhood

NATURE John Shelley enjoys the gentle coos and spring antics of a fastidious wood pigeon selecting the perfect stick for its nest

Up to 25 Old Irish Goats are leaving the hills of Mulranny to take up residence in the salubrious surrounds of Howth Head

NATURE Pat Fahy on the joys of watching garden birds and taking part in the Irish Garden Bird Survey

NATURE John Shelley takes a stroll to a rookery and contemplates the joys – and potential vexations – of having rooks as neighbours