NATURE Michael Kingdon encounters a red admiral newly emerged in late autumn sunshine, and wonders at these butterflies’ tenacity
The red admiral’s admirable fortitude
Outdoor Living
A blight on all your boxes
GARDENING Frank Steffens, head gardener at Drimbawn Garden, on a recent disease affecting box hedges and plants
Deer hunting
NATURE A red deer stag bellows to a rut rival in the darkness, just feet from an awe-struck Michael Kingdon
A pygmy problem
NATURE Michael Kingdon on the uphill battle faced by our tiny pygmy shrew since its loutish larger cousin’s arrival to these shores
Looking back and looking forward
GARDENING In the first of a new gardening series, Eriko Uehara Hopkinson of the Clew Bay Garden Trail reflects on her garden and what it means to her
Clew Bay Garden Trail launches calendar
COMMUNITY The proceeds of sales the 2022 Clew Bay Garden Trail calendar will go to the Mayo Roscommon Hospice
Like the fox, I forage
NATURE Michael Kingdon’s foraging leads to several encounters with wild things, and a hungry young dinner guest
Feeling a bit waspish
NATURE Michael Kingdon calls in the cavalry after a family of wasps at his house gets out of hand
A screaming success
NATURE Mayo’s swift population is on the rise thanks to the efforts of Swift Conservation Mayo’s next-box projects in schools and elsewhere
Where have all the moths gone?
NATURE Michael Kingdon ponders on the dramatic decrease in moths, once so plenty in Mayo’s nightscape
Small islands of hope and wonder
NATURE Westport Tidy Towns Biodiversity Officer takes a look at the vegetation on the Mall river in Westport