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
A screaming success
Outdoor Living
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
What a racket
NATURE As August sets in, Michael Kingdon wanders through the woods, where new life is growing stronger
Nocturnal burglars
NATURE Michael Kingdon contends with a four-legged thief in the night, and other unwanted visitors
Rescues, reunions and rewards
NATURE Michael Kingdon saves a hedgehog in a bind, a goldcrest in a tangle and eight moorehen chicks in a quandary
The caterpillar and the wasp
NATURE Michael Kingdon witnesses a life-and-death drama in miniature, on the needles of a small Scots pine
Don’t let rubbish spoil your beach trip
GREEN LIVING We all need to be doing regular clean-ups, even if we are not personally responsible for the rubbish
Taking flight
NATURE Michael Kingdon enjoys spring sights at Lough Carra, from warblers to mallards, to ants at work
A virtuoso joins the dawn chorus
NATURE Country Sights and Sounds’ true author is revealed, while a blackcap takes centre stage in the dawn chorus
The beginning
NATURE John Shelley remembers how his love for nature began and was fostered during his childhood
