NATURE Mayo birdwatchers invited to valuable Glenamaddy Turlough in Galway, a refuge for a wide range of winged wildlife
A trip to a turlough
Outdoor Living
Two ballerinas and a young stag
NATURE Michael Kingdon goes foraging for mushrooms and comes across delicate ballerinas and a young stag
Bird flu’s heartbreaking toll
NATURE Michael Kingdon comes across a listless heron and determines that it has sadly succumbed to avian influenza
Create some drama with ornamental grasses
GARDENING Westport gardener Chris Smith on the varieties of ornamental grasses that grow best in Mayo gardens
How to be a micro god
GARDENING Drimbawn Garden’s head gardener Frank Steffan on the simple rewards of propagating plants
The angler, the vole, the kite and the heron
NATURE Michael Kingdon on sightings of red kites, near and far, and rewards the experience can yield
Far from silent nights at the lake
NATURE Michael Kingdon takes in the sounds of nighttime on Lough Carra, where birds, mammals and insects create a nocturnal orchestra
Serendipity on a silver platter
NATURE Michael Kingdon goes fishing for mackerel on an evening when the tide is high and generous
Seawatching at Kilcummin Head
NATURE Birdwatch Ireland Mayo Branch is holding an outing to Kilcummin Head on the weekend of September 3 and 4
Delightful dahlias
GARDENING Westport gardener Eriko Hopkinson on how a patient approach with dahlias can reap colourful rewards
Ragwort and nature’s circle of life
NATURE Michael Kingdon on how the eradication of ragwort has led to the dramatic fall in both cinnabar-moth and cuckoo numbers