GARDENING Eriko Uehara Hopkinson on her love for roses and her favourite picks among the vast varieties
It’s all coming up roses
Outdoor Living
Clowns and acrobats
NATURE Michael Kingdon encounters juvenile chough and explains the cág cosdearg’s hard-won joie de vivre
June for the birds
NATURE BirdWatch Mayo to host outings to the coastal birds of Downpatrick Head and the swifts of Castlebar
Our eels are sliding away from us
NATURE Michael Kingdon on the sharp decline in our European eel population, as seen in our local rivers
Wild dining’s liquid gold
NATURE After happening upon a wild Irish bee nest, Michael Kingdon attempts to extract some sweet golden honey
No Mow May meanderings
COUNTRY SIGHTS Michael Kingdon’s garden is proving an oasis for all sorts of guests, mostly welcome
Playing with colour and texture
GARDENING Gardener Stewart Boles on the philosophies that help guide the planting in his beautiful Westport garden
Hear Mayo’s dawn chorus
NATURE The Mayo branch of Birdwatch Ireland will host a dawn chorus walk this Sunday, May 8, in Enniscoe Woods
Waiting in the long grass
PETS’ CORNER Vet Conal Finnerty on the dangers of tick-borne Lyme disease and how best to protect your pet
Longer days offer time to contemplate
NATURE Michael Kingdon ponders an industrious queen, a motherly vixen and the possibility of pike taking waterbirds
Dirty aul’ sallies
NATURE Westport wildlife gardener Oliver Whyte on the wonderful life-giving world of the oft-underrated willow