Outdoor Living

GARDENING Clew Bay Garden Trail member, tree surgeon Stewart Boles on trees in the garden – and on the roadside

NATURE As the season changes, Michael Kingdon watches on as different birds stop by the Lough Carra lakeside

NATURE Michael Kingdon welcomes the arrival of two whooper swans to Lough Carra, elegant visitors from Iceland

GARDENING Chris Smith – a Westport organic-veg producer and Clew Bay Garden Trail member – shares his tips for growing herbs in your Mayo garden

NATURE While out sea angling, Michael Kingdon met mysterious, banqueting beasts from the deep, and more

NATURE Michael Kingdon encounters a red admiral newly emerged in late autumn sunshine, and wonders at these butterflies’ tenacity

GARDENING Frank Steffens, head gardener at Drimbawn Garden, on a recent disease affecting box hedges and plants

NATURE A red deer stag bellows to a rut rival in the darkness, just feet from an awe-struck Michael Kingdon

NATURE Michael Kingdon on the uphill battle faced by our tiny pygmy shrew since its loutish larger cousin’s arrival to these shores

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