Outdoor Living

ENVIRONMENT Alex Blackwell on how one organisation, the Clew Bay Oyster Co-operative, is helping to protect Clew Bay

NATURE Michael Kingdon rejoices in the return of the greater spotted woodpecker to Mayo and the west of Ireland

IN THE GARDEN Clew Bay Garden Trail member Oliver Whyte on the rewards of creating a refuge for nature at Sandyhill, Wesport

NATURE Michael Kingdon on the lure of the Ferox trout – bigger than your average brown, with an apex appetite

NATURE Michael Kingdon meets some well-travelled creatures and exotic flotsam on a Mayo beach

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