NATURE John Shelley is full of praise for the inclusive anglers’ access on the Glenamoy, as well as the river’s healthy fish population
A good day’s fishing on the Glenamoy River
Outdoor Living
Slugging it out in the garden
GARDENING Capturing and feeding slugs can yield ghoulish rewards for gardeners
The Great Gastropodian Exodus
NATURE John Shelley stumbles upon a mass movement of thousands of slugs, all on a road, and many eating each other
Sharks come back to bask
CULTURE Retired fisherman Brian McNeill reflects on Achill’s shark-fishing history and the return of the gentle giants
A bat in the hand…
OUTDOOR LIVING John Shelley has close encounters with two bats in one day – a stowaway pipistrelle and an intruding Lesser horseshoe
Is the spread of the Crayfish plague inevitable?
OUTDOOR LIVING Freshwater crustaceans will almost certainly disappear if outbreak happens
On a wing and a prayer
NATURE May is a time when the most delicate of things take to the air in the hope of fostering a new generation
Steel with heart
GARDENING Mayo blacksmith teams up with aid agency GOAL to create meaningful and moving Bloom garden
Food fit for a kingfisher
NATURE While on the look out for a local otter, John Shelley observes the annual upstream migration of roach – and a lot more
In search of an otter
NATURE John Shelley hopes to lure an otter out of hiding by tempting him with a small pail of chopped and mashed pickled herrings
The countryside’s casual killer
NATURE Controlling the mink population in Ireland is nigh on impossible so long as fur farms continue to operate here