NATURE As the season changes, Michael Kingdon watches on as different birds stop by the Lough Carra lakeside
Outdoor Living
Swan songs and rising tides
NATURE Michael Kingdon welcomes the arrival of two whooper swans to Lough Carra, elegant visitors from Iceland
From lemon balm to feverfew
GARDENING Chris Smith – a Westport organic-veg producer and Clew Bay Garden Trail member – shares his tips for growing herbs in your Mayo garden
A hair-raising day’s angling in Clew Bay
NATURE While out sea angling, Michael Kingdon met mysterious, banqueting beasts from the deep, and more
The red admiral’s admirable fortitude
NATURE Michael Kingdon encounters a red admiral newly emerged in late autumn sunshine, and wonders at these butterflies’ tenacity
A blight on all your boxes
GARDENING Frank Steffens, head gardener at Drimbawn Garden, on a recent disease affecting box hedges and plants
Deer hunting
NATURE A red deer stag bellows to a rut rival in the darkness, just feet from an awe-struck Michael Kingdon
A pygmy problem
NATURE Michael Kingdon on the uphill battle faced by our tiny pygmy shrew since its loutish larger cousin’s arrival to these shores
Looking back and looking forward
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
Clew Bay Garden Trail launches calendar
COMMUNITY The proceeds of sales the 2022 Clew Bay Garden Trail calendar will go to the Mayo Roscommon Hospice
Like the fox, I forage
NATURE Michael Kingdon’s foraging leads to several encounters with wild things, and a hungry young dinner guest