Outdoor Living

How do you like them apples?

NATURE John Shelley watches two winged apple thieves formulate a robbery strategy and natter about their fruity booty

NATURE While out hoping to spot a large fallow deer buck, John Shelley only manages to catch the flu

STORM DIARY John Shelley tracks the passing of Ophelia from his home near Lough Carra, and counts his blessings today

John Shelley can’t help admire the spirited dogfish, with their painful bite and scales and their grace in the water

NATURE John Shelley takes a trip to Exmoor for his daughter’s wedding – and a trip down memory lane to childhood

NATURE John Shelley discovers some worm-like lamprey living under a rock in a small Lough Mask tributary

NATURE John Shelley is persuaded to trek into the north Mayo hill in search of trout – and something more other wordly

NATURE John Shelley disturbs a lake-side wasps’ nest and pays the price

NATURE Signs of climate change are all around us, even as we continue to debate the phenomenon’s reality

NATURE John Shelley’s visiting pine marten, Pongo, is looking a bit worse for wear but a grateful dinner guest

NATURE Midges cannot fly faster than five miles an hour, but they soon catch up with the stationary to draw blood