Outdoor Living

NATURE Fishermen are reporting increased sightings of tuna in our waters, as they return to fish on scrad

NATURE Pat Fahy on the threat that Donald Trump’s reelection would pose to the environment

NATURE John Shelley encounters a magnificent young red-deer stag, eager to impress at the start of the rutting season

NATURE Pat Fahy on how our hedgerows help to sustain wildlife through the harsher autumn and winter months

NATURE John Shelley discovers his visiting hedgehog now has two inquisitive little hoglets in tow

NATURE Gardeners often call compost ‘black gold’ because of its value in improving garden soil

NATURE John Shelley spends a day angling for deep-sea mackerel, pollock and more out in Cleggan Bay

NATURE Creating a bog garden is easy and endlessly rewarding, with plants like yellow flag iris, flowering rush, marsh marigold and ragged robin

NATURE John Shelley brings some reluctant tourists to Achill, and the island’s wild charms wins them over

NATURE Pat Fahy on how making a wildlife pond is a truly rewarding autumn project, and some advice on how to go about it