‘I spotted this owl near my home in Co Kilkenny. What type of owl is it?’
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Eye on Nature
This is a most excellent picture of a male jumping spider
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna on hot-house arachnids, blue mushrooms and boring beetles
If you drink reindeer urine after they have eaten these red mushrooms, you’ll get high apparently
Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna on flying reindeer, avian winter visitors and fossilised limestone
Next spring these swans will be driven away by their formerly loving parents
Eanna Ní Lamhna on an extremely tiny plant feeder, a heated standoff on the Dodder and a rare presence in Wicklow
The stain on your fingers from the bleeding aphids will go after a few days
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the rarely seen great bittern, a very irritating caterpillar, and the beautiful green lacewing
Why are robins so friendly? They see us as meal tickets
Eanna Ní Lamhna identifies a southern European species spotted in Dublin and a cricket with rhythm
This ghostly creature landed on my window earlier this month. What is it?
Your creepy crawlies, witchy woods and slithery creatures identified by Éanna Ní Lamhna
This guillemot might survive after a rest - unless it has bird flu
Éanna Ní Lamhna on dog vomit slime, the forest shield bug and birch sawfly larvae
Two dragonflies tied up in afternoon delight in Cork
Éanna Ní Lamhna on Grey Dagger moth, Puffball mushrooms and Redshanks
Phallus impudicus: the Latin name of the Stinkhorn fungus tells it like it is
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the harvestman, nest-box etiquette, and the flower crab spider
A reader’s most excellent photograph of the noble false widow spider
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the white saddle fungus, the curlew sandpiper influx and the rose chafer
Curlew in flight: Draining and cutting of bogs has destroyed their breeding habitat
Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna
Keep an eye out for the garden spider this autumn
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the forest shield bug, the autumn hawker and robin not-yet-redbreast
This female only stick insect arrived in Ireland from New Zealand in the 1960s
Éanna Ní Lamhna on robin’s pincushion, an Irish mosquito, and a rare puffin snack
Is it a seed, a shell or a chocolate macaron?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the sea-bean, the goat moth caterpillar and the large red damselfly
I was wrong when I said Asian hornets were not found in Ireland ...
Eanna Ní Lamhna answers readers’ question about curious wildlife spotted around the country
Eye on Nature: ‘We saw these translucent blobs on the beach in Rosslare. What are they?’
Éanna Ní Lamhna identifies curious wildlife spotted by readers from around the country
I say, these butterflies look rather busy
Éanna Ní Lamhna on mating rituals, a shrew having a bad fur day, and a fine photograph of a hummingbird hawkmoth
Red kites have thrived since reintroduction, but motorists remain a threat to their safety
Éanna Ní Lamhna outlines the plight of a majestic bird and clears up confusion around the ichneumon
The tiny ‘eggs’ in this field bird’s nest fungus are spore-bearing structures
Eanna Ní Lamhna on whether a particular ladybird is good or bad, a blackbird with a white head and a rare violet sea snail
Stork sightings on the increase in Ireland
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the yellowtail caterpillar, the field grasshopper and a spider known by many names
Eye on Nature: ‘Nesting blue tits have comandeered my letterbox again’
Eanna Ní Lamhna answers queries on blue tits, navelwort, uniquely Irish butterfies, dogfish egg cases and a pipistrelle bat in a glass
Eye on Nature: If bees can’t see red, why is one drawn to this red poppy?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the colourful bumblebee, declining linnets, and coots in UCD
Eye on Nature: ‘I have found a beautiful queen ... bee in the polytunnel in my garden’
Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna
Eye on Nature: ‘An alderfly is usually found resting in large numbers on waterside vegetation’
Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna
Hare golf coursing: a mother and leverets up close in Carlow
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the red damselfly, the May bug and the barrel jellyfish
What is this species of bee that arrived during no-mow May?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the common carder bee, a rudely disturbed lizard, and a very fine stonechat photograph
What’s the crack with this apple tree in our garden?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on a golf-watching otter, a fungus called King Alfred’s cakes, and pond skaters
Live near a town? Got food or smelly shoes? Foxes and badgers may pay you a visit
Eanna Ní Lamhna on how to handle moths that want to make a meal of the food in your kitchen, the mice at risk from your lawnmower, and a bee-bashing bird
As the duck flies: what are these lake-dwelling midges?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on apple thieves, the Burren’s strange beauties, and the pheasant’s introduction
When is a crane fly not a daddy longlegs?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the Leisler’s bat, a clawless crab, and an invasive ladybird
Is my house plant a menace to society?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on sand martins, the peacock butterfly and a dead frog
Why is this bug causing a big stink?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the hawthorn shield bug, underground bees, and the red-listed yellowhammer
Drink to your elf: what is this striking red growth?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the scarlet elf cup, plastic pollution and a Kiwi invader
Has this buzzard fallen prey to bird flu?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on how to report dead birds, a bone of contention, and an imported lizard
Who’s been gnawing on my door?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on rats’ incisors, the house martins and a suspicious sparrowhawk
What species is this bumblebee feasting on dandelions in my garden?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the smallest bird in Ireland, an invasive moth, and the fluted bird’s nest fungus
What is the cause of this rook’s very unusual beak?
Éanna Ní Lamhna identifies and explains readers’ other unusual nature findings
Eye on Nature: How a branch of the national tree of Chile ended up in Dublin
Eanna Ní Lamhna answers readers' queries about jackdaws bearing gifts, a curious shell and a couple of frogs who got carried away
Is this white barnacle goose I captured on camera a rare sight?
Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on unusual geese, flying sea creatures and unfamiliar fungi
Black band at bottom lip of shell gives game away for the brown-lipped snail
Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna
What is this mushroom seen in our local park?
Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on wasp-nest raiders, early-nesting goldfinches and curlew feeding habits
The miniature world of micromoths
Éanna Ní Lamhna on Irish jays, the blackcap’s call and a non-dinosaur tooth
This blackbird has become another beak to feed
Éanna Ní Lamhna on a woeful woodcock, a perished pipistrelle bat and a radiant redshank
We found a huge dead spider in our classroom. What is it?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the angle shades moth, dog’s vomit mould and strange slime underfoot
Why does this white gull seem to have black spots on its tail?
Eanna Ní Lamhna on gulls, the amethyst deceiver and caterpillars of the pine processionary moth
What is this curious creature found on shore after Storm Ashley?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on fungus lining a lakeside path, a plant used as a laxative and diuretic, and unsegmented thunderworms
This lovely lone robin has been singing plaintively in my garden
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the territorial robin, abundant-berry folklore and the unusual-looking but harmless triggerfish
What is this strange growth outside Cork University Hospital?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on fungi, a marine worm and whooper swans
What is this bird that our cat chased into the house?
Éanna Ní Lamhna identifies a number of creatures and explains the odd colouring of a mallard drake
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