Starlings’ unmissable performances mesmerise on dark winter days
About three million starlings breed in Ireland yearly, joined in winter by visitors from all over Europe
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About three million starlings breed in Ireland yearly, joined in winter by visitors from all over Europe
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the oleander moth, a fine feather and a fish that could bite a finger off
The oncoming darkness and brightness of the season represents our freedom, always returning, like every autumn
Eanna Ní Lamhna on field mice, voles, caterpillars, sparrowhawks and more
Far from being ‘the worst thing to happen to humanity’, this EU law is a very small step towards combating a huge problem
Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna on red leaves on oak trees and a moth that is flourishing in Dublin
Éanna Ní Lamhna on cuttlefish, New Zealand flax and the by-the-wind sailor
‘You could over-complicate it,’ Joe Devine says. ‘This is about reversing the drainage of a bog, and seeing what benefits are going to emerge’
Éanna Ní Lamhna on an escaped diamond dove pigeon, sea slaters and red ants
Ella McSweeney: Digging a pond, however small, is worth it for the cascade of positive effects it brings
The goal is to create a situation where ‘thousands to millions of oysters are creating this really complex structure with so much biodiversity’
One stretch of river is popular with birders hoping to photograph the area’s ‘most exotic bird’
Many bird species have thrived since Ballydangan Bog was re-wetted and the drains removed
Eye on Nature: A hoverfly on Pallenis maritima, tracking of foxes with GPS radio collars, a successful takeover by wasps and a Common pipistrele bat
If life on our one and only planet is to be pulled back from the brink, the time for voluntary ecological measures from businesses has surely passed
Éanna Ní Lamhna on a clean bill of health for a fulmar, a spider close up, and a troubling abundance of jellyfish at Kilkeel
Game Changers: Biodversity Net Gain is now a legal in the UK stipulates any development has to result in ‘measurable’ biodiversity improvement
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the native Irish honeybee, oozing slime and a frog’s life
Eanna Ní Lamhna on hoverflies, northern bobwhites and green shield bugs
Since her teenage years in the early 1980s, Anna Giordano has heroically battled the hunting of migrating raptors in Sicily and southern Italy. The result has filled the sky with birds
Éanna Ní Lamhna on an irritating native moth, the click beetle and the thunderworm
Éanna Ní Lamhna on a frightening moth, baby spiders and fairweather mates
Your gardening questions answered: Creating a garden from scratch gives you a great opportunity
Éanna Ní Lamhna on song thrushes, a masked crab, and a German tourist that never went home
Ella McSweeney: We don’t have time to fail. The Government should use our money to fund what works, then step out of the way
Thousands of people and several communities throughout the country are already involved in a range of EU-funded restoration programmes
Eanna Ní Lamhna on woodlouse, hoopoe, mallards, spider crabs and the female crab spider
Coillte chief executive Imelda Hurley juggles climate goals, planting material for sustainable homes and developing a green rural economy
Far-reaching consequences for land use, especially farming, and also marine development. But uncertainty and rural anger remain
Éanna Ní Lamhna on crow pellets, a chimney mystery and the true nature of cuckoo spit
Éanna Ní Lamhna on a dulled female bullfinch, Ireland’s only red damselfly and an eternally basking shark
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna on ermine moths, rove beetles, pignuts and weevils
Game Changers: We have been taught over generations to see the role of nature in our lives as unimportant. For us to survive and thrive, that message needs to change
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna on emperor moths, great tits and white-toothed shrews
Éanna Ní Lamhna on a foul-smelling insect, a camouflaging caterpillar and the Irish spread of the buzzard
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna on the comma butterfly, the eggs of a flightless moth, and an ivy recorded in Offaly for the first time
Éanna Ní Lamhna on winter gnats, a goldfinch-canary hybrid and insect biodiversity
When Michael Viney’s second column An Eye on Nature answering readers queries began, Ethna ran it for years under his name until she was finally acknowledged as the author
Éanna Ní Lamhna on dead worms, an interesting beetle and a washed-up dolphin
‘It’s the male birds who do the singing in most species except the robin’
Train your eyes on the sky on a trip to the Basque Country, you’ll be greeted with sights of griffon vultures, Eurasian goshawks and more
An apology, a declaration of love, a lament for times lost and a resolve to do better are among 11 letters to the planet to mark Earth Day
Most people in Ireland ‘very concerned about climate change and solidly supportive of Government action to cut polluting emissions’
One of the most striking artists working in Ireland, O’Mahony has spent her career exploring our relationships with land
Éanna Ní Lamhna on honeybee pub crawls, rare yellowhammers and pied wagtails
Steve Bass is a hedgelayer based in Mayo, who works with his son Toby
Farmers and landowners are putting in ponds and planting small woodlands and orchards with supports from a landscape charity, with a resulting bloom in biodiversity
Éanna Ní Lamhna on blooming heather, an aggro blue tit and a stunning basking shark
Although bats will roost in all kinds of spaces – from rocks, scree slopes and exposed limestone to holes in old oaks – they tend to favour buildings
Hungary altered its position, citing a negative impact on farming and food security, and left the law in a state of limbo
Eanna Ní Lamhna on house spiders, chicken of the woods fungus, newts and more
Escape the 21st century with these events centred on walking, running, cycling and kayaking
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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