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  • Nature Activities In July
    2026/07/06
    Derek, Terry and Eanna chat about nature and wildlife activities that can be enjoyed around Ireland in this lovely sunny weather, including visiting Ireland's Eye, and observing the gannet population there...
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    2 分
  • Wildlife & The Wallace Line
    2026/07/13
    The Wallace Line is an invisible boundary in Indonesia marking a remarkable divide in wildlife. West of it, animals are typically Asian; east, they’re Australasian. Richard and Terry explore its story with Derek, while BirdWatch Ireland's Niall Hatch joins from Indonesia to share his encounters with the region’s unique wildlife...
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    28 分
  • Nature On One: Casement
    2026/07/27
    Next Bank Holiday Monday (3 Aug) at midday, Eric Dempsey presents Nature On One: Casement, exploring Roger Casement's often overlooked passion for the natural world. The programme visits the National Museum of Ireland's natural history collections, including his remarkable west African rhinoceros viper...
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    4 分
  • The Odyssey: Five Stars From Éanna!
    2026/08/03
    Éanna Ní Lamhna is unusually lively tonight, having seen Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. She’s blown away by the film, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus on his journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Based on Homer’s 3,000-year-old epic, it definitely gets five stars from Éanna!
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    5 分
  • Mystery Monaghan Mustelid
    2026/07/06
    We love receiving your wildlife photos and videos (send them to mooney@rte.ie). James Morrisroe from Co Monaghan shared footage of a mystery visitor raiding his bins at dawn. Was it a pine marten? Our panel takes a closer look at the video and discusses the likely identity of this clever early-morning scavenger...
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    5 分
  • Elvis The European Robin
    2026/07/13
    MGW listener Sean Geraty joins the programme with questions about "Elvis", the bald robin that's been visiting his garden. Why has Elvis lost his head feathers, and why did a parent bird single out one juvenile for aggression? Derek, Richard and Terry investigate the fascinating behaviour of this robin family...
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    13 分
  • Headstarting Chicks Helps Ireland's Curlew Numbers
    2026/07/27
    Ireland's curlew population has plummeted, but an ambitious conservation project is offering new hope. Twenty 'headstarted' chicks, hatched from eggs flown in from Yorkshire, were reared at Dublin Zoo before being released at Lough Corrib. Owen Murphy explains how the project is helping save this iconic bird...
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    23 分
  • Asian Hornets: Keep An Eye Out For These Invasive Alien Insects
    2026/08/03
    The Asian Hornet poses a growing threat to Ireland’s honeybees and other pollinators. After Ireland’s first confirmed sighting in Dublin in 2021, the first nest was found and destroyed in Cork four years later. Kate Moore of Biodiversity Ireland explains the threat, the need for rapid action and how the public can report suspected sightings...
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    8 分