What is this mushroom we saw on the Antrim coast? Readers’ nature queries Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna on dor beetles, bog asphodel, Ichneumon fly and the box-tree moth caterpillarSat Dec 03 2022 - 05:00
What is this mushroom-like growth that appeared in a planter pot? Readers’ nature queries Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna on earthstar fungus, much-maligned ivy, comma butterfly and the caterpillar of the pale tussock mothSat Nov 26 2022 - 05:00
What’s this bird that’s been in my garden lately? Readers’ nature queriesEye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna on Dyers Mazegill fungus, dog sick slime mould and sparrowhawksSat Nov 19 2022 - 05:02
Eye on Nature: Bird on the loose, unusual seaweed and cucumber spidersYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Nov 12 2022 - 05:00
What are these mushrooms I found on Kilrush golf course? Readers’ nature queries Eanna Ní Lamhna on fly agaric mushrooms, pine martens, death’s head hawkmoths, buzards and turnstonesSat Nov 05 2022 - 05:00
Eye on Nature: Is this a lost pet I found by the Liffey’s banks?Eye on Nature: Is this a lost pet I found by the Liffey’s banks?Sat Oct 15 2022 - 05:00
Eye on Nature: Whales, moths, grasshoppers, caterpillars and moreYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Oct 08 2022 - 05:00
Eye on Nature: A tree that’s all ears, a hairy moth and a buzzard’s ringYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Oct 01 2022 - 05:00
Eye on Nature: Mating moths, frilly fungus, the dreaded giant hogweed and buzzards in CorkYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Sept 24 2022 - 05:01
Eye on Nature: It’s about 20cm and flies were feeding on it. What on earth is it?Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní LamhnaSat Sept 17 2022 - 05:02
Can you identify this insect found in our garden? Readers’ nature queriesReaders' nature queries: Eanna Ní Lamhna on Ichneumon wasps, the currant clearwing moth, common hawker dragonfly and the elephant hawkmothSat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
A puffin stuffin’ itself with sand eels. Readers’ nature queriesÉanna Ní Lamhna on Ireland’s only native lizard, a strange earwig and a huge caterpillarSat Sept 03 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: A large emerald moth, door snails and a domestic pigeonYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Aug 27 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: A bloodthirsty horsefly, butterfly eggs and a female sawflyYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Aug 20 2022 - 06:00
What is this little creature that raised its tail-end like a stinger when I tried lifting it? Readers’ nature queries Eanna Ní Lamhna on a vapourer moth, stoat, green longhorn beetle and a great pond snailSat Aug 13 2022 - 06:00
Who’s this king of the watery jungle? Readers’ nature queriesÉanna Ní Lamhna on the lion’s mane jellyfish, a broken wasps’ nest and a speedy spiderSat Jul 30 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: Caterpillars, mystery droppings, whiskered midges and a tiny crabYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Jul 16 2022 - 06:00
Why is this robin’s plumage in rag order? Readers’ nature queriesÉanna Ní Lamhna on the hardships of parenting chicks, the need to check moths’ genitals, and a wasps’ nestSat Jul 09 2022 - 06:00
Who’s this colourful character? Readers’ nature queriesÉanna Ní Lamhna on the better-red-than-dead burnet moth and an aphid that doesn’t respect its eldersSat Jun 18 2022 - 06:00
We saw hundreds of these insects at Powerscourt waterfall recently. What are they?Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní LamhnaSat Jun 11 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: A starling with a very strange beak and a mystery mothYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat May 28 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: Invasive flatworms, wild violets, dandelions and dogfishYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat May 21 2022 - 06:00
Are the grey squirrel rumours true? Readers’ nature questionsÉanna Ní Lamhna on hibernation once again, ladybirds of Ireland and ant activitySat May 14 2022 - 06:00
Why do blue tits insist on pecking the nestbox? Readers’ nature queriesEye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna on drake gadwalls, golden plovers, black-headed gullsSat Apr 30 2022 - 06:00
Eel do nicely for supper: Readers’ nature queriesÉanna Ní Lamhna on doomed frogspawn, early bloomers and the holly blue butterflySat Apr 23 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: Whelk egg case, frogspawn, ladybirds and funnel webYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Apr 16 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: An eel, a seal pup, and two fish with unusual skeletonsYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Apr 09 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: A frequent garden visitor and a bathroom insectYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Apr 02 2022 - 06:00
Is it too late to put out a nest box for blue tits? Readers’ nature queriesÉanna Ní Lamhna on the early arrival of the buff-tailed bumblebee, and native furzeSat Mar 26 2022 - 06:00
Is this a dangerous spider introduced to Ireland? Readers’ nature queriesÉanna Ní Lamhna on bath spiders, the elder tree, leatherback turtles and turtle carapaceSat Mar 19 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: An unusual duck and digging woodpeckersYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Mar 12 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: CCTV reveals who’s been pulling down the bird feederYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Mar 05 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: Scarlet elfcups and a herald mothYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Feb 26 2022 - 06:00
We found these tasty clams on a Sligo beach. What are they?Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Feb 19 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: An unusual fairy ring and early floweringsYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Feb 12 2022 - 06:00
What causes a ‘belly’ of twigs on the trunk of trees? Readers’ nature queriesEanna Ní Lamhna on cormorants, chough, magpies and hawkmothsSat Feb 05 2022 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: First bumblebees of the year are out of hibernationYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Jan 29 2022 - 06:00
Where do magpies sleep? Readers’ nature queriesEanna Ní Lamhna on a turnstone bird, a curious skeleton and dead man’s fingersSat Jan 22 2022 - 06:00
I spotted this leucistic blackbird outside Cork City. Readers’ nature queriesÉanna Ní Lamhna on the 2-spot ladybird, pine martens and the moth chrysalisSat Jan 15 2022 - 06:00
Did these jelly blobs really fall during meteor showers? Readers’ nature queriesÉanna Ní Lamhna on an old wives’ tale, dead woodlice and a 14-legged crustaceanSat Jan 01 2022 - 06:00
Why are there robins on Christmas cards? Readers’ nature queriesYour Yuletide notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Dec 18 2021 - 06:00
What is this colourful mushroom found on the Curragh? Readers’ nature queriesYour notes and queries on nature for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Dec 11 2021 - 06:00
What is this mad-looking thing I found growing on wild rose?Éanna Ní Lamhna on robin’s pincushion, an uninjured earthworm and a dug-up gardenSat Dec 04 2021 - 06:00
Eye on Nature: Tomatoes growing on the beach in LouthYour notes and queries for Eanna Ní LamhnaSat Nov 27 2021 - 06:00
