Outdoor Living

NATURE During lockdown, John Shelley pays closer attention to life within 2km of his home, and finds it thriving

NATURE Pat Fahy looks back to a time when our meadows were full of wildflowers and humming with vital life

NATURE After returning from the UK, John Shelley finds himself in quarantine, contemplating the role of the rat

NATURE Biodiversity officer Pat Fahy on simple steps each of us can take to help save our pollinators

OUTDOORS John Shelley on how to go about trapping minnows, or bricín, to use as bait for fishing trout

NATURE A wildlife pond attracts frogs, dragonflies and damselflies, a host of bird species, and more, writes Pat Fahy

NATURE John Shelley watches an experienced coarse fisherman draw in a seemingly endless succession of silvery roach

NATURE Pat Fahy on ‘naturehood’ and the importance of wildflowers and wild plants for bees, birds and more

NATURE Rooks help clear grassland of damaging leatherjackets, while their fruit-and-nut stashes help to regenerate our woodlands

NATURE Pat Fahy calls out political spin on climate action in Ireland, particularly with regard to bogs and forestry