Donegal Wildlife

This week I was giving a talk as part of an international conference about pollinators. If you mention pollinators most people immediately t...

Normal service has been resumed after wonderful weather in March, and I have been sitting (no, standing!) glowering at the rain for the last...

In the normal order of things, higher order species tend to prey on lower-order species, so wasps and bees tend to be predators on flies (or...

Drumboe has a very rich insect population: I find some of my most interesting species here. This is Nomada leucophthalma , which is parasiti...

Drumboe Wood is that strangest of creatures: an ancient urban woodland. It lies no further than 100m from the main shopping centre, separate...