Donegal Wildlife

Our summer has been one long stream of anticyclones coming in over the Atlantic, bringing high winds and rain for almost four months. As a r...

We are clearly sinking down into autumn: temperatures are dropping and there are signs of an annual wind-down wherever we look. One of the m...

We had a couple of warm days and suddenly everything is moving. Solitary bees dig private tunnels in soil where they lay their own eggs an...

I can't help but notice that NASA are now looking for wildlife on Mars. I'll stick to my Donegal Hedgerow for now. The weather has...

In this extended period of sunshine, most wildlife has advanced, regardless of the fact that we're still in March. I could see five Smal...

We've had an extended dry spell and the days have been bright and sunny, encouraging some species out long before I'd expect to see ...

It was surprisingly warm in the hours preceding the predicted storm, so quite a few insects had taken the opportunity to fill up on nectar. ...