Donegal Wildlife

The rain continues, but there is an occasional gap when it's safe for insects to fly. If it's dry at night, then we have a chance th...

Willow catkins have started to appear on a few trees, so the dependent species will be stirring from their winter hiding places: the larvae ...

After my last optimistic posts we had a few days of snow and sleet that stopped everything in its tracks. A few days of rain, then some sun,...

I would have thought that the coldest winter for 47 years would have set things back a bit, but today I found Willow catkins starting to app...

I never cease to be amazed at the attempts of disadvantaged plants to reproduce. This tiny (5 cm. tall) Knapweed had managed to produce via...

I was up in the deforested heath looking at willows for signs of bud-break and spotted this caterpillar on a bush. Turns out it's the No...

Last week we had four beautiful days of sunshine: almost as many as we could expect in a whole Donegal summer. This week we've had four...