Donegal Wildlife

At this time of year I am cheered by the thought that although there is very little wildlife to be seen at the moment, everything is just wa...

We have a few moths that only emerge once the frosts have arrived. At first glance, this seems to be a flawed plan, since there is little ve...

A bit of sun today, so I went out to see what was happening. A check of the usual ditch turned up a single flower of Lesser Celandine alon...

Just when I thought the season couldn't get any more odd, I spotted a Willow making new leaves on a couple of shoots: New Will...

Each year, species come and go with the seasons: in spring we have the early flowers, such as Snowdrops and Primroses. In summer we see a wi...

I was wondering how the queen bumblebee from October 28th was doing, and this morning we had a gap in the rain. Sure enough, at around 10 am...

Our moths have a wide range of breeding and overwintering strategies: some overwinter as eggs, others as larvae, still others as pupae and a...