Donegal Wildlife

Sawflies (Symphyta) are a very understudied group of insects. They belong to the Hymenoptera, which includes Wasps, Bees and Ants, but the f...

Last week the National Biodiversity Data Centre in Waterford launched a national recording scheme for leaf miners. I have been working on a ...

Back in December 2005 , I encountered a hair-like ice formation on grounded twigs in Steeple wood. I thought it might be related to some kin...

The Sunflower continues to attract butterflies. This Red Admiral is the third species I have seen nectaring after the Small Tortoiseshell a...

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...

A return trip to one of my favourite locations. The land is being very sympathetically 'encouraged' for support of wildlife, and it...

Bioblitz at Murlough: I had set people the task of bringing back any leaf galls that they found, and my workbench was soon loaded down wit...