Ireland is home to some very rare native plants, and one of the rarest and hardest to find of all is the Burrowing Clover. Wicklow-based naturalist and author Declan Murphy met up with Terry Flanagan on the banks of the River Vartry to find it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Robins eating slug pellets
Cliodhna Kellegher from Banagher, Co. Offaly, got in touch with us to tell us about an unusual occurrence where a resident pair of Robins have taken a real fancy to the slug pellets that she puts out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Cuckoo singing in Co. Wexford . . . but is he too late?
Listener Ann Gethings kindly sent us a recording made by her brother Marc on his farm in Killaughrim in Caim, Co. Wexford. Marc’s recording features the unmistakable sounds of a male Cuckoo in song . . . but was this Cuckoo late?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The uplifting power of a Blackbird
To finish tonight’s programme, we thought we would share with you a truly beautiful and deeply moving account of a chance encounter with a Blackbird that was sent to us by listener Nuala McLoughlin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The loss of experience in elephant societies
A new study has revealed how the loss of experienced individual elephants from their social groups stops the knowledge transfer between generations. Dr Lucy Bates (who led the research) from the University of Portsmouth’s Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, explains.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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