Wild Watch

In this episode Aoife and Gerry chat about the dangers of roads for wildlife, followed by a chat about the crafty Cuckoo.

It can be tricky to spot the difference between the swallow, swift and martins but here we chat about that and lots of other fun facts about these incredible birds!

In this episode we're chatting about the smallest of the Auk species in Ireland. This melancholy looking little bird visits our shores from April until August, breeding on offshore islands out of harms way.

Join Gerry and Aoife as they chat about the common frog, the only species found in Ireland. We answer questions like "Why do they need to keep their skin wet?, How far can they travel?, What can we do to give them a helping hand?" and much more.

This month we chat about two lovely and ecologically important animals that rely on hedgerows; the stoat and the pygmy shrew. Did you know the Irish name for pygmy shrew is Dallóg fraoigh, meaning blind animal of the heather. What a wonderful description!
We begin with the importance of hedgerows and why it is illegal to cut them from 1st March to 31st August.