Mooney Goes Wild

RTÉ

4.2 (49)
NATURE
EVERY TWO WEEKS

Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms. Listen live every Monday at 10pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

21 OCT

A vending machine for ducks!

While Richard was in Manchester, he came upon a story about how a vending machine to dispense food for ducks was to be installed at Burrs Country Park by a local community action group.

21 min
21 OCT

BirdLife International Partnership Meeting in Kazakhstan

Niall is just back from the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. He was there on behalf of BirdWatch Ireland to attend the organisation’s Partnership Meeting for its European and Central Asian region. 45 other BirdLife International partners were also in attendance to discuss conservation strategies, international collaborations and more.

4 min
21 OCT

Plant Pathogen Conference in Co. Carlow

Next Saturday (25th October) sees a major conference take place in Teagasc Oak Park in Carlow. Entitled 'Future Plant Health Responders', it will deal with topics such as climate-driven pests and pathogens, crop protection and more. Terry Flanagan met with Dr. Aisling Moffet, founder of Entosoc, and Dr. Anna Tiely, chairperson of SIPP.

14 min
21 OCT

Storm Ashley sees record numbers of Great Shearwaters off Kerry coast

Storm Ashley impacted a great many people across Ireland, but did you know that it also had a remarkable impact on seabirds? Great Shearwaters were seen in unprecedented numbers off the Kerry coast as they took shelter from the storm in Tralee Bay.

5 min
21 OCT

The Disputed Toll

Richard was recently in Manchester to visit the Manchester Museum. He was there to see a very special painting by Heywood Hardy called 'The Disputed Toll', which also happens to be the name of a documentary Richard is making for this Christmas. The toll in question was a fascinating elephant called Maharajah.

3 min
21 OCT

The Extraordinary Tale of the White Prominent: looking forward to Eric Dempsey’s moth documentary

As part of our popular Nature on One series, on Bank Holiday Monday (28th October) we will bring you 'The Extraordinary Tale of the White Prominent' which is presented by naturalist and author Eric Dempsey. We have a sneak preview of it for you.

5 min
7 OCT

Mute Swans are not so mute after all

With a name like Mute Swan, you would be forgiven for thinking that Ireland’s heaviest bird species was completely silent. Far from it, however: although not as vocal as our other two swan species, Mute Swans nonetheless utter a wide range of hisses, grunts and whistles. Richard Collins has been down to Dublin's Fairview Park to find some.

8 min
7 OCT

The Extraordinary Tale of the White Prominent

As part of our popular Nature on One series, on Bank Holiday Monday 28th October we will be bring you 'The Extraordinary Tale of the White Prominent '. Presented by naturalist and author Eric Dempsey, it follows his quest to track down one of our rarest insects.

4 min

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Battling it out

24/09/2021

Mary🌱

Great podcast we constantly push each other off the number one spot in Ireland for nature. Check out the Burren Nature Sanctuary podcast ‘Nature Magic’. If you like this you are going to like Nature Magic too!
Great

14/02/2021

the phoenix2011

I grew up listening to this and I have learned loads.
Good stuff

12/06/2019

Tom the gunner

Miss the daily radio show and the live Friday MGW but listening to the pod helps as Ray Darcy is unbearable.love this show
Downloads sporadic

11/11/2020

Bonxie2

Great show but frequently the show podcast does not automatically download. Have received nothing since the 26th October 2020. Not the first time this has happened. Very frustrating!!