Episodes

  • The Great Big Garden Birdwatch

    The Great Big Garden Birdwatch
    Jan 26 2026
    On Bank Holiday Monday, Feb 2nd, RTÉ Radio 1 will celebrate The Great Big Garden Birdwatch, as our experts feature across programmes on the station throughout the day. The highlight will be our Nature On One Garden Bird Special at 12 noon. Jim Wilson joins us to tell us what we might expect to see on his garden bird feeder live stream...
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    14 mins
  • What’s On Éanna’s Burns Night Menu?

    What’s On Éanna’s Burns Night Menu?
    Jan 26 2026
    Last night, Sunday January 25th, was Burns Night, a key celebration in Scotland’s calendar which commemorates the nation’s most famous poet and proponent of the Scots language, Robert Burns (1759 – 1796). As mother-in-law of a proud Scotsman, our Eanna hosted a very special dinner party last night in celebration of the great Scottish poet...
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    6 mins
  • The Living And The Dead

    The Living And The Dead
    Jan 26 2026
    The latest book from naturalist and author Conor W. O’Brien, entitled The Living and the Dead, is an account of his travels both to seek the traces of Ireland’s extinct wildlife and to discover our country’s greatest conservation success stories. He joins us tonight to explain more...
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    19 mins
  • Happy Retirement To Dr. Matthew Jebb

    Happy Retirement To Dr. Matthew Jebb
    Jan 26 2026
    As he retires as Director from the National Botanic Garden, we're joined in studio by friend of the programme Dr. Matthew Jebb, to chat about some of the highlights of his three decades of working at "The Bots", and the importance of botanical gardens as powerhouses for conservation and genetic diversity...
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    17 mins
  • A Mob Of Meerkats

    A Mob Of Meerkats
    Jan 19 2026
    Meerkats are highly social and inquisitive mammals hailing from southernmost Africa that just so happen to have an endearingly human-like appearance that many of us find extremely cute. You might think you already know a lot about them, but as Derek, Jim, Eric and Niall discuss on tonight’s programme, there is more to Meerkats than meets the eye...
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    7 mins
  • Coping With A Confused woodpecker

    Coping With A Confused woodpecker
    Jan 19 2026
    Listener Ger Deering from Co. Wexford got in touch with us about a Great Spotted Woodpecker that has taken to pecking loudly, not on wood, but rather on the PVC facia of his house. Ger has had to spend considerable money and time repairing the damage and would like to know whether there is anything he can do to deter the misguided bird...
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    11 mins
  • Making Your Own Nature Reserve

    Making Your Own Nature Reserve
    Jan 19 2026
    Ecologist Donna Mullen bought a farm with the intention of converting it into a haven for flora and fauna. She created Golashane Nature Reserve, which is home to hundreds of plants, birds, mammals, insects and amphibians. Reporter Terry Flanagan, recently travelled to the reserve to see for himself what Donna has achieved...
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    14 mins
  • Dolphins Thrill Spectators In Cork City

    Dolphins Thrill Spectators In Cork City
    Jan 19 2026
    Our colleague Rory Cobbe sent us a video of a pod of 6 Common Dolphins swimming in the River Lee in Cork. We speak to Dr. Simon Berrow, CEO of the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group, about the increase in Common Dolphin numbers in Irish waters over the past decade...
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    12 mins