A READER writes to say that in Dublin a couple of climatically-disorientated street pigeons, uka (unkindly-known-as) rats-with-wings, recently decided to roost, nest and defecate on staff and visitors above the entrance of her office building.

HUGE excitement among the birding community and more ominous signs of climate change.

LAST week, we received a packet of sliced, dried culinary mushrooms from a Czech girl we know.

Damien Enright on the joys of strolling in the countryside.

DRIVING about our lovely country we couldn’t but notice a high percentage of houses built in the heart of the country in recent decades are out of keeping with their surroundings like a bum note in a symphony.

GREAT news for Courtmacsherry Bay.

Damien Enright on our Christian conscience.

THE full moon was glorious last week, and tides were very high, forcing the birds of the estuary to roost high up on the shore. There was a feast of forms and feathers for my friend, a birdwatcher, who arrived from London, to differentiate and name.

“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date ...’— William Shakespeare

Damien Enright on the joys an Indian summer brings.