Columns - Irish Examiner

Dick Warner

It’s a grand canal but hard to navigate

THE Royal Canal has recently been re-opened, after more than half a century of dereliction, for through travel from the Liffey to the north Shannon.

Mon, 20 Jun, 2011

Rabbits blend into ecology of rural Ireland

A COUPLE of weeks ago I wrote on this page about great spotted woodpeckers and how they’re re-colonising Ireland.

Mon, 13 Jun, 2011

Seasonal anomalies are blooming strange

IT’S been a funny old year.

Mon, 23 May, 2011

Going to extremes to trap maligned magpies

A LARGE and evil-looking tom cat, probably of no fixed abode, has had the house under constant observation.

Mon, 16 May, 2011

Counting the cost of fires on the boglands

THE first bog fires round here started last Monday.

Mon, 09 May, 2011

Irish hare an endangered species

A DELIGHTFUL sight in the Irish countryside, seen rarely enough these days, is that of a hare bounding along ears up at great speed, especially after being surprised by human, or canine, presence.

Mon, 02 May, 2011

Only one species of newt left in Ireland

I came across a newt the other day in a shallow garden pond.

Mon, 02 May, 2011

Orange tip butterfly icon of season

ONE of the great pleasures of a warm and sunny spring is seeing butterflies on the wing.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2011

Odd birds have quite a neck

RED-NECKED phalarope sounds like a piece of abuse you might hurl at an intruder.

Mon, 18 Apr, 2011

Whose a clever bird at building nests?

THERE is a noticeable change in the behaviour of the birds in my garden.

Mon, 11 Apr, 2011