THE bird conservation equivalent of a school term report has appeared in Britain.

You can watch the antics of two blue tit families by logging on to the Mooney page on RTÉ’s website.

ON May 10, a massive stretch of pre-cast roadway, topped by a huge, steel spike, arrived by barge at Dublin Port.

I LED a dawn chorus outing last weekend. The venue was a forest with exotic trees and shrubs under the cliffs on the hill of Howth.

BUTTERFLIES need your help.

DUBLIN Zoo is famous for its lions.

ZEUS, married to Hera, had a ‘fling’ with Io. For Io’s protection, Zeus turned her into a cow.

STOCKHOLM is the ideal destination for a weekend break; prices are about the same as at home and the there are budget flights from Dublin.

THERE’S no evidence that beavers were ever in Ireland.

ROE deer have sandy red-brown coats in summer and grey-brown ones in winter, but an all-white individual has been born on a Scottish estate.