Richard Collins on the arrival of the cattle egret on our shores.

Richard Collins says first newborn in 14 years had a textbook delivery

DESPITE being one of Ireland’s smallest counties and overrun by people, Dublin is remarkably well endowed when it comes to wildlife.

Richard Collins on a remarkable Danish replica ship.

Richard Collins marvels at the swifts’ mastery of the Iguaçu Falls and the skies

Richard Collins travels to South America in search of an anaconda.

IN Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine, a young woman holds a long, skinny animal in her arms. An ermine is a stoat in its white winter coat. Irish stoats don’t turn white but mainland European ones do.

Richard Collins says some species of bird refuse to visit our little island.

Richard Collins on a pioneering mind almost lost to history.

HOLLAND is a popular destination for weekend breaks, the great tourist magnets being its magnificent art collections, the tulip fields and Amsterdam’s red light district.