Podcast Corner: Pádraic Fogarty leads the way with shows for Irish nature-lovers

The series from the Irish Wildlife Trust is hugely informative about some of the major issues that Ireland is grappling with 

Whittled Away by Padraic Fogarty

Leading ecologist Pádraic Fogarty follows up his 2017 book, Whittled Away: Ireland’s Vanishing Nature, with this podcast series from the Irish Wildlife Trust. He says while Whittled Away did talk about some of the solutions to ecological problems outlined in the book, he felt like there was an opportunity to elaborate on these more.

From birdlife to rewilding 'Bear Country', pearl valleys to the Ulster shark coast, the nine episodes take a comprehensive look around the wildlife of Ireland. Though the introductions are a little unwieldy, featuring quotes from literature, and the episodes overlong, all clocking in at 40-minutes plus, the knowledge on offer here is inimitable.