Spurge is typically found in Cork and Kerry and in Northern Spain and Portugal — apparently this plant's poisonous sap was once a way of catching fish...

Lots of readers have been in touch to say they're hearing the cuckoo — have you heard it yet?

We also need to protect the flight paths used by birds and bats — and the commuter belts which are important to our hedgehogs, foxes and badgers

Several people have been in contact regarding the notable profusion of blossoming whitethorn, or hawthorn, since May, writes Donal Hickey.