National Biodiversity week - A walk on the wild side

THIS is National Biodiversity Week, and people will be taking to the great outdoors to enjoy nature at a time when, arguably, it is at its best.

May is many people’s favourite month, when we welcome flowers, new life, growth, a lengthening day and hopes of a good summer.

National Biodiversity Week started yesterday, and is Ireland’s contribution to a global celebration of biodiversity — a term that means the variety of life on Earth.