Finding balance in nature

It might be said that fish and water-attracted birds are about the only wildlife that relish flood conditions.

For others, floods, especially when storms are an additional factor, can have negative effects.

Following exceptionally heavy rain this year, new wildlife records have been set at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre in Lullymore, Rathangan, Co Kildare, where, for the first time, an otter and a red squirrel were spotted in the area by volunteers and staff.