In Your Nature
The In Your Nature Podcast brings you conversations about birds & wildlife, wild places, the work of BirdWatch Ireland and wildlife conservationists. The podcast features Ricky Whelan, biodiversity officer with Offaly County Council in conversation with Niall Hatch of BirdWatch Ireland with regular expert guests. The series is supported by Laois, Offaly and Westmeath County Councils and the Heritage Council and is edited by Ann-Marie Kelly.
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Episodes
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Ep 22 - Christmas Special
Friday, 21 July 2023
In this episode Ricky and Niall chat about traditional links between birds and Christmas.
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Ep21 - Crows
Friday, 21 July 2023
The first episode of the new season of In Your Nature Podcast is finally here. This time Ricky and Niall chat about a mutually favoured topic - the crow family.
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Ep 20 - Species Reintroductions
Friday, 21 July 2023
There have been three species reintroductions of birds of prey in Ireland since the early 2000s. Ricky and Niall discuss the advantages and challenges of this method of bird conservation.
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Ep 19- Species Extinctions
Friday, 21 July 2023
Since humans occupied and began to alter our landscape there have been winners and loosers amongst our bird species.
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Ep 18 - Bird Eggs
Friday, 21 July 2023
Bird eggs are the topic for this In Your Nature episode. We follow the journey of the egg, all the way from formation through to hatching.
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Ep 17 - Irish Wildlife Sounds
Friday, 21 July 2023
This episode is crammed with bird audio and beautiful soundscapes recorded by Sean Ronayne, the Creator of Irish Wildlife Sounds. Sean talks us through the process, places and protagonists involved in his recordings of birds and wild places.
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Ep 16 - Riverbirds
Friday, 21 July 2023
This week's episode is all about "riverbirds". We focus on five river specialists, the Kingfisher, Dipper, Grey Wagtail, Sand Martin and the Common Sandpiper.
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Ep 15 - Bird Flu.
Friday, 21 July 2023
In this episode we look closely at Bird Flu, with the current outbreak having ripped through seabird colonies across the UK and with the first confirmed cases in ROI.
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Ep 14 - Barn Owl Conservation
Friday, 21 July 2023
In this episode we take a close look at the Barn Owl and speak to John Lusby - Raptor Conservation Officer with BirdWatch Ireland on conservation efforts to help the species in Ireland.
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Ep 13 - Garden Birds/Garden Bird Survey
Friday, 21 July 2023
In our first ever live episode we get in the the room with BirdWatch Ireland colleague Brian Burke - Scientific Officer and Garden Bird Survey Coordinator and talk shop about the birds we all see in our gardens on a regular basis.
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Ep 12 - Spiders
Friday, 21 July 2023
We depart from our primary topic of birds in this episode to explore the world of Spiders.
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Ep 11 - Merlin
Friday, 21 July 2023
We return to conservation with raptor expert John Lusby and discuss Ireland's smallest breeding bird of prey, the Merlin.
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Ep 10 - Birds of our Bogs
Friday, 21 July 2023
Ricky and Niall merge the diverse habitats of our bogs with the rich bird life found within them.
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Ep 9 -Wildlife Ponds with Rob Gandola
Friday, 21 July 2023
This weeks episode features Rob Gandola, Senior Science Officer at the The Herpetological Society of Ireland.
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Ep 8 - Hen Harriers
Friday, 21 July 2023
This weeks' episode features Dr. Alan McCarthy of BirdWatch Ireland discussing Hen Harriers, their ecology, pressures facing these birds, conservation efforts for this species, and his PhD research on this enigmatic species.
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Ep 7 - Curlew Conservation
Thursday, 20 July 2023
Niall and Ricky share with us their knowledge of the Curlew.
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Ep 6 - The Shannon Callows
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
This week, we interview BirdWatch Ireland breeding wader expert and born & bred callows woman Kathryn Finney, who gives us a great local insight.
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Ep 5 - Swifts
Monday, 17 July 2023
In Your Nature returns with its first episode (of 6) planned for this summer season.
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Ep 4 - Wildflowers
Sunday, 16 July 2023
In this episode we chat about the wonder of Wildflowers. We welcome our second guest to In Your Nature in Dr Fiona MacGowan, a Botanist and professional Ecologist.
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Ep 3 - Bogs
Saturday, 15 July 2023
In this episode we chat about bogs. We welcome our first guest in Dr Catherine Farrell, an experienced peatland ecologist and researcher at Trinity College Dublin.
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Ep 02 - Buzzards
Friday, 14 July 2023
In this episode we chat about the Common Buzzard. We discuss the recolonisation of the species across Ireland after a number of major historic setbacks.
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Ep 1 - Nest Boxes
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
In this episode Ricky and Niall chat all things nest boxes.