By Dave Rees and Nicholas Mitchell The West Cork Branch held the inaugural first bird race on January 29, 2017. Apparently there had been a bird race in earlier years but no records exist. Our Chair at the time, Paul Connaughton, felt that this would be a great opportunity to […]
Environment
There was much discussion in the pub last week about the weather, as usual, particularly the flooding in Co. Wexford. Some suggested that pearl mussels and slugs were to blame, a view also expressed in the newspapers by an Enniscorthy town councillor, though he talked about “pearls and snails”. So […]
This month Niamh O’Leary, a member of the Save Murragh Action Group committed to protecting the environment of the Bandon River Valley, discusses the elusive otter and the importance of protecting its presence along the Bandon River. Otters are special little characters, they are one of Ireland’s most charismatic wild […]


