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Mooney Goes Wild

Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms. Listen live every Monday at 10pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

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53:13

Nature On One: The Ring Ouzel

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/11/10

Classified as Red listed and a bird of high conservation value, The Ring Ouzel is thought to be down to a handful of breeding pairs in Ireland. Ornithologist Eric Dempsey reveals the story of this elusive species and the efforts being made to protect its fragile habitat.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:56

BirdWatch Ireland’s Irish Garden Bird Survey

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/27

Of all of the ornithological surveys carried out by conservation charity BirdWatch Ireland, its annual Irish Garden Bird Survey is far and away the most popular. This winter’s survey season – its 37th – will kick off on Monday 1st December and will run until the end of February 2026.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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13:05

Driven nuts by a crow

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/27

Our good friend Collie Ennis, Biodiversity Officer with Trinity College Dublin, was in touch recently to inform us of something unusual...a walnut struck him on the head! Rather than fall from a tree, the walnut had apparently been dropped by a Hooded Crow. Terry Flanagan went to investigate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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2:36

Looking back at Eric Dempsey’s documentary about a...

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/27

Earlier today, a very special documentary was broadcast on RTÉ Radio One as part of our Nature on One series. Presented by Eric Dempsey, its subject was one of Ireland’s most critically endangered breeding bird species: the Ring Ouzel, a close relative of the much more familiar Blackbird.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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28:01

Night Kayaking in Cork

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/27

Proud Corkonian Jim Wilson is a man who feels very much at home on the open waves. Back in July, Jim travelled to Castlehaven Harbour to go night kayaking with Naoise and Jim Kennedy from Atlantic Sea Kayaking. He recorded a truly captivating report for tonight’s programme.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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15:17

Slender-billed Curlew declared extinct and previewing...

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/20

Very sadly, a migratory species of wading bird called the Slender-billed Curlew has formally been declared globally extinct by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and BirdLife International. Eric Dempsey talks about the lost bird and previews his upcoming documentary on The Ring Ouzel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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13:37

A robin with a crooked beak and crows on the beach at...

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/20

Listener Robert Brown sent us a photo of a robin with a crooked beak and we finally get through to Elizabeth Carney, who has questions about groups of crows on a beach and sandhoppers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:27

Mary’s Mizen Weather

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/20

Michele Browne went to Mizen Head to meet Mary McCarthy (and her father Paddy) to talk about how fishermen of old would look to nature for signs of the weather. Mary reads these signs so well now, that people contact her for short term forecasts. You can hear a longer version of Michele's report on the website.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:17

Creating roosting islands at Cuskinny Marsh Nature...

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/20

BirdWatch Ireland's Cuskinny Marsh Nature Reserve in Cork has just added dedicated roosting islands for the wetland birds to sleep and shelter. Ornithologist Jim Wilson joins the programme to explain the additions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:50

Ring Ring

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/20

Tonight’s programme opens with Derek rifling through the entire back catalogue of Swedish pop sensation ABBA for one of their earliest songs - Ring Ring. They make a surprise call to listener Elizabeth Carney in Sligo but only get her answering machine!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:08

The Hare's Corner

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/20

2025 marks the 5th anniversary of The Hare’s Corner, a Burrenbeo Trust initative that helps landowners create space for nature through new habitats. Terry Flanagan went to Staffordstown in Meath to meet farmers Michael and Penelope Monaghan, Hare’s Corner advisor Donna Mullen, and Michael’s mum Walburga, who tunes in to us weekly at the age of 107!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:34

Birds at the Edward Worth Library

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/13

The Edward Worth Library is a rare books collection, bequeathed to Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, by Dr Edward Worth. It recently launched a web exhibition 'Birds at the Edward Worth Library' and Éanna Ní Lamhna was the speaker. Terry Flanagan went along to see this hidden treasure.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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18:26

The Secret Lives of Owls in Ireland

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/13

Though rarely seen, owls play a quiet but vital role in Ireland's ecosystem. The next featured talk in Killarney National Park's 'Autumn Talks Series 2025' will be 'The Secret Lives of Owls in Ireland'. Alan McCarthy, Barn Owl Project Officer with Birdwatch Ireland, will give the talk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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16:57

Mary's Mizen Weather

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/13

Michele Browne went to Mizen Head to meet Mary McCarthy (and her father Paddy) to talk about how fishermen of old would look to nature for signs of the weather. Mary reads these signs so well now, that people contact her for short term forecasts. To meet the demand, she has set up Mary's Mizen Weather on Facebook.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:35

The Glossy Ibis

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/13

Listener Martin Murray from Waterford sent us in some lovely photos of a Glossy Ibis feeding. Ornithologist Eric Dempsey explains this interesting bird.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:18

An Áit a nÉitlíonn na Madaí Crainn

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/13

Éanna is taken with a new Irish version of 'Where the Tree Dogs Fly', an illustrated picturebook by Aileen Crossley. The author talks to Éanna about the new edition, An Áit a nÉitlíonn na Madaí Crainn, which is a 'love letter from mother nature to a troubled child'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:40

Celebrating National Tree Day

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/06

Last Thursday (October 2nd) was National Tree Day, a special day organised every year by the Tree Council of Ireland for primary school pupils (and the rest of us) to discover how amazing trees are. Éanna is a former President of the Tree Council of Ireland and she tells us more about this year’s celebrations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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25:17

Éanna’s Wild Dublin book: second edition out now

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/06

Dublin city hosts a secret world of wildlife. When Éanna Ní Lamhna’s 'Wild Dublin: Exploring Nature in the City' was first published in 2009, it explored the surprising natural riches of our capital. Much has changed in 16 years and Éanna has now updated the book to reflect the new species, flora and fauna in the city.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:29

The “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” is upon us

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/06

The 'season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,' as John Keats put it, is well and truly with us. Have you noticed the vast amounts of fruits, seeds and berries around this year? That’s because it’s a mast year. Terry Flanagan went to meet Dr. Matthew Jebb, Director of the gardens at the National Botanic Gardens, to find out all about mast years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:11

Seed-collecting with Jeremy Turkington

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/10/06

Each year, Jeremy Turkington and his colleagues at Hometree collect seeds from native Irish plant species in order to propagate them and ensure their future and genetic diversity in Ireland. For tonight’s programme, our researcher Michele Browne met him to find out more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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