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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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0:00:56

Gearing up for the Great BIG Garden Birdwatch on 5th...

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2024/01/15

Tune in to RTÉ Radio One from 15:00 this February Bank Holiday Monday to help us celebrate Ireland’s garden birds and the people who survey and conserve them, and don’t forget to let us know what you see on the day.

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0:53:28

The Pigeon

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2024/01/01

For this New Year's Day, we have a special documentary from our Nature On One series entitled 'The Pigeon'. The programme is presented by Terry Flanagan.

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0:27:31

The Wren

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/12/26

Today's Mooney Goes Wild festive special is about a bird that is intimately associated in Irish tradition with St Stephen’s Day: the tiny Wren. As Niall Hatch tells us on tonight’s programme, these feisty little birds punch well above their weight.

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0:58:08

The Twelve Birds of Christmas

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/12/25

For this Christmas Day, Derek and the team look at the six avian gifts that feature so prominently in the ever-popular festive song 'The Twelve Birds of Christmas', add six more for good measure and examine the origins of the composition and whether it actually qualifies as a carol or not.

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0:01:43

Don’t give pets as presents this Christmas

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/12/18

Andrew Byrne of BrayVet in Co. Wicklow highlights one gift that you should definitely not give: a pet

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0:53:49

Mooney Goes Wild

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/12/18

Derek is joined by Richard Collins, Gustavo Zoladz, Terry Flanagan, Cormac Breatnach, Éanna Ní Lamhna, Niall Hatch, Michele Browne, Andrew Byrne and Nick Coughlan. Topics for discussion include the original Christmas bird, an otter in Herbert Park and the Wren.

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0:14:08

The Holly and The Ivy

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/12/18

On Christmas Day last year, we broadcast a Mooney Goes Wild special all about the two yuletide plants which feature in one of the most popular Christmas carols. One of the traditional Irish musicians who featured on Vanessa Williams' recording was whistle-player Cormac Breatnach. He talks to Derek Mooney and Éanna Ní Lamhna.

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0:02:06

Trees are Good, Trees are Good

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2023/12/18

Nick Coughlan of RTÉ Junior tells us about the latest batch of the Ireland’s Unreal podcast, presented by Hugh Cooney.

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0:11:40

Roadkill: a much bigger problem than we thought

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2023/12/18

Michele Browne has been investigating the issue of roadkill for us, with some staggering and deeply concerning results.

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0:17:33

Something "otterly" unexpected in Herbert Park

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2023/12/18

Nature-enthusiast Gustavo Zoladz and Terry Flanagan admire an otter in an unexpected place, Dublin's Herbert Park.

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0:51:47

Mooney Goes Wild Christmas Special

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/12/11

Derek is joined by Éanna Ní Lamhna, Researcher Michele Browne, Niall Hatch, Terry Flanagan and Richard Collins for this years Chrsitmas Special.

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0:05:54

Harper’s Island Wetlands in Co. Cork: well worth a...

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/12/04

Jim joins us from Harper’s Island itself and fills us in on the wildlife that can currently be found there and how to experience and enjoy it at close quarters.

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0:22:15

What octopuses can teach us about ourselves

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/12/04

A Netflix documentary has been raising awareness of and public interest in one of the most fascinating and mysterious groups in the animal kingdom. Neuroscientist Dr Amy Courtney, originally from Dublin and now working at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, admits herself that she has become obsessed with octopuses.

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0:07:49

Birds that never fail to turn heads: all about owls

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2023/12/04

Jim Wilsona and Dr Alan McCarthy, Barn Owl Research Officer with conservation charity BirdWatch Ireland discuss the current influx of Short-eared Owls.

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0:02:23

Good news about landmark wildlife gardening book

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/12/04

Our old friend, UK-based wildlife campaigner, naturalist and author (not to mention founder of International Dawn Chorus Day) Chris Baines happened to be in Malahide, Co. Dublin over the weekend. Derek took the opportunity to catch up with him and to hear first-hand some good news about his acclaimed book RHS Companion to Wildlife Gardening.

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0:01:59

Helping to get wildlife on the right track

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2023/12/04

Éanna recently had the pleasure of speaking to a group of Iarnród Éireann workers about the abundance of wildlife that is to be found along Ireland’s railway network.

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0:11:13

Headbanging woodpeckers damaging electricity pylon

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/12/04

According to ESB Networks, woodpecker-damaged electricity poles have emerged as an issue in parts of Ireland's, particularly in the southeast of the country.We discuss this novel issue, the ways in which it might be tackled and how Irish authorities can learn lessons about how to cope with woodpeckers from their counterparts in other countries.

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0:17:10

Eric goes on a wild goose chase

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/11/27

“Birdman” Eric Dempsey chats to Niall Hatch about the Brent Goose, about the life and times of these remarkable birds: where they come from, what they eat, how they behave and how their population is faring.

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0:15:39

Terry goes batty in Co. Meath!

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/11/27

Our roving reporter Terry Flanagan recently travelled to Slane, Co. Meath to meet up with Dr Niamh Roche from Bat Conservation Ireland to find out more about the biology of bats and the research she will be conducting over the next few months.

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0:07:15

Fungi of Killarney National Park

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2023/11/27

Louis O’Toole tells us about his newly-published book, 'The Spectacular Fungi of Killarney National Park' and sheds some light on these oft-overlooked organisms.

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