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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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13:27

Domain of the Dinosaurs exhibition

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/11/24

Domain of the Dinosaurs is the biggest fossil exhibition ever held in Ireland, and the first to feature Irish dinosaurs. Recently launched at The Glucksman art gallery in UCC, it will feature over 5 tonnes of material, including nine huge skeletal casts and over 250 real fossils of dinosaurs and other long-extinct creatures. Terry Flanagan and Niall Hatch went along to find out more...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:01

Up close and personal with Ireland’s largest oak tree

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/11/24

MGW researcher Michele Browne recently met arborist Bernard Carey in Mountshannon, Co. Clare; they discussed his Treeconomics report about the financial value of trees. They also visited Ireland’s largest oak tree, the Be Binn, and spoke with Aileen Dunne of local business Oak House Ceramics...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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14:44

Dragonflies of Britain and Ireland: 5th edition

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/11/24

The 5th edition of the bestselling photographic field guide 'Dragonflies of Britain and Ireland' has just been published; we speak to co-author David Smallshire about the fascinating lives of these amazing insects..See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:07

Bird 'flu update: is it safe to feed garden birds?

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/11/24

The advice on bird feeding from BirdWatch Ireland is that it is still perfectly safe to feed birds in your garden, noting that, unlike birds packed together in seabird colonies or wetlands, the species of bird that typically visit gardens are very unlikely to come into contact with the H5N1 virus. Niall Hatch explains why...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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1:08

Roger Casement: patriot, diplomat, poet, human rights...

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/11/24

The celebrated Irish patriot Roger Casement was also a dedicated and talented naturalist, a side of his life that is perhaps less well known today. Many of the biological specimens he collected on his extensive travels can still be found in the Natural History Museum in Dublin today. Eric Dempsey tells us about his plans for a special documentary to shed more light on Casement’s natural history exploits and achievements...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:44

After 25 years, Puffins return to the Isle of Muck

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/11/24

Thanks to the stalwart efforts of Ulster Wildlife, the Northern Irish conservation charity, Puffins have returned to nest on the Isle of Muck off the coast of Co. Antrim for the first time in 25 years. This was made possible in part by the systematic eradication of non-native Brown Rats from the tiny island...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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19:52

The Genius of Trees

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/11/17

In her new book The Genius of Trees, British tree science consultant Harriet Rix informs readers about the many things we owe to these remarkable plants that most of us never think about. Éanna Ní Lamhna spoke to Harriet about how trees have literally transformed our planet and their enormous influence on the ongoing evolution of life on Earth...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:35

Why has a new invasive alien seaweed been appearing...

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/11/17

Jim Wilson reports from Cork Harbour on the unexpected appearance of a new species of wire-like seaweed on the local mudflats; he talks to renowned Cork-based biologist Pat Smiddy, about this invasive alien species – the catchily named Agarophyton vermiculophyllum...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:43

Autumn leaves feature on new seasonal stamps from An...

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/11/17

The beauty of autumn leaves changing colour has been captured by An Post, thanks to its new seasonal stamp issue. Changing Leaves features three native species: Silver Birch, Rowan and Hawthorn. Terry Flanagan met with botanical artist Yanny Petters, who created the leaf images, and An Post's Anna McHugh, to find out more...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:31

Domain of the Dinosaurs exhibition

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/11/17

Recently opened, Domain Of The Dinosaurs is the biggest fossil exhibition ever held in Ireland, and the first to feature Irish dinosaurs. Housed at the Glucksman at UCC, it features over 5 tonnes of material, including nine huge skeletal casts and over 250 real fossils of dinosaurs and other long-extinct creatures...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:17

Are trees responsible for humans having fingerprints?

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/11/17

Derek is joined in studio by Eanna, Niall and Richard, who start the show with a fascinating discussion about how plants and other organisms influence evolution and the very course of life on our planet, including whether trees are responsible for the fingerprints of humans, chimps and koalas!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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