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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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0:13:25

Batman and Robin!

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/12/15

Most European bats eat insects, but one hunts birds. Researchers led by Aarhus University found the Greater Noctule catching small songbirds mid-air. Tagged bats revealed a three-minute chase of a night-flying robin, which was caught, dismembered and eaten, as Niall Hatch explains...

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0:11:25

Ten Thousand Years Deep: The Story of Ireland's...

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/12/15

Over 20 years ago, German nurse Carsten Krieger moved to Ireland and became captivated by bogs near his home. After decades researching and photographing peatlands, he wrote 'Ten Thousand Years Deep: The Story of Ireland’s Peatlands'. Michele Browne met him at Griston Bog, Co. Limerick...

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0:13:23

Green bus shelters in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/12/15

While filming in Ljubljana recently, Derek discovered a project boosting urban biodiversity: 56 bus shelters have been greened with native, drought-resistant plants. Led by the University of Ljubljana with city partners, the initiative supports insects and wildlife. Derek spoke to project lead Dr Blanka Ravnjak...

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0:05:13

Weir-y seals!

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/12/15

After a recent report of a grey seal in Dublin’s River Liffey, listener Barry McCarthy shared evidence of seals hauling themselves over the Islandbridge weir. He even filmed it with his kids. Éanna returns to discuss Barry’s observations and how well seals move on land...

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0:10:09

The Great Irish Fossil Hunt

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/12/15

Ireland holds some of the world’s oldest and rarest animal fossils. Terry Flanagan and Prof. Maria McNamara explored fossils in Clonmel’s courthouse and told us about the Great Irish Fossil Hunt. Listeners responded, including Barbara Doyle, who found urban fossils in St Peter’s Church, Phibsborough, in Dublin...

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0:40:02

Urban wildlife goes off the rails in Dublin!

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/08/25

Two of the most popular urban-dwelling creatures you may encounter at home or during your commute are the Red Fox and the Sparrowhawk. These two species just so happen to be the subjects of one of Ireland's largest street art projects at the Aviva Stadium. Terry, Richard and Niall decided to take a DART to the area to investigate.

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0:03:06

Noisy Sparrowhawks

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/08/25

Ornithologist, author and regular contributor Eric Dempsey has had Sparrowhawks on his mind too. In recent days, a newly fledged hawk has taken up residence close to his house in Co. Wicklow and has literally been screaming loudly for its parents to bring it food.

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0:06:27

Wild Dublin – second edition is on the way!

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/08/25

Among her many credits, Éanna Ní Lamhna is a celebrated and prolific natural history author, with many books under her belt. One of the most popular of those books is 'Wild Dublin – Exploring Nature in the City', which was first published in 2008. Excitingly, Éanna tells us that an updated second edition will soon be published.

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0:00:49

Ancient Music in the Forest

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/08/25

Brendan Fitzpatrick sent a voice note to tell us about an interesting music festival. This summer, Co. Wicklow is alive with the sound of Ancient Music in the Forest, a festival celebrating ancient, traditional and early music in the natural forest amphitheatre at Dorlindon Nature Sanctuary, Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow.

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0:17:28

Swimming Upstream: one man’s fight to save the...

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/03/17

In his evocative and thought-provoking new memoir 'Swimming Upstream: one man’s fight to save the Atlantic wild salmon', Patsy Peril recalls a life deeply entwined with Irish wildlife. Patsy speaks to our resident expert in all things piscine, Ken Whelan.

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0:17:21

Why doesn’t ice stick to Polar Bear fur?

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/03/17

The largest land-based carnivore on the planet, the Polar Bears is admired globally. But have you ever stopped to wonder why almost no snow or ice seems to stick to their fur? Julian Carolan is a PhD student at Trinity College Dublin and he is the lead author of a recently published paper that provides the answer.

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0:08:19

New Year Plant Hunt

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/03/17

For the past 14 years, the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland has run a special New Year Plant Hunt. Bridget Keehan, Ireland Officer for the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, speaks to Éanna Ní Lamhna about it.

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0:08:48

Did St. Patrick really rid Ireland of snakes?

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/03/17

Across the world, one of the best known natural history facts about Ireland is that our island is completely devoid of wild snakes, which in global terms is highly unusual. So why doesn’t Ireland have any snakes? Was it because, as the famous story goes, all of them were expelled by St. Patrick in the 5th century?

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0:11:51

Harper’s Island Wetlands: the perfect place to watch...

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/03/10

Ahead of his documentary on Harper's Island Wetlands nature reserve, which willl broadcast this St. Patrick's Day at 3pm, Jim Wilson fills us in on the wildlife that can be found there and explains the inspiration behind the reserve’s centrepiece: its fantastic, state-of-the-art birdwatching hide.

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0:05:46

National Tree Week: “Planting Trees, Growing Together”

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/03/10

National Tree Week runs this year from March 9th to 16th and the theme of this year’s celebration is “Planting Trees, Growing Together”. To find out more, Terry Flanagan visited The National Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin in Dublin, where he spoke to Education Officer Felicity Gaffney and our own Éanna Ní Lamhna.

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0:07:44

Spring Alive: submit your records of migrant birds

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/03/10

Mid-March is when our first migrant breeding birds begin to arrive back to Ireland including the Sand Martin, Swift, Swallow, Cuckoo and Ringed Plover. We are asking Mooney Goes Wild listeners to take part in a wonderful ‘citizen science’ project by reporting their first sightings of these birds.

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0:07:21

The Lark Ascending

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/03/10

One of the biggest clues that Spring has arrived is the increasing amount of birdsong. One of the true stars of the avian concert at this time of year has to be the Skylark, a bird that performs its songs unlike any other Irish bird.

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0:04:49

How good are the facilities for birdwatchers in Ireland?

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/03/10

There are many excellent places in which enthusiasts can observe birds across the country, though the standard of the actual facilities, interpretive features, viewing areas and access routes at these locations can vary greatly. Jim, Richard and Niall discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of Irish birding facilities.

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0:12:49

Frogs are feeling frisky!

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/03/10

One of the joys of early spring is seeing Common Frogs coming out of hibernation, triggered by the warming conditions and increasing day-length. Dermott Doran is a farmer in Co. Kildare who created a pond on his land where more and more frogs have been turning up to mate. Terry Flanagan went to see it.

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0:05:20

Name That Tune!

Mooney Goes Wild ·

2025/03/03

It’s still very early in the season, but have you noticed that birdsong is becoming more and more noticeable with each passing morning? Derek recorded one such avian performer in his garden last week: a male Song Thrush. Derek and Niall discuss it and bird song in general.

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