Eye on Nature
My cat brought this into the house. What is it?
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on lizards, caterpillars, little egrets and more
We have an asylum of cuckoos here in west Clare
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world
What could interest a bee in this astroturf in Athenry?
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on bewildered bees, wasp imposters, freaky-looking fungi and avian visitors
They’re brown, hairy and known as woolly bears here in Ireland but don’t panic
Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world
What is this growth coming from my electric socket in Dublin?
Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world
I spotted a seabird perched in a tree. Is this a mad Dublin abnormality?
Eye on nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world
This Common toad is now considered to be an invasive species
Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna
The black guillemot looks completely different at this time of year
Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna
Bombus terrestris is often the earliest queen bee to emerge from overwintering
Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna
Strawberry trees forever: Fruits take a year to ripen so are always on the crann caithne
Eye on nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna on red frogs, a white-tailed eagle, curious fungus and a carnivorous invertebrate with 77 pairs of legs
Should I be worried about this mushroom on my wall?
Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna on a quick-growing fungus, an eagle sighting and a sea mouse
Is this swan’s discolouration a Suir thing?
Éanna Ní Lamhna replies to readers’ questions and observations
Is climate change responsible for this sighting of a butterfly in winter?
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna on a migrant insect, a native dipper, and a toothy-looking animal horn
A supermodel sandpiper popped up on the Clare shore in December
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna on kelp, Bootlace Fungus and Pelican’s Foot Shells
Where did this duck come from and why is it in Ireland?
Readers’ notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna
Is this big fella a common raven? He was very light on his feet
Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna on roving ravens, sunbathing butterflies and spotted dogfish
Have you any idea what this colourful fly is?
Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to your wildlife queries
‘I spotted this owl near my home in Co Kilkenny. What type of owl is it?’
Readers’ notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna
This is a most excellent picture of a male jumping spider
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna on hot-house arachnids, blue mushrooms and boring beetles
If you drink reindeer urine after they have eaten these red mushrooms, you’ll get high apparently
Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna on flying reindeer, avian winter visitors and fossilised limestone
Next spring these swans will be driven away by their formerly loving parents
Eanna Ní Lamhna on an extremely tiny plant feeder, a heated standoff on the Dodder and a rare presence in Wicklow
The stain on your fingers from the bleeding aphids will go after a few days
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the rarely seen great bittern, a very irritating caterpillar, and the beautiful green lacewing
Why are robins so friendly? They see us as meal tickets
Eanna Ní Lamhna identifies a southern European species spotted in Dublin and a cricket with rhythm
This ghostly creature landed on my window earlier this month. What is it?
Your creepy crawlies, witchy woods and slithery creatures identified by Éanna Ní Lamhna
This guillemot might survive after a rest - unless it has bird flu
Éanna Ní Lamhna on dog vomit slime, the forest shield bug and birch sawfly larvae
Two dragonflies tied up in afternoon delight in Cork
Éanna Ní Lamhna on Grey Dagger moth, Puffball mushrooms and Redshanks
Phallus impudicus: the Latin name of the Stinkhorn fungus tells it like it is
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the harvestman, nest-box etiquette, and the flower crab spider
A reader’s most excellent photograph of the noble false widow spider
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the white saddle fungus, the curlew sandpiper influx and the rose chafer
Curlew in flight: Draining and cutting of bogs has destroyed their breeding habitat
Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna
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