Caroline Delaney
@CarDelaney
Irish Examiner Outdoors Editor; Assistant Features Editor https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/
exa.mn/t7z ‣ self-seeding wild flowers ‣ Can ash trees come back from dieback? ‣ Why we have a Duke of Wellington monument in Tipp ‣ Butterflies fluttering by ‣ The Unnatural History of Animals by Martyn Linnie #BirdsofIreland — black-headed gull 📷 bumble bee

exa.mn/t7 ‣ Wild raspberries ‣ Left- or right-handed cats — scientists investigate ‣ First sturgeon sighting in Irish waters in decades ‣ Environmental cost of bonfires ‣ Free climber Michael Reardon's anniversary #BirdsofIreland — common gull 📷 cinnabar moth

Like a little cuddly toy! #cork #bufftailedbumblebee #bumblebee

exa.mn/t7z ‣ How to visit great Irish grasslands near you ‣ Rising temperatures and health issues ‣ Feeding — and saving — the world ‣ Leeches mostly suck ‣ Visit the Kerry Way #BirdsofIreland — Moor hen 📷 #Worldsandduneday June 28

exa.mn/t7z ‣ Join the great fossil hunt ‣ How clouds shaped our landscape & our biology ‣ More allotments wanted ‣ Capybara in 'rodents we love' category ‣ Ocean recovery requires radical changes #BirdsofIreland — Water rail 📷 Fitsticks trail, Ballinacarriga

exa.mn/t7z ‣ Weather folklore ‣ Sandeel & sprat scarcity ‣ 7 days of Donegal hiking ‣ Festivals — eco-friendly or green-washed? ‣ Nature Network Ireland ‣ coot #birdsofireland 📷 Glorious Sandycove, Cork @RushyMountain @palaeo_mich @Johngodwyer1 @natnetireland

exa.mn/t7z ‣ Just a tick — take time to learn about Lyme disease ‣ Woodpecker in Phoenix Park ‣ Saving street dogs ‣ Natural world's role in solving crimes ‣ Ensuring climate action is fair ‣ Strawberry moon 📷 Mallard at Murphys's Farm, Cork @NiallHarbison

exa.mn/t7z ‣ Spurge & fishing ‣ 3 groundbreaking ape studies ‣ Future of boarfish industry ‣ Armageddon — movies vs science ‣ Irish forestry future ‣ woodpigeon #birdsofireland 📷 East Cork Camera Group exhibition @RushyMountain @palaeo_mich @whittledaway

exa.mn/t7z ‣ A visit to real woods — full of life ‣ Owls and harriers are 'all ears' when hunting prey ‣ Ireland's curious places ‣ Hunger stones and drought ‣ collared dove #birdsofireland 📷 Bantry Coastal Sculling Regatta @RushyMountain @palaeo_mich @MiseAnja

Got a chance to check out a cool campervan and get away for a few days recently. Def good fun. #campervan #vanlife #roadsurfer irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/trav…
exa.mn/t7z ‣ May dew & holy wells folklore ‣ British gladiators fought lions ‣ Listen out for larks ‣ Pollinators — supporting cast are the real stars ‣ kingfisher #birdsofireland 📷 East Cork oilseed rape fields @RushyMountain @palaeo_mich @MiseAnja

exa.mn/t7z ‣ Clare festival celebrates river restoration ‣ Fascinating crow family ‣ Swan death examined ‣ What's in our water? ‣ Fashion & farming festival in Kinsale ‣ 🐣Swallows 📷May Sunday Festival at Glenbower Woods @RushyMountain @palaeo_mich @MiseAnja

exa.mn/t7z ‣ Off-leash dogs cause havoc with wild birds ‣ Scairbhín (scaraveen) time ‣ The degraded Connemara landscape ‣ Secret world of amoebae ‣ Ronin rat's mine-clearing record ‣ Swifts 📷Duckling, Cork @RushyMountain @palaeo_mich @MiseAnja @whittledaway

exa.mn/t7z ‣ Butterfly numbers in freefall ‣ Unused smartphones ‣ Irish fairy forts ‣ Sneezin' season... hayfever science ‣ Weasels' winner dinners ‣ Rooks 📷African hoopoes in Tragumna, Cork @RushyMountain @palaeo_mich @MiseAnja @JoKerrigan2 @RichardTMills

Literally sitting here putting this article on a page when this lad lands in next to me. For the love of God, somebody send me an article about winning the lottery ASAP! #butterflies irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outd…

exa.mn/t7z ‣ Cheeky seagulls 'sharing' our snacks ‣ Rare stranded turtle & Trump ‣ Irish research on next gen sustainable batteries ‣ Series of 1-day walks on Tipp to Waterford pilgrim trail ‣ Glitter — eco fail 📷Heron @RushyMountain @palaeo_mich @Johngodwyer1
