Terry Flanagan
@mybroadcasts
Recently retired Biology teacher with a passion for wildlife. RTÉ Radio 1 Reporter with Mooney Goes Wild and wildlife documentary maker.
Beautiful butterfly on the aptly named “butterfly bush” in the garden this morning
Listen back to Mooney Goes Wild @RTERadio from Monday July 14th to hear Prof Maria McNamara @SEFSUCC @Researchirel giving updates on the Great Irish Fossil Hunt including tips on how to find fossils and how to submit your entry. rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…
🚨FOSSIL UPDATE🚨 Nearly 600 fossils have already been found as part of The Great Irish Fossil Hunt — but the adventure isn’t over yet! We’re still missing fossils from these counties: 🔍 Armagh 🔍 Carlow 🔍 Derry 🔍 Down 🔍 Longford 🔍 Tyrone
.@Ryanair price of a can of sprite on a flight yesterday…more than twice the price in the supermarket…is this fair?

“At the dawning the day The foxes will play….” This is what you see when you’re up feeding a baby, pics taken by our daughter earlier….busy garden today!
Amazing to capture the famous "Weed Dance" between a courting pair of Great Crested Grebe this morning. We have been following them on Lough Ennell for 3 months now and they are truly captivating!
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Discovered this beauty (white ermine?) in the moth trap last night.


A well trodden on clump of Subterranean Clover near Coverack, Cornwall today. Flowers are about 3-5mm long. Trifolium subterraneum #wildflowerhour
Spotted this unusually coloured snail on the canal this morning

Tonight on “Mooney Goes Wild” (RTÉ Radio One at 10pm) I catch up with Jesmond Harding of Butterfly Conservation Ireland as we stroll along the Co. Kildare countryside checking out the butterflies present including this one, Ireland’s most protected insect, the Marsh fritillary
