Anthony Mcgeehan
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The song of birds has engaged the human psyche for centuries
- Environment
- April 13, 2019, 06:00
As an eccentrically early riser, I share the first birdsong of the morning long before sky and sea have agreed the horizon. A skeletal hawthorn, proud(...)

Jarring monologues and baffling trivia: Derek Mooney is a caricature of a daytime radio jock
- TV, Radio, Web
- March 2, 2019, 05:00
As a keen observer of wildlife, Derek Mooney surely knows that for all the majesty of the natural world, it’s also a harsh, fickle and unforgiving env(...)

Flying form: Ireland’s fantastic feathered immigrants
- Environment
- September 29, 2018, 06:00
Inishbofin, long and low on our horizon, rests between clouds and sea in one of autumn’s distant shades of grey, a last landfall before the wide ocean(...)

Another Life: Waiting for footfall on the wild Atlantic islands
- Environment
- March 19, 2016, 01:00
Now that its wiggly road signs have stopped shuddering in the storms, the Wild Atlantic Way could be launched on an impressively successful year. Alon(...)

Another Life: How to make an island raven feel as sick as a parrot
- Environment
- May 23, 2015, 01:00
Living beneath the flight path of ravens commuting from the mountains to the shore has let me eavesdrop on a good few of the 64 calls supposedly ident(...)

Another Life: Close call for our last few rock doves, wild originals of the west coast
- Environment
- October 25, 2014, 01:00
Inishbofin comes and goes on our horizon, its silhouette often hazed in mist or spray — veiled sometimes, too, in rain, but not for long. On clear aut(...)

Punctual, keen sense of direction, like lullabies: what we’ve learned about swallows
- Environment
- October 4, 2014, 01:00
It was that spectacular Sunday – here on the west coast, at least – discovered when I took my walk at sunrise. The blaze behind the mountain was about(...)