80 Dr Debbie Saunders fights biodiversity loss with tech
Dr Debbie Saunders is a Conservation Ecologist & Nature-Tech Innovation Dr Debbie Saunders has a PhD in Conservation Ecology from the Austra...
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79 Jim and Mark are birds of a feather
The Birds of Ireland, Jim Wilson with photography by Mark Carmody – Today Mary is talking to Jim Wilson and Mark Carmody. Jim Wilson in a wi...
78 Anna Murphy is requesting legal rights for nature
Today Mary is talking to Anna Murphy. Anna moved to Kinvara in 2001 and raised her three children here, and works in the village. Her main p...
77 Time to hibernate!
Mary Bermingham wraps up the year with a short report on 2023 at The Burren Nature Sanctuary and a poem inspired by native Irish Trees. The...
76 Victoria Beeler The Butterfly Lady
Today Mary is talking to Victoria Beeler. Victoria is a butterfly enthusiast and enjoys gardening, wildlife, nature, and learning. She and h...
75 Lorraine Fletcher is painting foxes
Today Mary is talking to Galway based artist Lorraine Fletcher. Lorraine's wildlife-inspired prints and giftware showcase the beauty and str...
74 Isabella Tree is rewilding with hope
Today Mary is talking to Isabella Tree. Isabella is an award-winning journalist and author, and lives with her husband, the conservationist...
73 Eoghan Daltun loves an Irish Atlantic Rainforest
Today Mary is talking to Eoghan Daltun. Eoghan is a sculpture conservator, a High Nature Value farmer and, above all, a rewilder. Originally...
72 Richard Nairn loves Ireland's Wild Waters
Today Mary is talking to Richard Nairn. Richard is an ecologist and writer. His latest book is Wild Waters which is the third title in a tri...
71 Ambrose and Brid let the tree live on
Today Mary is talking to Ambrose and Brid, master wood turners. We talk about the craft and the philosophy behind the creative arts. Ambrose...
Episode 70 Jethro Sheen is carving a badger
Today Mary is talking to Jethro Sheen. Jethro runs a stone carving business, Sheenstoneworks in Gort, South county Galway. He grew up in the...
Episode 69 Emma Rushworth is creating a giant dragonfly
Today Mary is talking to Emma Jane Rushworth. We are very excited that Emma is in the process of making a giant dragonfly for Burren Nature...
Episode 68 Davin Butler is building a copper orchid
Welcome to the 2023 season of Nature Magic. It is hard to believe we are on episode 68 and have spoken to all those incredible nature advoca...
Episode 67 Time to hibernate!
A thank you to all our wonderful guests this year and a Christmas gift The Song of Wandering Aengus by William Butler Yeats
Episode 66 Minister Malcolm Noonan's good news for nature in Ireland
Today Mary is talking to Minister Malcolm Noonan. He is a TD representing the Carlow Kilkenny Constituency and was appointed Minister of Sta...
Episode 64 Jack O Donovan Trá is fighting for Fair Seas
Today Mary is talking to Jack O’Donovan Trá. Jack is the Communications Officer at Fair Seas. Jack is blending the art of good comms with ma...
Episode 63 L K Howells is creating Stories of Change
Today Mary is talking to Laura Kate (LK) Howells. LK designs and delivers environmental education programs inspired by nature, led by creati...
Episode 62 Neil Campbell is saving seeds
Today Mary is talking to Neil Campbell, an ecologist living in Galway and helping Dr Colin Kelleher from the National Botanic Gardens in Gla...
Episode 61 Gavin Pretor-Pinney appreciates clouds
Today Mary is talking to Gavin Pretor-Pinney. Gavin is founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, which has over 58,000 members in 120 count...
Episode 60 Doug Allan is talking to Belugas
Today Mary is talking to Doug Allan. Doug is an Award-winning natural history photographer, documentary filmmaker, diver, author and public...