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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/4/26 |  In A Walled Garden In Meath | Reporter Terry Flanagan visits a walled garden in Stamullen, Co. Meath, with Ciarán de Buitléar. Ciarán grows his food in close partnership with wildlife and nature, and has written a book, Nature's Acre, to encourage others to do the same... | — | ||||||
| 5/4/26 |  Remarkable Reefs | Coral reefs, often called the rainforests of the sea, support a third of visible marine life and host vast hidden biodiversity. A new Nature study reveals living reefs contain previously unknown biomolecules with potential for medicine and biotechnology. Professor Olivier Thomas of University of Galway explains the findings... | — | ||||||
| 4/27/26 |  April 1st No Fools Day For Salmon Of Knowledge✨ | salmon life cyclemarine biology+3 | Ken Whelan | Atlantic Salmon Trust | — | salmonmarine biology+3 | — | 12m 09s | |
| 4/27/26 |  Mermaid's Purse Discovered By Schoolboy In Co. Kerry | Called the “Ghost of the Sea,” the rare White Skate has reappeared in Kerry after vanishing from much of its range. Sixth-class student Rocco Stallard found a huge Mermaid’s Purse on Camp Beach, evidence that White Skates may be using local bays as a nursery ground, as Ken Whelan and our panel explain its importance... | — | ||||||
| 4/27/26 |  Blue Tits, Cuckoos and Woodpeckers | We received an e-mail to mooney@rte.ie from listener Helena Golden in Leitrim, aka the Willow Woman! She joins us on the line to tell us about her passion for weaving using natural materials, her Blue Tit nest box camera, and the cuckoo and woodpecker she has heard recently... | — | ||||||
| 4/27/26 |  Nature On One: Talking Birds (Bank Holiday Monday, May 4th 2026 at midday) | Cobh natives Jim Wilson and Seán Ronayne return to Cuskinny Marsh, the place that sparked their love of nature. In this Nature on One special, they explore its rich habitats as Seán works to record a year of its wild sounds, reflecting on why this Cork Harbour sanctuary still matters so deeply. | — | ||||||
| 4/27/26 |  Dawn Chorus - RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ lyric fm | Sunday, May 3rd 2026 | 00:00 - 07:00 | RTÉ marks International Dawn Chorus Day this Sunday as nature lovers join one of its most atmospheric broadcasts. From midnight to 7am, RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ lyric fm share seven hours of live birdsong, insight and music, capturing the moment Ireland wakes and daylight slowly takes hold... | — | ||||||
| 4/27/26 |  Swallows And Wrens | Listener Madeline Carey, from Co. Clare, says a wren has taken over the swallow nest in her garage after 35 years of welcoming swallows. Worried that wrens may harm swallow eggs or chicks, she asks what she can do before the swallows return. Our panel share their advice on the bold intruder... | — | ||||||
| 4/20/26 |  Our Marvel-ous New Sig Tune! | RTÉ Radio 1 has unveiled new signature tunes as part of its refreshed on-air sound. In the Irish Times, Ed Power joked that the new Mooney Goes Wild theme “sounds like it was scored by the people behind the latest Marvel blockbuster” — fitting for a show that brings epic stories from the natural world! | — | ||||||
| 4/20/26 |  A Chorus Of French Frogs | Niall Hatch chats to Derek, Eanna, Richard and Ken Whelan about his recent visit to the Camargue region of France, and some of the wildlife that can be found there, including the fabled horses, lesser flamingos, Chetty's warblers, and 'edible' frogs... | — | ||||||
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| 4/20/26 |  The Cork Crow Conundrum | Last Tuesday, Derek and Jim Wilson appeared on the RTÉ Today show on RTÉ One, to chat about birdboxes and nesting season. Whilst in the make-up chair, Derek spoke to make-up artist Kate about a rather aggressive crow that is attacking her window, and waking her each morning! She asks our panel what can be done to get the bird to stop this... | — | ||||||
| 4/20/26 |  Farmer Moth Monitoring Scheme | Ireland’s moths boast wonderful names — from Heart & Dart to Mother Shipton — and much of what we know about the 1,500 species comes from the Farmer Moth Monitoring Scheme, a citizen-science project run by the National Biodiversity Data Centre. Project Officer Dr Tim Butter joins us to explain how it all works... | — | ||||||
| 4/20/26 |  Greenland Shark Washes Up On Irish Coast For First Time | A Greenland Shark stranded in Co Sligo last week - the first such recording on Ireland’s coast - made news headlines around the world. Leaving Cert students Hammad Chaudhry and James Winters O’Donnell reported it to the IWDG, and they join us to share what they found, while Emilie de Loose of Atlantic Whale Deal provides further analysis... | — | ||||||
| 4/20/26 |  Counting Rooks | Reporter Terry Flanagan meets Dr Fionn Ó Marcaigh in Kildare as he surveys local rookeries for an NPWS nationwide count. Fionn, who is author of Encounters With Corvids, highlights why monitoring rook populations matters... | — | ||||||
| 4/20/26 |  Wild Dublin Art Exhibition At Rathmines Library | Wild Dublin, a free week-long exhibition running at Rathmines Library until April 27th, showcases artist Fiona Phelan’s work alongside paintings by her primary school students, and celebrates the city’s diverse wildlife. MGW researcher Michèle Browne visited to meet Fiona and the young artists... | — | ||||||
| 4/20/26 |  Happy Birthday, Dr. Collins | Happy Birthday to Dr Richard Collins — our brilliant fountain of knowledge, charming gentleman, and cherished friend. From Derek, the Mooney Goes Wild team, and all our listeners, we wish him many happy returns… and yes, his birthday cake even features special swans! | — | ||||||
| 4/6/26 |  Pine Martens | Niall Hatch recently saw six dead Pine Martens while driving from Wicklow to Tipperary, highlighting how strongly the once-rare species has rebounded. He later spotted a live one near Loughlinstown, a rare record inside the M50, which particularly interests Éanna Ní Lamhna given past absence reports... | — | ||||||
| 4/6/26 | Make A Date For Dawn Chorus 2026: Sunday 3rd May | The dawn chorus, nature’s great global sunrise concert, returns for International Dawn Chorus Day on 3 May. Mooney Goes Wild will broadcast live from midnight to 7am, with Derek Mooney in RTÉ and Jim Wilson and Niall Hatch in Cobh, joined by contributors nationwide and listeners’ own birdsong recordings... | — | ||||||
| 4/6/26 |  Terry Has A Tree-mendous Time At The National Botanic Gardens | The National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin are a free, year-round haven of global plant collections, including remarkable trees often explored on guided tours. For tonight’s programme, Terry Flanagan visits the Gardens to join guide Eoin O’Reilly, who shows him some of the site’s most spectacular arboreal highlights... | — | ||||||
| 4/6/26 |  Trying To Save New Zealand’s Albatrosses From Extinction | Albatrosses, the world’s largest-winged seabirds, face severe declines, with up to 100,000 killed yearly by longline fisheries. UCC researcher Dr Jamie Darby tracked endangered Antipodean Albatrosses on the remote Antipodes Islands, revealing far higher mortality rates that could push the species toward extinction... | — | ||||||
| 3/30/26 |  A Bed Of Lettuce? We Look At Foods That Can Make You Sleepy | Our food choices can shape how well we sleep. Éanna highlights snacks that disrupt rest, like late-night cheese, and others that make us sleepy. Turkey and lettuce are rich in tryptophan, which helps form serotonin and melatonin, and carbs enhance the effect - hence the classic post-Christmas-sandwich snooze... | — | ||||||
| 3/30/26 |  Old Irish Goat Carries 3,000 Of Irish History | New UCD–QUB research reveals the Old Irish Goat has a continuous Irish lineage dating back 3,000 years. Dr Kevin Daly joins the programme to discuss the study, the history of Ireland’s wild goats and the traits that made goats among the earliest animals domesticated by humans... | — | ||||||
| 3/30/26 |  Bidding Farewell To Our Brent Geese | Early spring is a busy transition for birdwatchers, with summer migrants arriving as winter visitors depart. Brent Geese, iconic in Dublin, are gathering in Ballyfermot’s Le Fanu Park to feed before flying to Arctic Canada. Terry Flanagan meets Eric Dempsey there to explore their habits and migration... | — | ||||||
| 3/30/26 |  On The Trail Of Cuskinny’s Kingfishers | Jim Wilson, Cork-based author, broadcaster and wildlife photographer, has captured striking Kingfisher images at Cuskinny Marsh, Co. Cork. On the programme he explains how careful planning, close observation and a dedicated hide made these stunning shots possible... | — | ||||||
| 3/23/26 |  Dublin’s Rare Surviving Elms Offer New Hope Against Dutch Elm Disease | Trees are vital for biodiversity, yet many Irish species have declined, including the Wych Elm, devastated by Dutch elm disease. But four mature elms in Rathmines appear to have survived. Arboricultural Consultant Joe McConville is investigating whether their genetics could help restore elms across Ireland... | — | ||||||
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