In Your Nature

In Your Nature Ep 68 - Record Breaking Birds

Send us Fan Mail You may know the Ostrich is the world’s largest bird, but did you know an extinct bird known as the Elephant Bird was around five times heavier? Or that

In Your Nature Ep 67 - John Feehan (Peatland Perspectives)

Send us Fan Mail Professor John Feehan is a renowned Irish geologist, botanist, author and former lecturer at University College Dublin (UCD), widely respected for his w

In Your Nature Ep 66 - Bird Nests

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of In Your Nature, Ricky and Niall are diving into the world of bird nests. Whether the nest is on the ground, in a cavity,

In Your Nature Ep 65 - Butterflies with Jesmond Harding

Send us Fan Mail In Your Nature with Niall Hatch and Ricky Whelan is back! Kicking off the season at Bog of Allen Nature Reserve in Co. Kildare, Niall and Ricky meet up

In Your Nature Ep 59 - Breeding Waders EIP

Send us Fan Mail In Your Nature is back for a new season and this time we welcome Owen Murphy, Senior Project Manager with the Breeding Waders EIP, to discuss the ambiti

In Your Nature Ep 64 - Pádraic Fogarty

Send us Fan Mail In Your Nature returns with a thought-provoking new episode featuring Ricky in conversation with Pádraic Fogarty—ecologist, author, and one of Ireland’s

In Your Nature Ep 63 - Birds of the Falkland Islands

Send us Fan Mail In Your Nature returns with a captivating new episode recorded live from Global BirdFair 2025, where Niall Hatch is joined by two seasoned nature guides

In Your Nature Ep 62 - Ealing (London) Beaver Project

Send us Fan Mail In Your Nature returns with a fascinating new episode spotlighting the Ealing Beaver Project, a pioneering urban rewilding initiative bringing these cha

In Your Nature Ep 61 - Return to Nature Clare Church Biodiversity Project

Send us Fan Mail In Your Nature returns with a heartening new episode exploring the Return to Nature Clare Church Biodiversity Project, a community-driven initiative tra

In Your Nature Ep 60 - Dark Skies

Send us Fan Mail In Your Nature returns with a luminous new episode exploring the theme of Dark Skies, featuring a guest interview with Kerem Asfuroglu of Dark Source (l

In Your Nature Ep 58 - Biodiversity with Éanna Ní Lamhna

Send us Fan Mail In our last episode of 2024, In Your Nature welcomes a well-known nature celebrity for a very lively chat. Niall and Ricky speak to Éanna Ní Lamhna abou

In Your Nature Ep 57 - Farming For Nature (Handbook)

Send us Fan Mail The eagerly awaited, Farming For Nature (FFN) Handbook has just been published, Ricky and Niall take the opportunity to discuss how important farms and

In Your Nature Ep 56 - Step Into Nature

Send us Fan Mail Step into Nature, is a new book written and illustrated by naturalist Rachel McKenna, chronicles a year of her observations of everything from plants to

In Your Nature Ep 55 - Eco Tourism (or is it?)

Send us Fan Mail We all need a holiday from time to time but there's no doubt that travelling comes with a cost, and we're not just talking about to your bank

In Your Nature Ep 54 - Global Birdfair 2024

Send us Fan Mail This episode of In Your Nature comes from across the pond as Niall records from the 2024 Global Bird Fair in Rutland, United Kingdom. Known to many as "

In Your Nature Ep 53 - Bats

Send us Fan Mail Bats can sometimes get a bad rap but in this episode of the In Your Nature podcast, we hope to dispel some myths and shine a light on these truly remark

In Your Nature Ep 52 - Herons (Critter Shed Colab)

Send us Fan Mail This episode of In Your Nature is another collaboration with Collie Ennis of The Critter Shed and this week, we're talking all about the Grey Heron

In Your Nature Ep 51 - Ticks, Mites and Flat Flies (Critter Shed Collab)

Send us Fan Mail We know you'll be itching to listen to this episode, which is a collaboration with Collie Ennis of The Critter Shed. This week, we're talking

In Your Nature Ep 50 - Live from Wild Mind

Send us Fan Mail In an In Your Nature first, this episode was recorded live with an audience from Wild Mind Festival in Fenit, County Kerry earlier this spring. Wild Min

In Your Nature Ep 49 - What's at Santa's Bird Table

Send us Fan Mail In our end of year Christmas Special, Niall and Ricky consider what birds Santa might be enjoying at his bird table in an exploration of some of the har