Mooney Goes Wild

Monday 10pm on @RTERadio1 presented by Derek Mooney

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Coming up on #MooneyGoesWild at 10pm
🪶Why Woodpigeons are still nest‑building in late August
🐦A listener’s mystery pigeon with extravagant feathered feet
❄️Snow Leopards with Dr Kullu Suryawanshi — The Ghost of the Mountains
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On Mooney Goes Wild at 10pm tonight on @rteradio1: a second chance to hear @EricTheBirdman's fascinating documentary about Roger Casement, and his passion for the natural world https://t.co/Hq0CbZwOgK

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Coming up on #MooneyGoesWild at 10pm 🦉
🌿 Roger Casement & natural history
🐣 Curlew conservation
📖 A new book celebrating the Curlew
🎧 @mybroadcasts on Clara Bog's new immersive soundscape
🪶 Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding its young
💚 Plus we remember Bill Oddie

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Stunning hummingbird hawk moth spotted on the “butterfly bush” in Newcastle Co. Wicklow this morning @NatureRTE

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On #MooneyGoesWild from 10pm tonight on @RTERadio1 We celebrate 30 years of Terry's @mybroadcasts unforgettable wildlife reporting, from rare moths and goats protecting Howth from wildfire to fossil hunters, elusive ducks and robins nesting in a barbershop https://t.co/sGZ3gaf81e

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On #MooneyGoesWild at 10pm tonight: 🌏 the fascinating Wallace Line and one of nature's greatest invisible boundaries, 🐦 why listener Sean's robin "Elvis" is going bald, and 🌿 Terry Flanagan visits Craddock House ahead of NHI Nursing Homes Week 2026.
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Beautiful Painted Lady in the garden this morning @NatureRTE. #Butterflies

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The death was announced today of Bonnie Tyler. Known for hits like Holding Out For A Hero, the Welsh singer died in Portugal aged 75.

A few years ago, Derek met Bonnie, along with Eddie Rowley of the Sunday World, at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö.

May she RIP 💔🎶

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Tonight on “Mooney Goes Wild” (RTÉ Radio One at 10) I’m on the trail of day flying burnet moths and orchids in the grounds of Mt. Merrion Church grounds in South Co. Dublin. @NatureRTE #orchids

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On MGW tonight (10pm): mystery mustelid in Monaghan, @Irishwildlife on #InvasiveSpeciesWeek, @mybroadcasts on orchids in Mount Merrion, UCC's contribution to Kew State of World's Plants & Fungi report, plus update on famous Landseer stag painting. More: https://t.co/o6glW9vwQ8

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Beautiful Comma butterfly in the garden. Can you see the “comma” on the underside of the wing? @NatureRTE

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MGW at 10pm: Squirrel study, auction of Landseer stag masterpiece, and one listener’s worry for her Blackbirds. Plus from 11pm-1am, Derek presents Late Date, marking 70 yrs of @Eurovision with #EuroGuru Paul G. Sheridan!
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Photo: Ita Martin, @BioDataCentre

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Burnet moth on Knapweed

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Tonight at 10pm on MGW: Summer Solstice and wildlife, 35 years of Ireland’s Whale & Dolphin Sanctuary, a rare Gervais’ Beaked Whale in Clare, @mybroadcasts visits Paddy the Heron in East Wall, and huge Basking Shark numbers off Mullaghmore. For more see https://t.co/EbkD5RULoK

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Tonight on “Mooney Goes Wild” (RTÉ Radio One at 10) I travel to East Wall to meet Carol Corrie and her local heron who joins the family for dinner every day. @NatureRTE

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On MGW at 10pm tonight on @RTERadio1: another chance to listen to Karla Goodman's wonderful Nature On One documentary: Lapwing. Sometimes known as the unofficial bird of Ireland, the Lapwing is deeply connected to Ireland’s landscape and traditions...

https://t.co/rfUcU2CR5B

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Spotted this beauty (hoopoe) just outside our apartment in 🇪🇸 today @NatureRTE

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Tonight at 10pm on @RTERadio1: Bloom’s impact for @BirdWatchIE, owl news from Lemnos and Wexford, two @mybroadcasts reports on Blue Tits and Jake the golf Rook-ie, and Dr Anne Berger on robot lawnmowers and hedgehogs! For more, visit https://t.co/NnHGN36vGY.

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Tonight on “Mooney Goes Wild” (RTÉ Radio One at 10) I travel to Blainroe Golf Club in Co. Wicklow to meet Club Captain and his “playing partner” just before his round. @NatureRTE

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Join us 10pm tonight for a special MGW, in which Eanna visits the Super Gardens of @BordBiaBloom - including the double-award-winning Birdwatcher's Balcony Garden, designed by Barry Kavanagh and sponsored by RTÉ Radio 1 and Mooney Goes Wild! https://t.co/OcFltUcCCG