13+ hour, 9+ min ago  (705+ words) IT might be boiling hot, but for D'lra it's not summer until he hears a certain bird's voice. Its call used to roll off the Belfast Hills down to our house in the city every year and whoever heard it…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (330+ words) THIS bird certainly doesn't look its best " but when you've just spent three weeks packed into a tiny box along with half a dozen brothers and sisters, you've got a good excuse. No brain could contend with such a complete…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (447+ words) YOU can only imagine the joy that this image brings to swift supremo Mark Smyth " the first bird back and resting snugly in the nest box at his Antrim home. Not that he's idle in winter when the swifts are…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (692+ words) IT'S amazing what you can get away with if only you look serious enough. Th's week D'lra walked through Templepatrick Golf Course carrying not a golf club but a net on a long pole. Oh, and two empty lunch boxes....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (570+ words) PEREGRINE falcons are the "kings of the avian world, so it's fitting that they should have five-star accommodation. D'lra can reveal that a pair of peregrine falcons have taken up residence on Belfast's Hilton Hotel." These birds have an incredible…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (284+ words) READERS are being urged to spend just one hour counting birds in their gardens, balconies and local green spaces as RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch returns this weekend. Running from 2325 January, the Big Garden Birdwatch is the world's largest garden wildlife…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (601+ words) TO celebrate Red Squirrel Appreciation Day, the 2026 All-Ireland Squirrel and Pine Marten Survey is officially launching today. The initiative is an invitation to members of the public to become Citizen Scientists and help track some of our most iconic woodland…...