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Find out how you can take part on the Iveragh Phenology Survey 2022, by observing native Irish tree species.

Thanks to the cult series ‘Flipper’, most people are familiar with bottlenose dolphins.

Minke whales are the smallest whale species in Irish waters, growing between 8.5 and 10m long. 

Probably one of the easiest dolphins to identify, common dolphins have a slender, streamlined body shape with a narrow beak.

The winter and summer solstices as well as the equinoxes and cross-quarter days were significant in prehistory.

... or in short – cetaceans – are marine mammals that have adapted to a life exclusively in the water.

Late Autumn in Kerry is a rewarding time for the mushroom forager – winter chanterelles, hedgehog mushrooms and wood blewits among the...

As I sit down to write this, the COP26 climate summit is underway in Glasgow. Hundreds of diplomats from around the world have assembled - f

Learn more about Iveragh's fascinating geology by joining us on one of our free weekend talks and fieldtrip sessions

Our bats begin to appear in our landscapes in spring, emerging from their winter hibernacula – often a cave, hidden hollow in a tree...

On 3rd September the old surgery, Llithfaen was re-opened in a new location at Nant Gwrtheyrn, the National Welsh Language Centre, one of...

The Rook (Rúcach) and the Jackdaw (Cág) are two very social species of crow.

Month by month guide to the dark skies of the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve

Ar y dydd hwn, Ebrill 6ed 1901, union 120 o flynyddoedd yn ôl, drylliwyd y llong hwylio haearn, Y Stuart ar greigiau Porth Tŷ Mawr

Hi everyone! My name is Soli and I’m a researcher who specialises in Public Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS)

Guest blog by Clare Cooper, Founding Director of The Cateran Ecomuseum It’s hard to believe, as we continue through this extraordinary...

Late September to early November is when strange sounds emanate from the hills and woodlands. It begins with antler to antler clacks of...

It's mid-October, and I'm stood in the dark of night outside my house on Mynydd Rhiw - one of the many hills that punctuate the otherwise...

I love the summer and I'm always sad when it comes to an end but autumn is something to look forward to as it brings a change of guard...

Every autumn, thousands of wading birds arrive on the Iveragh. Curlew, lapwing, black-tailed godwit (guilbneach earrdhubh), plovers...