Éanna Ní Lamhna

Éanna Ní Lamhna

Contributor

Éanna Ní Lamhna, a biologist, environmentalist, broadcaster and and Irish Times contributor, answers readers' queries in Eye on Nature each week. She took the column over in 2021 from Ethna Viney, who had founded it 33 years earlier, in 1988.

I say, these butterflies look rather busy

Éanna Ní Lamhna on mating rituals, a shrew having a bad fur day, and a fine photograph of a hummingbird hawkmoth

Red kites have thrived since reintroduction, but motorists remain a threat to their safety

Éanna Ní Lamhna outlines the plight of a majestic bird and clears up confusion around the ichneumon

The tiny ‘eggs’ in this field bird’s nest fungus are spore-bearing structures

Eanna Ní Lamhna on whether a particular ladybird is good or bad, a blackbird with a white head and a rare violet sea snail

‘This huge wasp landed on my son. What was it?’

Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

Stork sightings on the increase in Ireland

Éanna Ní Lamhna on the yellowtail caterpillar, the field grasshopper and a spider known by many names

Eye on Nature: ‘Nesting blue tits have comandeered my letterbox again’

Eanna Ní Lamhna answers queries on blue tits, navelwort, uniquely Irish butterfies, dogfish egg cases and a pipistrelle bat in a glass

Eye on Nature: If bees can’t see red, why is one drawn to this red poppy?

Éanna Ní Lamhna on the colourful bumblebee, declining linnets, and coots in UCD

Eye on Nature: ‘I have found a beautiful queen ... bee in the polytunnel in my garden’

Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna

Eye on Nature: ‘An alderfly is usually found resting in large numbers on waterside vegetation’

Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

Hare golf coursing: a mother and leverets up close in Carlow

Éanna Ní Lamhna on the red damselfly, the May bug and the barrel jellyfish

What is this species of bee that arrived during no-mow May?

Éanna Ní Lamhna on the common carder bee, a rudely disturbed lizard, and a very fine stonechat photograph

What’s the crack with this apple tree in our garden?

Éanna Ní Lamhna on a golf-watching otter, a fungus called King Alfred’s cakes, and pond skaters

Live near a town? Got food or smelly shoes? Foxes and badgers may pay you a visit

Eanna Ní Lamhna on how to handle moths that want to make a meal of the food in your kitchen, the mice at risk from your lawnmower, and a bee-bashing bird

As the duck flies: what are these lake-dwelling midges?

Éanna Ní Lamhna on apple thieves, the Burren’s strange beauties, and the pheasant’s introduction

When is a crane fly not a daddy longlegs?

Éanna Ní Lamhna on the Leisler’s bat, a clawless crab, and an invasive ladybird

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