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.

This unexpected visitor crashed my daughter’s post-Leaving Cert party

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This beautiful orchid is growing in our suburban front lawn

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I was surprised to see this visitor on my evening river walk

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What is this large and unusual-looking moth?

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Is this a snake I see before me on the road?

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This pair of centipedes was looking to escape the paparazzi

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My cat brought this into the house. What is it?

Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on lizards, caterpillars, little egrets and more

We have an asylum of cuckoos here in west Clare

Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world

What could interest a bee in this astroturf in Athenry?

Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on bewildered bees, wasp imposters, freaky-looking fungi and avian visitors

They’re brown, hairy and known as woolly bears here in Ireland but don’t panic

Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world

What is this growth coming from my electric socket in Dublin?

Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world

I spotted a seabird perched in a tree. Is this a mad Dublin abnormality?

Eye on nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world

This Common toad is now considered to be an invasive species

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The black guillemot looks completely different at this time of year

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Bombus terrestris is often the earliest queen bee to emerge from overwintering

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