Mooney Goes Wild

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Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms. Listen live every Monday at 10pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

Recent Episodes
  • Mooney Goes Wild at 30
    Jun 2, 2025 – 0:53:14
  • Mooney Goes Wild: Live From Bloom 2025
    Jun 2, 2025 – 0:50:09
  • A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
    May 26, 2025 – 0:11:29
  • Hazel Dormouse in Co. Clare
    May 26, 2025 – 0:04:38
  • Breeding Waders EIP: saving some of Ireland’s most endangered birds
    May 26, 2025 – 0:08:39
  • Zombie Spiders
    May 26, 2025 – 0:20:45
  • Remembering Michael O'Meara
    May 26, 2025 – 0:01:29
  • Papillons de France
    May 19, 2025 – 0:06:33
  • Rare bird looks set to stay in Dublin’s Phoenix Park . . . knock on wood
    May 19, 2025 – 0:06:12
  • Going Cuckoo with Eric Dempsey!
    May 19, 2025 – 0:03:38
  • Lime Hawk-moth
    May 19, 2025 – 0:17:03
  • Dublin Port Tolka Estuary Greenway
    May 19, 2025 – 0:11:47
  • National Biodiversity Week 2025
    May 19, 2025 – 0:08:16
  • Harper's Island Wetlands
    May 5, 2025 – 0:54:01
  • Mooney Goes Wild Turns 30
    May 5, 2025 – 0:52:07
  • Looking forward to Dawn Chorus Live on Sunday 4th May
    Apr 28, 2025 – 0:17:06
  • Portlaoise Pigeons
    Apr 28, 2025 – 0:08:42
  • Curlew headstarting
    Apr 28, 2025 – 0:19:25
  • Celebrating 30 years of Mooney Goes Wild!
    Apr 28, 2025 – 0:07:47
  • Dawn Chorus sounds preview
    Apr 28, 2025 – 0:01:22
  • Niall goes birdwatching and exploring in Egypt
    Apr 14, 2025 – 0:13:37
  • A Robin visits Derek's house ahead of the Dawn Chorus
    Apr 14, 2025 – 0:06:12
  • "A short back and sides" asked the Robin!
    Apr 14, 2025 – 0:09:40
  • Jim Wilson's Sand Martin stream gets an upgrade
    Apr 14, 2025 – 0:12:26
  • Looking ahead to NestWatch 2025
    Apr 14, 2025 – 0:09:42
  • April showers: something to celebrate
    Apr 7, 2025 – 0:04:39
  • Wasps in glasshouses shouldn’t grow domes!
    Apr 7, 2025 – 0:03:04
  • Jack Snipe: one of the most secretive Irish birds of all
    Apr 7, 2025 – 0:06:25
  • Ridding Killarney National Park of Rhododendrons
    Apr 7, 2025 – 0:16:43
  • Hoopoe invasion!
    Apr 7, 2025 – 0:04:23
  • Corvid intelligence
    Apr 7, 2025 – 0:06:37
  • Duck feeders
    Apr 7, 2025 – 0:12:16
  • Do birds sit? Oscar Wilde certainly seemed to think so!
    Mar 31, 2025 – 0:06:27
  • (Not so) Common Crane seen in Co. Kilkenny
    Mar 31, 2025 – 0:15:01
  • Join the hunt for mermaid’s purses
    Mar 31, 2025 – 0:13:07
  • Saving The Maharees from coastal erosion is a true community effort
    Mar 31, 2025 – 0:17:59
  • Drumming duets in the Garden County
    Mar 24, 2025 – 0:15:17
  • Doctors by Nature
    Mar 24, 2025 – 0:25:54
  • A Tale of Dandelions and Guinea Pigs
    Mar 24, 2025 – 0:02:02
  • Pocket Forests at the University of Galway
    Mar 24, 2025 – 0:09:56
  • Nesting Season special: Easter Monday, 21st April 2025
    Mar 24, 2025 – 0:00:57
  • Did St. Patrick really rid Ireland of snakes?
    Mar 17, 2025 – 0:08:48
  • Why doesn’t ice stick to Polar Bear fur?
    Mar 17, 2025 – 0:17:21
  • New Year Plant Hunt
    Mar 17, 2025 – 0:08:19
  • Swimming Upstream: one man’s fight to save the Atlantic wild salmon
    Mar 17, 2025 – 0:17:28
  • The Lark Ascending
    Mar 10, 2025 – 0:07:21
  • Spring Alive: submit your records of migrant birds
    Mar 10, 2025 – 0:07:44
  • How good are the facilities for birdwatchers in Ireland?
    Mar 10, 2025 – 0:04:49
  • Harper’s Island Wetlands: the perfect place to watch waterbirds
    Mar 10, 2025 – 0:11:51
  • National Tree Week: “Planting Trees, Growing Together”
    Mar 10, 2025 – 0:05:46
Recent Reviews
  • poet_physicist
    Sometimes poignant, always fun
    A great introduction to Ireland, or a fun source of news and pop culture. I've been listening to the podcast for more than a year since my visit to Ireland in 2010. Thanks, guys.
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