Dara McAnulty

I really love to share my ideas online, on Twitter and on my blog. I’ve spoken to lots of people on a stage about nature and conservation, but, I have never sat with a group of my generation conveying passion, sharing our voices and our hopeful actions. …

Hello everyone, I just thought I’d update everyone on plans for the raptor satellite tagging project ‘Hawk Eyes’! It’s been over a month now since I completed my 45km and it already seems so far away, exciting plans are happening though. …

The arrival of March and the beginnings of Spring is a time of eager waiting, emerging colour and a warmer sunlight. Today though I stood as if in a snow globe and felt the flakes biting away and snatching the brightness of the previous days. …

The recent days seem to be full of all kinds of weather, one minute sunshine the next hail, snow and gusty winds; biting and snatching the coming of Spring. The transition of seasons. There are Spring hints everywhere though, catkins, buds, birdsong and primroses. …

As I write this, the fire is blazing and darkness has fallen, but earlier in the day the sun sparkled in the sky and snowdrops bowed their heads, grateful for the warmth of early Spring. Last weekend couldn’t have been more different, weather and rest wise! …

Hello everyone, January…my least favourite month to be fair. The (unnecessary) build up of Christmas helicopters us out of control and sometimes, some of us crash. I’ve had a pretty crazy month so far and so I thought I’d update you all on some unbelievable (to me) things which have surrounded me; the message I try to convey and the passion I endeavour to ‘catch on’. …

As I sit in our warm kitchen, the memories of numb feet and face, those physical feelings were nothing compared to the warmth in my heart on that day, the day I watched Red Kites roost  over the Mourne Mountains. Once extinct in Ireland, now 200 years later, to see them soar and revolve through their once native skies is miraculous. …

Wishing everyone a magical day, I’ve been up since 4.30! I received lots of cool presents from my family – including a scope for Birdwatching! Have a great day everyone and get outside to enjoy nature if you can! It’s a beautiful day! …

Oh the marvel of a snow filled landscape, heavy clouds moving off to reveal crystal clear skies. The land becomes covered, but still baring charms and secrets. The unnerving eerie beauty, dampened sound; the changing air seems to slow down time. …

Hello everyone, Bláthnaid wanted to write a blog today. We have all been watching Blue Planet II and experiencing very mixed feelings about the future our seas, oceans and coasts. The excitement of the stories that the animals tell us is amazing but also how they survive in an environment which is constantly being compromised by human hands is equally if not more so, despairing. …