Daybreak with Evonne Ferguson

Daybreak with Evonne Ferguson

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Daybreak with Evonne Ferguson episodes

  • Naturefile - Raven

    Ravens are highly intelligent birds known for problem solving and social behavior. Some species can mimic sounds, including human speech. 

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    8 min
  • Naturefile -Knappweed

    This is a very well-known perennial which grows in abundance in a wide variety of habitats owing to its very efficient seed dispersal method, being wind spread on tiny parachutes. 
    Written and presented by Anja Murray.

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    7 min
  • Naturefile - Poppies
    Poppies are colorful flowering plants with delicate, paper-like petals that grow as annuals, biennials, or perennials. Key varieties include the red corn poppy, the opium poppy, and the large oriental poppy.

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    8 min
  • Naturefile - Harbour Porpoise

    The Harbour Porpoise is found in the northern latitudes of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans mainly in the continental margins. It is the smallest cetacean found in Irish waters. These porpoises are small cetaceans approximately 1.4 to 1.9 metres long when fully grown. 

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    8 min
  • Naturefile - Frog Hoppers
    Have you ever wondered what makes those little balls of froth, popularly known as “cuckoo spit”, that you find on plant stems during the summer? Blow gently on the froth and you’ll find your answer. Inside the frothy mass you’ll find one or more yellow-green insect nymphs

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    9 min
  • Naturefile - Shieldbugs
    Ireland’s shieldbugs and other related bugs are members of the Order Hemiptera which includes aphids and planthoppers.

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    6 min
  • Naturefile - Peregrine falcon
    The peregrine falcon is Ireland's most impressive bird of prey and the fastest animal on earth, capable of diving at speeds exceeding 300 km/h to hunt mid-air.

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    11 min
  • Naturefile - Sea Beet
    This is a fleshy, dark green perennial which grows in large clumps in coastal habitats such as shingle, salt-marsh margins, old sea walls and grasslands.

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    7 min
  • Naturefile - Golden Plover
    The Golden Plover is a summer visitor from France and Iberia and a winter visitor from Iceland. They often feed alongside Lapwing and Black-headed Gulls.

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    7 min
  • Naturefile - Primroses
    Primroses were prized plants for those in Ireland who brewed their own cures and concoctions in days gone by. Primroses were widely used as remedies for muscular aches and pains, rheumatism, paralysis and gout.

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    7 min

About Daybreak with Evonne Ferguson

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Naturefile is a celebratory journey to the lesser-known realms of nature in Ireland with Anja Murray. With surprising stories uncovered each week, about everything from lichens to trees, Swallows to…

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