Éanna fills us in on what to expect from National Tree Week this year, how to participate in one of the numerous tree-themed events that will be taking place during it and, as always, the importance of this annual celebration of all things arboreal.

Our Nature on One documentaries kick off on St Patrick's Day at 3pm on RTE Radio One, the Dandelion is presented by Terry Flanagan. It is part of a series of documentaries that will celebrate the different facets of the natural world that form part of the rich tapestry of life.

Éanna attended the launch of Plant Atlas 2020 at the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin. She tells us more about the sobering trends revealed by the atlas and the steps needed to try to reverse the declines of our native plant species.

Mooney Goes Wild panelist Niall Hatch attended the 8th Irish Ornithological Research Conference at UCC and he tells us more about exactly what goes on at such a gathering of bird-researchers.

We speak to Paleoecologist Dr. Karen Bacon of the University of Galway, who studies the ecosystems of the past in order to gather vital clues as to how plants adapt, evolve and go extinct.

Naturalist Jim Wilson went to the Cork city’s Christy Ring Bridge to meet with local otter campaigner Chris Moody, a member of the Cork Nature Network and a man with a passion for these captivating aquatic members of the weasel family.

The Cuckoos song is generally only heard in Ireland in April but listener Finbarr Healy from Blackwater, Co Wexford, believes they heard the two note song in February and this is the question he poses to our panel this week- did he hear the Cuckoo singing earlier than usual?

We received an email recently from listener Billy Horan, who was walking on Carrauntoohil in Co. Kerry when he came across a new-born kid Goat. Sinéad Keane from the conservation group The Old Irish Goat Society advises us on what to do if you find a baby Goat.

Three students from Loretto Convent Balbriggan, namely, Olivia O’Shea, Abigail O’Brien Murray and Erica O’Brien Murray, have been investigating potential solutions to save our Ash trees from Ash Die Back Disease, a disorder caused by fungus.

Our panel discusses the sexism and the misogynistic assumptions that have led to female birdsong largely being overlooked and disregarded . . . until now.