Nature Magic

Today Mary is talking to Doug Allan.

Doug is an Award-winning natural history photographer, documentary filmmaker, diver, author and public speaker.
Doug’s photographic awards include eight Emmys, five BAFTAs and five Wildscreen Pandas. In his 35 years of filming he’s been involved with more than 65 films, freelancing for the BBC, Discovery, National Geographic and others. He was principal cameraman on many prestigious award-winning programmes, making over 25 trips to the Antarctic and more than 30 across the Arctic, filming for series including Hostile Planet, Forces of Nature, Operation Iceberg, Frozen Planet, Ocean Giants, Human Planet, Life, Planet Earth, The Blue Planet and Life in the Freezer.

Doug is on tour in Ireland - check out the dates on his website

https://dougallan.com

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Ruth Hanniffy is a Conservation Biologist with Vincent Wildlife Trust. For the past 17 years, she has worked across disciplines including geomorphology, river restoration, freshwater fisheries, terrestrial mammal conservation, innovative survey techniques and the relationship between people and nature. Her current areas of research are on mustelids and bats, particularly the lesser horseshoe bat, pine marten and Irish stoat, with previous research
on small mammals, water vole, otter and European mink. Ruth is a guest lecturer in NUI Galway on mustelids and mammal survey techniques and she manages www.pinemarten.ie on behalf of VWT and NPWS. She is also a wildlife and landscape photographer and creates short films on nature.

Recommended book: https://www.nhbs.com/pine-martens-book
Ruth Hanniffy
Species Project Officer
Vincent Wildlife Trust

Room 101
School of Natural Sciences
Martin Ryan Building
National University of Ireland, Galway
H91 TK33

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.vincentwildlife.ie/
https://biodiversityireland.ie
https://pinemarten.ie/

After various requests this week's episode is a brief description of The Burren Nature Sanctuary; it's vision and mission. Mary paints a picture of the home of Nature Magic to help people place the podcast in the landscape that it is broadcasting from.
Visit the website www.burrennaturesanctuary.ie to find out more
Or email Mary at [email protected]

Today Mary is talking to Dr Stephen Newton. senior Seabird Conservation Officer
Stephen is responsible for managing the long-term conservation projects at Rockabill (Roseate Terns), Kilcoole (Little Terns) and a variety of other seabird monitoring and research initiatives, including the FAME and MarPAMM programmes which have focused on deploying loggers on seabirds to identify key feeding areas and migration strategies.
Away from seabirds, Stephen has coordinated surveys of Choughs, upland birds and was a member of the team who developed the ‘Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland’ concept back in 1999. He is also Chairperson of the Irish Rare Breeding Birds Panel and in his spare-time is a keen local patch ‘Birdtracker’.

Recommended books

Collins Bird Guide
By: Lars Svensson


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Find ways to get involved here

https://birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved/
https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/birdtrack

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Today Mary is speaking to Éanna Ní Lamhna.Éanna is an Irish biologist, environmental consultant, radio and television presenter, author and educator. She is one of the best-known public figures in Ireland in the area of nature and the environment. Her books include Talking Wild, Wild and Wonderful and Straight Talking Wild.


Her latest book
Our Wild World
From the birds and bees to our boglands and the ice caps
is available from O Brien Press

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Today Mary gives a brief outline of her experience at the National Biodiversity Conference in Dublin Castle that took place over two days in June 2022. Act Now For Nature

https://www.biodiversityconference.ie/

Féidhlim Harty is an environmental consultant and writer. His company, FH Wetland Systems, established in 1996, offers designs and guidance on waterway repair and rewilding, eco-friendly wastewater treatment, and holistic landuse management for catchment protection and regeneration. His recent books include Towards Zero Waste and Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds. www.wetlandsystems.ie

Today Mary is talking to Harrison Gardner. Harrison is a builder, teacher and co-founder of Common Knowledge, the non-profit social enterprise focused on sharing skills for a sustainable life.
He has 15 years experience designing and managing the construction of conventional, sustainable and alternative buildings worldwide. His current focus is on facilitating the creation of community spaces whilst teaching the core construction principles and techniques needed to build more efficient, affordable and sustainable structures. He has just released a new book entitled BUILD YOUR OWN, instructing owner-builders on the fundamentals of construction, and is currently filming ‘Build Your Own’, a 5 part TV series with RTE which is due to broadcast in the Autumn of 2022.

https://www.harrisongardner.net/

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Today Mary is talking to Janet Jones. Janet applies brain science to the training of horses and riders. She earned her Ph.D. from UCLA and taught the neuroscience of perception, language, memory, and thought for 23 years. Janet trained horses at a large stable early in her career, and later ran a successful horse training business of her own. She has schooled hundreds of green or difficult horses and competed in hunter, jumper, halter, reining, and western pleasure disciplines. Her 2020 book Horse Brain, Human Brain won Japan’s Equine Culture Award and is being translated into seven languages.
www.janet-jones.com
www.facebook.com/Janet-Jones-Horse-Brains-104485187713379/
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/horse-brain-human-brain

Photo of Janet by The Untamed Image

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Today Mary is talking to John Carrig. John set up The Barn Owl project in January 2019 to help with conservation of Barn Owls in Ireland. Johnis a published wildlife photographer and has been involved in wildlife conservation and rescue for many years. The project team consists of a number of wildlife experts covering conservation rescue and rehabilitation of Barn Owls in Ireland.

Find John on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/Barnowlprojectireland
Or on his website at
https://www.thebarnowlproject.com


Recommended book

Barn Owl Trust Conservation Handbook A Comprehensive Guide for Ecologists, Surveyors, Land Managers and Ornithologists - Conservation Handbooks

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Check out Burren Nature Sanctuary at
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