Some birds have a simple calls but these often hold an iconic position in our collective memory. Let's listen to these two-note troubadours. 

Acknoweldgements

• Great Tit https://xeno-canto.org/788731 
• Coal Tit https://xeno-canto.org/717705 
• Blue Tit https://xeno-canto.org/1070960 
• Common chiffchaff https://xeno-canto.org/637792 
• Willow warbler https://xeno-canto.org/915783
• Cuckoo https://xeno-canto.org/673118 
• Corncrake https://xeno-canto.org/810279 
• Phil Barnett, for his discussion on thsi topic
• Róisín Costello, Of corncrakes and Irish. https://irishpages.org/down-to-earth/?v=25400724d737
• https://www.corncrakelife.ie/
• Ręk, P. (2013). Acoustic location of conspecifics in a nocturnal bird: The corncrake Crex crex. Acta Ethologica, 17(1), 31–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-013-0155-3 

I explore how Ireland’s historical maps serve as more than just navigational tools, revealing the deep, often complex stories etched into our landscape. By retracing the steps of 19th-century surveyors, I examine the intersection of culture, colonial history, and personal memory.

Acknowledgements

• Jim O’Connor for his local knowledge. https://www.facebook.com/jim.oconnor.33633344/posts/pfbid02mCyZZhexCAt3y76JnBtTcDqaiGgASsbGfQjwEK7GWCHLTFz3DUuKXDVxQ21HJ8E7l?comment_id=3294401454051542¬if_id=1769102767301634¬if_t=comment_mention&ref=notif

• William Anthony Smith, Thesis for PhD NUI Maynooth 2008 https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/7778/1/Smyth%202008.pdf

• Tailte Eireann https://osi.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=1d1c28801e5542f88960fda8e9f6d686

• O’ Donovan Field Name books https://www.mayo.ie/library/local-history/publications-photographs/historical-artifacts?fbclid=IwY2xjawPgRPdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETB5WEJIZFg2OVRHMXdMWmlZc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhIylqYHwQqypXOBIGt1nUHS04dcuCZdPwJoGe7wO45k3HdW-rPzOCUumLP9_aem_ulbBLqJG3kdck6XmgJkkjg

• Digital Archive of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey - https://dri.ie/os200/spotlight/os200

• Hubert Dreyfus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Dreyfus

• The Bog Shaman. Manchán Magan on John Moriarty https://open.spotify.com/show/31m0uD97rsj9i4q1ROdjvz?si=471f5663980f457c 

• https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?q=07037386

• https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?q=0009008

• https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?q=07038006

Spring a time of birth and life, but also of death. Seeing the signals, listening to the sounds.

Acknowledgements

• BirdWatch Ireland, Buzzard Species Focus (2011)

• https://birdfact.com/articles/buzzard-nesting

• https://historycooperative.org/cailleach/

• https://simonbarnesauthor.co.uk/books/birdwatching-with-your-eyes-closed/

• Collared Dove https://xeno-canto.org/621403 

• Great Tit https://xeno-canto.org/1073555 

• Chaffinch https://xeno-canto.org/717558 

• Chiffchaff https://xeno-canto.org/561607 

• Willow Warbler https://xeno-canto.org/561607

• Cuckoo https://xeno-canto.org/673118 

• Buff tailed bumble bee https://plant-evolution.org/buzz-pollination_sounds/080109-002.mp3 

We depend on the ground beneath our feet more than we realise, and it has moved more than we can imagine.

Acknowledgments

• Music by Camron Roo
• Livingstone, S.J., Cofaigh, C.O. and Evans, D.J.A. (2008) Glacial geomorphology of the central sector of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. Journal of Maps, 4 (1). 358 - 377. ISSN: 1744-5647
• Geology of South Mayo Bedrock Map Series Sheet 11

As the wheel turns toward St. Brigid’s Day and the ancient festival of Imbolc, I mark the traditional arrival of spring with a visit to a local holy well. Join me as we explore the intersection of landscape, ritual, and history. A special note of thanks to Jim O'Connor for his knowledge and poetry reading.

Acknowledgements

• Poetry remains the copyright of Jim O’Connor 
• Cameron Roo - music
• John O’Donovan’s 1838 Ordnance Survey Letters of County Mayo, edited by Rev. Michael O’Flanagan (1927) Vol 2 page 456.

• Celeste Ray, Sewanee, The University of the South https://new.sewanee.edu/our-faculty-staff/celeste-ray/ 

• Constance Jones; James D. Ryan (2006). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Infobase Publishing. p. 472.

• https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/

• Voices from festival in Mali celebrating goddess Nyale

• Tribal deer dance North America 

• Church bells - Ammassalik, Greenland

During a trip to the hazel forest I got lost, little did I know I was not the first.

No affiliation with Netflix or the show!

Acknowledgments

• Cameron Roo - Music

• Sean Lysaght

• Phil Barnett

• https://www.logainm.ie/en/

• https://irishpagan.school/irish-for-fairy/

• https://www.irishagroforestry.ie/silvopasture-cattle

As the year turns, let's turn our ears beyond the patch to listen to something different. A special episode to explore a year in Vermont with Micki Colbeck.

In the summer, I walked down to my favourite place in the world to listen and to observe. Being not doing.

Exploring the history of our hedgerows and what they say to us.

Acknowledgements

• https://www.mayo.ie/heritage/mayo-hedgerow/
• https://www.mayo.ie/getmedia/3c367b71-7008-46d9-a62a-c055fd2beb68/County-Mayo-Hedgerow-Survey-Report_Final.pdf

In 2018, the buzzard's shadow once again fell upon our corner of the west of Ireland. These are my reflections on their homecoming.

Acknowledgements

• BirdWatch Ireland, Buzzard Species Focus (2011)

• https://birdfact.com/articles/buzzard-nesting

• Colm Philpott https://xeno-canto.org/979487 

• Oscar Campbell https://xeno-canto.org/582314 

• Harry Hussey https://xeno-canto.org/578537