Stopping By Hedgerows

Stopping By Hedgerows

By Alan MeeScienceNature
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Stopping By Hedgerows episodes

  • the swallows depart

    It is September and the swallows have begun to leave, we are an island of comings and goings.


    Acknowledgements:

    Thanks to Sean Lysaght and Phil Barnett.

    Kate St.John: https://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2014/06/16/the-importance-of-tail-streamers/

    Ornithology, Third Edition, Frank B. Gill

    Czech Academy of Sciences, The extraordinary life of swallows: https://www.avcr.cz/en/news-archive/The-extraordinary-life-of-swallows.-What-do-we-know-about-them/





    6 min
  • the Hericlitean field

    This week, I delve into the changes that have occurred in a single field over the last 200 years in the west of Ireland.


    Acknowledgements:

    Thanks to my neighbour Pat for the invaluable chats.

    Thanks to GeoHive managed by Tailte Éireann for the map data. https://www.geohive.ie/

    Cameron Roo, for the music, https://www.youtube.com/@Roocaster


    All errors are my own, and I remain, as always, open to correction. Thanks for stopping by.


    6 min
  • the forgotten wolves

    Searching for the forgotten wolves in the landscape of the west of Ireland and through time.



    Acknowledgements:

    Kieran Hickey, Wolves in Ireland

    Yellowstone Forever (for their blog on wolves and ravens)

    The Proceedings of the Royal Society, for the paper "Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows")

    Sean Lysaght, for confirming the etymology of drumlin

    Cameron Roo, for the music, https://www.youtube.com/@Roocaster



    All errors are my own, and I remain, as always, open to correction. Thanks for stopping by.

    7 min

About Stopping By Hedgerows

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Wandering through fields, stories, and time, Stopping by Hedgerows explores the layered landscape of the West of Ireland where nature, memory, and history intertwine. Each episode begins with a walk…