Show Notes
Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms.
For three decades, Mooney Goes Wild reporter Terry Flanagan has been roaming the highways and byways of Ireland in search of answers to your wildlife queries. He's been up every tree, down every ditch and through every hedge in pursuit of a good story - if there's a mystery in the natural world, Terry is usually the man to solve it... he is, after all, the Sherlock Holmes of RTÉ wildlife reporting!
Over the years he has investigated countless countryside curiosities that have left listeners scratching their heads! Tonight we're dipping into the archives to revisit some classic Terry reports - including the mystery of communal rook roosting in Portlaoise, meeting the Swans of Lough Ennell and pausing to savour the orchids of Mount Merrion...
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