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DÚLRA: Swift and snug but no such luck for our lapwings

YOU can only imagine the joy that this image brings to swift supremo Mark Smyth – the first bird back and resting snugly in the nest box at his Antrim home.

DÚLRA: Preparing a feast fit for the red king of the garden

FEED them and they will come.

DÚLRA: Deadly visitor brings silence to the noisiest garden

DÚLRA has no doubt which Belfast area is tops for nature. It’s got to be Poleglass – and this week he got further proof of it.

DÚLRA: We have to clean up our act for the flycatcher

IT'S a special bird that you’ll probably never see – and not just because it’s in decline.

DÚLRA: Prehistoric vibes as Liam snaps the Waterworks

WATERWORKS gardener Liam Mac Alasdair has just started a course in amateur photography – but he’s already bagged what should be a prize-winner.

DÚLRA: Sound of the buzzards echoes across Belfast hills once more

"YOU'D think you were in the Alps,” Dúlra found himself muttering this week as he looked up in awe at the Belfast hills.

DÚLRA: An exhausting workout in the mountain gym

IT was the biggest workout Dúlra has done in years. He thought Sunday’s trip to the lower slopes of Black Mountain with brother John would be a walk in the park, but it was anything but. Under the relentless July sun, it was more like taking part in a military training exercise.

DÚLRA: They haven’t hopped away, you know

DÚLRA’S garden pond is alive once more – thanks to tadpoles supplied by a VIP donor.Having read last week’s tale of woe of how the frogspawn Dúlra had collected from a golf course failed to hatch, Gerry Adams came to the rescue with a jar of the remarkable creatures that he had scooped up from a puddle while out on a walk.

DÚLRA: Garden mice sleep easy as Mac eases up

IT’S not just people who grow old and infirm and in need of our help.

Dúlra & Dúchas: Window on Wildlife event connects nature and Gaeilge

THE connection between nature, the environment and the Irish language was explored and celebrated at a recent unique event at Belfast’s Window on Wildlife.

DÚLRA: Something stirs under the Balls on the Falls

IT’S just great – grass as thick as a sheep’s coat right in the centre of one of Belfast’s busiest junctions.

COMMUNITY GARDENING: Time to go full steam ahead with sowing and planting

SPRING has finally sprung, having passed the equinox on 20 March and the 31st marking the changing of the clocks.

JUDE COLLINS: Judge ye not, lest ye be judged right back

"MAKE no mistake about it,” President Joe Biden said, looking into the camera. “Putin killed Navalny.” And then, as if afraid we hadn’t heard, he repeated it more slowly: “Putin. Killed. Navalny!”

DÚLRA: Now Pat’s learning the language of birds

DÚLRA doesn’t make many home visits, but he made an exception for Pat Rice. The octogenarian former school teacher/politician noted linguist was given bird feeders as a Christmas present by his son and wanted some advice on how best to put them up.

DÚLRA: Fairy dust still has that magical quality

SOME people think fairies don’t exist – but Dúlra can confirm that they are alive and well on the Belfast Hills. And here’s the photographic proof.

Soccer: Reds enjoy back-to-back wins after victory at Ports

Gaelic Games: Lámh Dhearg host Senior Awards night at Beechlawns

CELTIC STORIES: German pints and derby drama in what may be a season-defining week for the Hoops

Soccer: Cliftonville earn huge win over title chasing Linfield

Trócaire condemns acts of war in the Middle East

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: DUP: Why the hell didn’t the Chucks come with us?

SQUINTER: I'm back in Dougie’s good books

DÚLRA: Five-star peregrines look down on us from above

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