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DÚLRA: Feed the birds but keep those feeders clean

WHEN famous octogenarian Pádraig Ó Maolchraoibhe – former politician and educator Pat Rice – ran out of sunflower hearts to feed the garden birds this week, Dúlra came to the rescue.

DÚLRA: Deadly Asian hornet nest discovered in Cork

IT'S a scary image – terrifying even. These three experts are holding the massive nest of the deadly Asian hornet, which was discovered in Cork last week after a tiny tracker was placed on a single hornet that was spotted there.

DÚLRA: The call of the redwing is the sound of autumn

IF the cuckoo is the sound of spring, what’s the sound of autumn? Dúlra heard it this week – but he’s betting not a single reader did.

DÚLRA: The genius of birds is alive and well all around us

CALLING someone ‘bird brain’ isn’t just an insult to the person – it’s an insult to birds! It suggests birds aren’t the sharpest tools in the box – sure don’t they fly into windows and fight with their own reflection? Aren’t they just reptiles with wings?

With his piece of Black Mountain history planes will be avoiding Dulrá's house

YOU can forget about all the expensive gadgets and fancy TVs – there’s only one item that Dúlra really values.

DÚLRA: The swifts are gone, taking our summer with them

THE skies over Belfast are silent once more. The screaming swifts have disappeared – for them, our summer is over.

DÚLRA: A little gratitude would go a long way at the lough

YOU don’t have to look too far to identify the root cause of the tragedy to befall Lough Neagh – it lies across the Irish Sea. Rules that date from colonial times that we thought we had consigned to the dustbin of history mean that the lough is in effect owned by an absentee English landlord.

DÚLRA: Glas na Bradán is the perfect habitat for the under threat hen harrier

Dúlra couldn’t wait to get up to Glas na Bradán as soon as he heard the news. The hillside above St Enda’s in Glengormley is a special place – an illustration of what the rest of the Belfast hills could look like.

DÚLRA: The Irish language can help save our ecosystem

Languages have hidden powers – and environmentalists believe the Irish language is crucial to saving Ireland's depleted ecosystem.

DÚLRA: Kildare case is a warning to cautious house martins

LAST week a man and woman admitted in court to power-washing 57 house martin nests off a house in County Kildare – at the peak of the breeding season.

DÚLRA: Hot on the trail of those elusive mountain nests

TECHNOLOGY has finally caught up with the challenge of finding a bird’s nest.

DÚLRA: Rowan trees at new Ross Street development a signficant gesture

ROSS Street Mews is an architectural pleasure – 24 houses near St Peter’s Cathedral which take terraced homes to a new level.

DÚLRA: The sound of summer echoes across our hills

IT might be boiling hot, but for Dúlra it’s not summer until he hears a certain bird’s voice.

DÚLRA: ‘Now I know what winning World Cup feels like’

IT takes a lot to draw Dúlra’s attention away from the World Cup, and that was especially true on Tuesday as gallant Ghana faced England.

DÚLRA: Which do you prefer: Midsummer of midwinter?

IT’S no surprise that our ancestors were intoxicated by the idea of midsummer. So intoxicated that they built a temple to it at Brú na Bóinne in County Meath, a place that is now one of the wonders of the world.

Soccer: Cliftonville boss Magilton hopes his side can take improve ahead of Glens visit this evening

SOCCER: Shevlin strike condemns Reds to fifth straight defeat

Gaelic Games: JHC - Paddies are crowned Junior champions after Belfast derby win over Lamh's

Gaelic Games: 13-man Ardoyne come unstuck by Ballymena in final clash

PLATING UP: Prawn and asparagus parmesan risotto

HEALTHWISE: It’s that colds and flu time of year yet again

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: My return to the Biggest Show in the Country was never going to end well

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Micheál Martin out of step with the Garvaghy unity of purpose

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