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Mooney Goes Wild

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Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms.

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Episode Notes

Mooney Goes Wild Monday February 9th 2026 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday February 9th 2026

Mooney Goes Wild Monday February 2nd 2026 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday February 2nd 2026

Nature on One Garden Bird Special – Bank Holiday Monday, 2nd February 2026 show image

Nature on One Garden Bird Special – Bank Holiday Monday, 2nd February 2026

Mooney Goes Wild – The Great Big Garden Birdwatch Live Stream show image

Mooney Goes Wild – The Great Big Garden Birdwatch Live Stream

Jim Wilson's Guide to Garden Birds show image

Jim Wilson's Guide to Garden Birds

The Great Big Garden Birdwatch Gallery show image

The Great Big Garden Birdwatch Gallery

Mooney Goes Wild Monday January 26th 2026 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday January 26th 2026

Mooney Goes Wild Monday January 19th 2026 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday January 19th 2026

Mooney Goes Wild Monday January 5th 2026 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday January 5th 2026

Mooney Goes Wild: Wetland Birds (02/01/26) show image

Mooney Goes Wild: Wetland Birds (02/01/26)

Nature on One: Arctic Saxifrage show image

Nature on One: Arctic Saxifrage

Mooney Goes Wild At Christmas! show image

Mooney Goes Wild At Christmas!

Mooney Goes Wild: Reports (29/12/25) show image

Mooney Goes Wild: Reports (29/12/25)

Mooney Goes Wild: Domain Of The Dinosaurs (28/12/25) show image

Mooney Goes Wild: Domain Of The Dinosaurs (28/12/25)

Nature On One: Reindeer show image

Nature On One: Reindeer

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 22 December 2025 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 22 December 2025

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 15 December 2025 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 15 December 2025

Mooney Goes Wild Monday December 8th 2025 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday December 8th 2025

Mooney Goes Wild Monday December 1st 2025 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday December 1st 2025

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 24 November 2025 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 24 November 2025

Full Episodes - Listen Back

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 9 February 2026 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 9 February 2026

Episode • 49 Mins • 09 FEB • Mooney Goes Wild

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 2 February 2026 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 2 February 2026

Episode • 53 Mins • 02 FEB • Mooney Goes Wild

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 26 January 2026 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 26 January 2026

Episode • 54 Mins • 26 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 19 January 2026 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 19 January 2026

Episode • 53 Mins • 19 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 5 January 2026 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 5 January 2026

Episode • 53 Mins • 05 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 29 December 2025 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 29 December 2025

Episode • 54 Mins • 29 DEC 25 • Mooney Goes Wild - Reports

Mooney and Santa! show image

Mooney and Santa!

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 22 December 2025 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 22 December 2025

Episode • 54 Mins • 22 DEC 25 • Mooney Goes Wild

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 15 December 2025 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 15 December 2025

Mooney Goes Wild Monday December 8th 2025 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday December 8th 2025

Mooney Goes Wild Monday December 1st 2025 show image

Mooney Goes Wild Monday December 1st 2025

Mooney Goes Wild At Christmas! show image

Mooney Goes Wild At Christmas!

Latest Clips & Podcasts

Dr. Matthew Jebb is back... it’s about lime! show image

Dr. Matthew Jebb is back... it’s about lime!

Clip • 5 Mins • 09 FEB • Mooney Goes Wild

Designated deer: Sika added to the list of EU invasive alien species show image

Designated deer: Sika added to the list of EU invasive alien species

Clip • 15 Mins • 09 FEB • Mooney Goes Wild

Biophilia at the Bots show image

Biophilia at the Bots

Clip • 18 Mins • 09 FEB • Mooney Goes Wild

Ancient shamrock at the Trinity College Herbarium show image

Ancient shamrock at the Trinity College Herbarium

Clip • 9 Mins • 09 FEB • Mooney Goes Wild

The Great Big Garden Birdwatch show image

The Great Big Garden Birdwatch

Clip • 12 Mins • 02 FEB • Mooney Goes Wild

The Importance Of Biological Recording show image

The Importance Of Biological Recording

Clip • 15 Mins • 02 FEB • Mooney Goes Wild

What On Earth Is "Biophilia"? show image

What On Earth Is "Biophilia"?

Clip • 8 Mins • 02 FEB • Mooney Goes Wild

The Robins Of Richie Ryan show image

The Robins Of Richie Ryan

Clip • 11 Mins • 02 FEB • Mooney Goes Wild

The Great Big Garden Birdwatch show image

The Great Big Garden Birdwatch

Clip • 13 Mins • 26 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

What’s On Éanna’s Burns Night Menu? show image

What’s On Éanna’s Burns Night Menu?

Clip • 5 Mins • 26 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

The Living And The Dead show image

The Living And The Dead

Clip • 18 Mins • 26 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

Happy Retirement To Dr. Matthew Jebb show image

Happy Retirement To Dr. Matthew Jebb

Clip • 17 Mins • 26 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

A Mob Of Meerkats show image

A Mob Of Meerkats

Clip • 6 Mins • 19 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

Coping With A Confused woodpecker show image

Coping With A Confused woodpecker

Clip • 10 Mins • 19 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

Making Your Own Nature Reserve show image

Making Your Own Nature Reserve

Clip • 13 Mins • 19 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

Dolphins Thrill Spectators In Cork City show image

Dolphins Thrill Spectators In Cork City

Clip • 12 Mins • 19 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

What’s The Key To Taking Great Photos Of Kingfishers? Patience! show image

What’s The Key To Taking Great Photos Of Kingfishers? Patience!

Clip • 10 Mins • 19 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

Great Spotted Woodpeckers show image

Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Clip • 12 Mins • 05 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

When Is The Right Time To Have A Baby Bat? show image

When Is The Right Time To Have A Baby Bat?

Clip • 14 Mins • 05 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

Dead Zoo show image

Dead Zoo

Clip • 10 Mins • 05 JAN • Mooney Goes Wild

News and Events

Brent Geese Sightings show image

Brent Geese Sightings

Mooney Goes Wild – The Great Big Garden Birdwatch Live Stream show image

Mooney Goes Wild – The Great Big Garden Birdwatch Live Stream

The Great Big Garden Birdwatch Gallery show image

The Great Big Garden Birdwatch Gallery

BirdWatch Ireland urges public to take part in Irish Garden Bird Survey show image

BirdWatch Ireland urges public to take part in Irish Garden Bird Survey

Follow all the wading activity from Harper's Island Wetlands Nature Reserve in Cork! show image

Follow all the wading activity from Harper's Island Wetlands Nature Reserve in Cork!

Mooney Goes Wild At Christmas! show image

Mooney Goes Wild At Christmas!

Researchers stunned by wolf's use of crab traps to feed show image

Researchers stunned by wolf's use of crab traps to feed

The 2025 Galway Science and Technology Festival show image

The 2025 Galway Science and Technology Festival

Join the annual Red Deer Rut Watch event in Killarney show image

Join the annual Red Deer Rut Watch event in Killarney

Step it Out at the Carlow Autumn Walking Festival 2025 show image

Step it Out at the Carlow Autumn Walking Festival 2025

Leaf Notes at The Shaking Bog this October show image

Leaf Notes at The Shaking Bog this October

Final call to join the Big Beach Clean 2025 show image

Final call to join the Big Beach Clean 2025

Galway public lecture explores natural beekeeping show image

Galway public lecture explores natural beekeeping

National Heritage Keepers Programme show image

National Heritage Keepers Programme

HedgeRow Fest: Hedgerow, Literary & Wellness Weekend show image

HedgeRow Fest: Hedgerow, Literary & Wellness Weekend

Biodiversity Festival and Honey Show Returns show image

Biodiversity Festival and Honey Show Returns

Celebrating Irish Meadows & Parkland Trees show image

Celebrating Irish Meadows & Parkland Trees

Explore the natural beauty of the Ahare river in Wexford show image

Explore the natural beauty of the Ahare river in Wexford

Breaking News: Public urged to look out for Asian Hornet show image

Breaking News: Public urged to look out for Asian Hornet

Important Notice: Hedgerows & Wildlife Contacts show image

Important Notice: Hedgerows & Wildlife Contacts

Nature On One Documentaries

Nature on One Garden Bird Special – Bank Holiday Monday, 2nd February 2026 show image

Nature on One Garden Bird Special – Bank Holiday Monday, 2nd February 2026

Nature on One: Arctic Saxifrage show image

Nature on One: Arctic Saxifrage

Nature on One ChoughWatch show image

Nature on One ChoughWatch

Nature on One 'Irelands Wild People' Monday 5 June 2023 show image

Nature on One 'Irelands Wild People' Monday 5 June 2023

Nature on One 'The Mooney Goes Wild Dawn Chorus' show image

Nature on One 'The Mooney Goes Wild Dawn Chorus'

Nature on One 'The Bird Confernce' show image

Nature on One 'The Bird Confernce'

Nature on One 'The Dandelion' Friday 17th March 2023 show image

Nature on One 'The Dandelion' Friday 17th March 2023

Explore More

Archive Page show image

Archive Page

NestWatch 2025: Sand Martins, Blue Tits and Choughs show image

NestWatch 2025: Sand Martins, Blue Tits and Choughs

Nature on One Documentaries show image

Nature on One Documentaries

Winter Birds: Waders and Garden Birds - December 30 2024 show image

Winter Birds: Waders and Garden Birds - December 30 2024

Mooney's Box of Docs show image

Mooney's Box of Docs

Terry's Nature Notes show image

Terry's Nature Notes

Nature Notes from the Archive show image

Nature Notes from the Archive

Mooney Talks at University College Cork show image

Mooney Talks at University College Cork

Back from the Brink Returns Sunday June 4th show image

Back from the Brink Returns Sunday June 4th

A Look back at Nestwatch show image

A Look back at Nestwatch

Derek is honoured by UCC show image

Derek is honoured by UCC

Meet The Team show image

Meet The Team

Dawn Chorus 2025

Dawn Chorus show image

Dawn Chorus

Episode • 6 Hr 57 Mins • 03 MAY 25 • Dawn Chorus

Looking forward to Dawn Chorus Live on Sunday 4th May show image

Looking forward to Dawn Chorus Live on Sunday 4th May

Clip • 17 Mins • 28 APR 25 • Mooney Goes Wild

The Dawn Chorus at 30 show image

The Dawn Chorus at 30

Clip • 15 Mins • 29 APR 25 • The Ray D'Arcy Show