Michael Lee sits in while Evonne takes a short break, but of course with the usual gentle blend of music from across the centuries, plus regular intervals for news, weather and traffic updates.
Each week Nature File explores new stories about wild plants, animals or wonderful wild habitats, with surprising details about light, colour, navigation, recent scientific discoveries and even forays in to folklore. Join ecologist, Anja Murray, every Saturday morning at 9.20, for a celebratory journey to the lesser known realms of nature in Ireland.
Episode 11 – Whales
Whales have always inspired both fear and awe in humans. Their blubber was a valuable commodity, so much so that we hunted them nearly to extinction. Now they have come to be celebrated and protected, and their numbers have tentatively begun to recover from centuries of whaling. This episode of nature File explores the wonders of whales in Irish waters, incidentally one of the first countries to declare our waters a whale sanctuary!
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 26th August, 7am-10am