The Great Big Book of Irish Wildlife: Through the Seasons

A beautifully illustrated book that guides the reader through the seasons in Ireland. Explore nature in your back garden as well as in mountains, rivers, forests and sea. Learn about weird and wonderful natural phenomena, such as the metamorphosis from tadpole to frog; the red deer rut in autumn; or a starling flock in winter.

Introduces Irish birds, mammals, plants, insects, and amphibians. Overflowing with stunning photographs and engaging, child-friendly cartoons accompanied by clear accessible text.

A wonderful gift for children to help open their eyes to the natural world, from a real expert.

Review

far from being a spotter’s guide to Irish nature, it is a celebration of its wonders, providing an introduction to a vast topic and hopefully inspiring further exploration — Evening Echo a beautiful publication, packed full of interesting facts, great illustrations and fabulous photographs. I would loved to have had such a book (and a big hardback at that) when I was growing up, but I must admit that even now I have learned more than a few things I didn’t know! … excellent publication — Kate McAney of The Vincent Wildlife Trust

About the Author

Juanita Browne, a Zoology graduate with an MA in Media Studies, has almost 20 years’ experience across television, radio, magazines, books, and newspapers. She works on natural history documentaries for television, including the multi-award-winning ÔÇÿSecret Life of the Shannon’ and ÔÇÿOn a River in Ireland’, ÔÇÿWild Cities’ and ÔÇÿWild Ireland’. She has also worked on children’s wildlife television shows for RTE, including ÔÇÿShutterbugs’ and ÔÇÿWild Things.’ Juanita has produced two radio documentary series for RTE Radio 1, titled ÔÇÿNature on One’, consisting of 16 half-hour documentaries. Juanita’s books include ÔÇÿIreland’s Mammals’ (2005); ÔÇÿKildare’s Natural Heritage’ (2008), ÔÇÿPut the Kettle On – the Irish love affair with tea’ (2013); and ÔÇÿMy First Book of Irish Animals’ (2014), which was shortlisted for the Literacy Association of Ireland Children’s Book Award 2015. Juanita also edits Biodiversity Ireland, the magazine of the National Biodiversity Data Centre. Her latest job involves working with the National Biodiversity Data Centre, on a project called the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan – conserving bees, bumblebees and the wildflowers, hedgerows they depend on.