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In this issue of Irish Widlife you have a chance to win one of two great new books! We have three copies of ‘Under Summer Pastures’ and one copy of ‘ e Irish Butterfl y Book’. ‘ e Irish Butterfl y Book’.

Under Summer Pastures Explorations and Essays from Ireland’s Temperate Rainforests

“Our most ancient rainforests are still here, living amongst us, but not often revealing themselves, hiding out in valleys and cli sides. Globally, these woodlands are rare. In Ireland, they are rarer still, but fragments of a once-great Temperate Rainforest persist, clinging on in our western uplands. Under Summer Pastures invites you on an adventure into their wonders, it’s a chance to walk in these unique landscapes with Ray Ó Foghlú as your passionate and informative guide.

Woven through Ray’s woodland visits are contributions from some of Ireland’s leading environmental thinkers, o ering a blend of practical, magical, and personal responses to the rainforest. Stories and essays from Mark Boyle, Dr Catherine Farrell, Pádraic Fogarty, Trevor Halpin, Clare Heardman, Rory Hodd, Paul Kingsnorth, James Rainey and Grace Wells, and with a foreword by Manchán Magan, make Under Summer Pastures a timely exposé of the challenges our endangered woodlands face and the prevailing philosophies that will determine their future. It’s both a call for action and a breath of moss-filled air, a book that wants you to get out in the wilderness, and maybe do everything in your power to protect it.” Available at www.hometree.ie

The Irish Butterfly Book byJesmond Harding

The culmination of over 25 years of study, the Irish Butterfly Book documents the full life cycle of every Irish butterfly from egg to adult butterfly and includes over 400 original colour photographs which are truly stunning. There are one or more photos for each life stage of every species making this book the first of its kind.

Among the contents of this book are: butterfly ecology, gardening advice, butterfly life cycles and behaviour, a site guide to the best places in Ireland to see butterflies.

The book also has its own YouTube channel where you can enjoy film footage of Ireland’s butterflies. Beautifully presented, with a large font size and accessible text, this book is a great addition to the Irish wildlife bibliography. Further information: https://butterflyconservation.ie/wp/2021/12/06/the-irish-butterfly-book/ ISBN 978-0-9560546-1-6. Softback. B5 size. Full colour printing, 328 pages. €35 Contact: jesmondmharding@gmail.com

To win one of these great books just answer the following question:

What is the name of the Irish wild flower that is sometimes nicknamed ‘the meadow maker’?

The answer is somewhere in this issue! Send your answer, name, address and the book you would prefer to magazinecomp@iwt.ie by April 30th 2022.

Winter issue.

In our winter issue we gave readers a chance to win two copies of Steve Cracknells’s The Implausible Rewilding of the Pyrenees and one copy of The Peatlands of Britain and Ireland by Clifton Bain. The answer to the question is Cottonweed (a critically endangered plant being rescued by the National Botanic Gardens). Congratulations to Annie O’Rourke from Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, Ronan Desmond from Terenure, Dublin 6w and Deborah Martin, East Douglas, Cork. Thanks to all who entered!