Today Mary is talking to Conor W. O’Brien. Conor is a wildlife writer and photographer, with a lifelong interest in the natural world. His work has been published in Ireland’s Own, Irish Wildlife magazine and Wings, the official publication of Birdwatch Ireland, in which he wrote about Ireland’s extinct birds. Conor’s first book, Ireland Through Birds: Journeys in Search of a Wild Nation, was nominated for Best Irish Published Book of the Year at the 2019 An Post Irish Book Awards. He is a member of Birdwatch Ireland and the Irish Wildlife Trust, and has given presentations on the great auk and Ireland’s Ice Age fauna to the latter. Conor is from Wicklow Town, he now lives in County Meath. Recommended books: Life in Ireland- A short history of a long time By: Conor W O Brien My Garden World By: Monty Don Europe: A Natural History By: Tim Flannery Our Inner Ape: The best and worst of human nature By: Frans de Waal The cultural lives of whales and dolphins By: Hal Whitehead and Luke Rendell Five in Five- Trinity Botany Department short video on Burren Flora https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYgysq6oUYo Contact Conor at [email protected] Contact Mary at [email protected] Check out Burren Nature Sanctuary at www.burrennaturesanctuary.ie