Wildlife to see in Ireland in November
3 spectacles at their peak in Ireland in November, and 1 more still going on. Wild animals only: no zoos, no wildlife parks, no hunting. Open Ireland in November in the interactive calendar for listening times on the day you pick.
At their peak in November
Greenland white-fronted geese on the Wexford SlobsThe high, laughing, musical yelps of thousands of white-fronts lifting off the harbour and dropping onto the fields; brent geese's low growl along the shore; whooper swan bugling; wigeon whistling; curlews over the sand flats.
Light-bellied brent geese arriving in Dublin BayThe soft, rolling 'rrronk' chorus of brent flocks on the lagoon and the salt marsh, godwits and knot calling at the roost, curlews over the mudflats — all against the hum of Dublin port, the DART and the city.
Fin and humpback whales from the south-coast headlandsFrom the cliffs: surf, gulls, choughs and the wind; on the calmest days a distant blow can be heard. The whales are a visual event; underwater sound needs a boat and a hydrophone.
Also going on in November
Red deer rut in Killarney National ParkRed stags roaring across the Killarney lakes with the mountains throwing it back; antler clashes; the eerie, rising triple whistle of sika stags from the oak woods; jackdaws and ravens at dawn; waterfalls at Torc.