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Every Thursday at around 10:30am Frank King talks with Jerry O’Sullivan about all things ornithological!

The long running feature is now available here on its very own podcast!

Birds Eye View - May 16th, 2013

Birds Eye View - May 16th, 2013

Frank talks about the dawn chorus

Bird’s Eye View - May 9th, 2013

Bird’s Eye View - May 9th, 2013

In which Frank discusses the redstart and of course answers your questions!

Bird's Eye View - May 2nd, 2013

Bird's Eye View - May 2nd, 2013

Our expert Frank King joined Jerry O’Sullivan for our weekly popular feature about our feathered friends

Bird's Eye View - 18th April, 2013

Bird's Eye View - 18th April, 2013

Swallow sightings aplenty from around Kerry and here’s your chance to luxuriate in the beautiful sound of the song thrush.

Bird’s Eye View - 11th April, 2013

Bird’s Eye View - 11th April, 2013

In this week’s edition of Bird’s Eye View, you’ll hear about the story of the pigeon and Parknasilla!

Bird’s Eye View - 4th April, 2013

Bird’s Eye View - 4th April, 2013

Paudie Kindelan and Michael Julian sent Frank in some marvellous pictures of a waxwing and Frank – yes you can guess – waxed lyrically about the bird!

Bird’s Eye View - 28th March, 2013

Bird’s Eye View - 28th March, 2013

Frank King is asked to ID a bird that fell foul of a listener’s moggy.

Bird’s Eye View - March 14th, 2013

Bird’s Eye View - March 14th, 2013

In which Frank discusses the wheatear and chiffchaff and oh, he manages to answer some of your questions too!

Birds Eye View - March 7th, 2013

Birds Eye View - March 7th, 2013

Frank answers listener’s questions and talks about the first arrivals of Migrant birds of the spring.

Bird's Eye View - February 28th, 2013

Bird's Eye View - February 28th, 2013

This week Frank discusses the woodcock and listeners tell their stories about very friendly robins!

Bird's Eye View - February 21st, 2013

Bird's Eye View - February 21st, 2013

Lie back and enjoy the song thrush’s mellifluous tones; not to mention the equally mellifluous Frank King!

Bird's Eye View - February 7th, 2013

Bird's Eye View - February 7th, 2013

This week, Frank talks about domestic poultry.

Bird's Eye View - Thursday, January 31st, 2013

Bird's Eye View - Thursday, January 31st, 2013

Bird's Eye View with Frank King

Bird's Eye View - Thursday, January 24th, 2013

Bird's Eye View - Thursday, January 24th, 2013

Bird's Eye View with Frank King

Bird's Eye View - Thursday, January 17th, 2013

Bird's Eye View - Thursday, January 17th, 2013

Bird's Eye View with Frank King

Bird's Eye View – Thursday, January 10, 2013

Bird's Eye View – Thursday, January 10, 2013

Is the cry of the curlew one of the loneliest sounds you could hear? Frank discusses this bird, answers your queries and back by popular demand, Frank plays the eider duck’s comical gab!

Bird's Eye View – Thursday, January 3, 2013

Bird's Eye View – Thursday, January 3, 2013

Frank King returns with the first edition of Bird’s Eye View of 2013.

Bird's Eye View - Thursday December 6th 2012 with Frank King

Bird's Eye View - Thursday December 6th 2012 with Frank King

Frank deals with queries about birds as per usual but also answers questions about holly and when exactly the shortest day of the year falls!

Bird's Eye View - Thursday November 29th with Frank King

Bird's Eye View - Thursday November 29th with Frank King

Frank speaks to Mary Pawle from Kenmare who suspects jays may have devoured the apples from her apple tree. Frank also waxes lyrical about the wax wing!

Bird's Eys View - Thursday November 22nd 2012 with Frank King

Bird's Eys View - Thursday November 22nd 2012 with Frank King

This week Frank answers some queries from around the county.

Bird's Eye View - 15th November with Frank King

Bird's Eye View - 15th November with Frank King

BIRD'S EYE VIEW Thursday, November 15, 2012 with Frank King Frank discusses the jay and also explains why Cork and Kerry people are cut from the same cloth!

Bird's Eye View with Frank King, August 23, 2012

Bird's Eye View with Frank King, August 23, 2012

In this week's episode, Frank concocts the perfect spell to get rid of pesky pigeons. He also tells us about a rare sighting of an alpine swift in Turkey and the trick he played on unsuspecting passers by!

Bird's Eye View with Frank King - August 16, 2012

Bird's Eye View with Frank King - August 16, 2012

Frank plays your requests to hear the song of the skylark and the grasshopper warbler. He also discusses one of his favourite songbirds, the thrush nightingale.

Birds Eye View with Frank King - 8th November 2012

Birds Eye View with Frank King - 8th November 2012

This Week Frank discusses the fieldfare, a species of Thrush.

Birds Eye View - 1st November with Frank King

Birds Eye View - 1st November with Frank King

Birds Eye View - 02nd August 2012 with Frank King

Birds Eye View - 02nd August 2012 with Frank King

This week on Bird's Eye View, Frank is joined by David McCormack, assistant manager of the Tralee Wetlands Centre. They talk to us about the resident bird life that are a big attraction at the Wetlands Centre.

Birds Eye View - 12th July 2012 with Frank King

Birds Eye View - 12th July 2012 with Frank King

Unusually trees crop up as a topic on this edition of Bird's Eye View from July 12th. Frank discusses the Scotch pine and answers a query if it's possible that it's the same thrush that's returning to a listener's garden each year.

Birds Eye View - 09th August 2012 with Frank King

Birds Eye View - 09th August 2012 with Frank King

In this week's edition of Bird's Eye View from August 9th, Frank tells us of his adventures on the Blasket Islands. And as a result of popular demand, he also brings us the sound of the eider duck; birds, who by the sound of it, do like to gossip!

Birds Eye View - 28th June 2012 with Frank King

Birds Eye View - 28th June 2012 with Frank King

Frank is asked what should you feed a visiting hedgehog and he tells us where wild geese go on vacation.

Birds Eye View - 19th July 2012 with Frank King

Birds Eye View - 19th July 2012 with Frank King

In this edition of Bird's Eye View, Frank tells you about the truly amazing swift which travels from Ireland to Africa and back again - all without putting a foot on African soil!