COMPETITION

Your chance to win a new book as well as one of our IWT branded t-shirts! We have three copies of ‘Portal’ and fi ve T-shirts to give away

Portal by Tina Claffey

Tina’s new book, ‘Portal’ is now published since May 25th 2022, and is currently available for May 25th 2022, and is currently available for Order at Currach Books (www.currachbooks. Order at Currach Books (www.currachbooks. com). The 150-page hardback book is an com). The 150-page hardback book is an immersive visual exploration through the realms immersive visual exploration through the realms of unique flora and fauna within Ireland’s bogs, of unique flora and fauna within Ireland’s bogs, wetlands and eskers, revealing the hidden gems wetlands and eskers, revealing the hidden gems that have lived and evolved for millennia. that have lived and evolved for millennia. Tina Cla ey has been exploring these wondrous Tina Cla ey has been exploring these wondrous bogs through the seasons with a macro lens, bogs through the seasons with a macro lens, which captures this enchanted wilderness in its which captures this enchanted wilderness in its minuteness, seeing beyond what the human eye minuteness, seeing beyond what the human eye is capable of. Carnivorous plants with their is capable of. Carnivorous plants with their sticky tentacles, sphagnum mosses frozen in sticky tentacles, sphagnum mosses frozen in time in the deep bog pools, ancient water time in the deep bog pools, ancient water creatures exploring their depths, kaleidoscopes creatures exploring their depths, kaleidoscopes of colour through dewdrops on the backs of of colour through dewdrops on the backs of wondrous insects. A wilderness on our doorstep wondrous insects. A wilderness on our doorstep that looks otherworldly. that looks otherworldly.

You also have a chance to win one of the new designs of our organic clothes range of T-shirts. The IWT has a range of inspiring, ethical T-shirts, jumpers and tote bags in a range of styles to highlight our campaigns to protect nature. See https://iwtclothing.com/ for full details.

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

Name the species of seal to be found on the Great Blasket island off County Kerry. The answer is somewhere in this issue!

Send your answer, name, address, prize preference and the design and size of the t-shirt that you would like to win to magazinecomp@iwt.ie by October 31st.

Summer issue.

In our summer issue we gave readers a chance to win a copy of ‘Wild Shores’ by Richard Nairn or an IWT branded t-shirt. The answer to the question is sundew, bladderwort, butterwort or pitcher plant (these are Ireland’s carnivorous plants). Congratulations to Adrienne Sweetnam from Skerries, Co Dublin, Susan Barr, Shankill, Dublin, Frances Collins, Phibsboro, Dublin, Annie O’Rourke, Kilmallock, Co.Limerick, Dee Je ers, Glencullen, Dublin, Ireland, Yvette van Schreven, Drogheda, Co. Louth, John Crosbie, Broadway, County Wexford, Lynda Huxley Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Shona O’Connor, New Ross, County Wexford and Colm Gallagher, Kilcock, Co. Kildare. Thanks to all who entered!