| He
has been a regular contributor to RTE's radio wild life programme
"Mooney Goes Wild
on One" and was a key figure in the preparation and live, six
hour broadcasting of the dawn chorus, the all day "Mooney Goes Wild
on Waders" programme which was a live simulcast radio/TV presentation.
He also researched and presented a radio
documentary on the Black-tailed Godwit. He
writes a weekly column entitled "In the Wild" in the weekend magazine
of the national newspaper, the Irish Independent.
In
January 2005 he completed an interactive DVD called "Whales
and Dolphins of Ireland" for the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group.
He
is working on a TV documentary on the Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit.
During
2005 he finished writing and illustrating a book entitled "A
Guide
to the identification
Whales and Dolphins of Ireland" for the Irish Whale and Dolphin
Group. The book was launched in June 2006. For 17 days
in March 2006 he acted as cameraman for the IWDG
Humpback Whale Expedition on the waters around the Cape Verde
Island on board a 15 meter yacht.
From
13th December 2007 to 29th January 2008 he
joined the Antarctic cruise ship Marco Polo as Ornithologist/Lecturer
for their six week season sailing out of Ushuaia in Argentina. Jim
updated a daily blog with text and images. The link to the blog
is: http://antarcticjw.blogspot.com
He also did some filming during the trip with his Canon XH A1 HD
camera.
He
has just completed a guide called Ireland's Garden Birds with Birdwatch
Ireland's Oran O'Sullivan. It is available on-line
and in all good book stores in Ireland.
He
works as an ornithology lecturer and guide on Zegrahm
Expeditions cruises.To
view images from
his January 2009 Antarctic
trip go to his on-line
photos.
His
most recent publications are an 80 minute educational DVD scripted
and narrated by Irish bat expert Conor Kelleher entitles 'The Bats
of Ireland', Jim filmed, produced and edited the DVD. It was launched
in September 2009 and is available from
Bat Conservation
Ireland. He has also writting the text for a book called 'Shorebirds
of Ireland' with photographs by Mark
Carmody and published in October 2009.
|