HIDE FM - Podcast is a work of art by artist Garrett Phelan. It takes the form of 28 imagined and performed monologues on 28 birds that are visitors to the Rogerstown Estuary, Lusk, North County Dublin, Ireland. They were performed by Garrett from October 2023 - January 2024 in Millbrook Studios, Rathfarnham, Dublin. They were originally transmitted via an independent radio station HIDE FM during Spring 2025. The podcast is a sensitive exploration of the Fragility of our ecosystem. Garrett explores the status, sound, diet, breeding patterns, movement and folklore of each bird type, with ‘sonic interruptions’ interspersed into the podcasts. They were performed and created to depict viewing birds during the seasons of Autumn/Winter/Early Spring at the location of THE HIDE SCULPTURE, Lusk, Co.Dublin. 12 of the 28 birds he features are on the endangered RED list. 10 of the birds are on the endangered AMBER list and 6 are on the GREEN LIST. The HIDE FM - Podcast IS NOT REAL. It is an ‘IMAGINED, PERFECT’ landscape. Each week we will release a podcast that will focus on one particular bird from the area.
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HIDE FM is a Per Cent for Art Commission by Fingal County Council.
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The SKYLARK’s name in the Irish Language is ‘Fuiseog’. The Latin name is ‘ALAUDA ARVENSIS ’. It is an AMBER listed bird in Ireland.
In this podcast Garrett talks about Juliana Barnes, a nun from the late 1300's who is really responsible for the collective nouns for birds. She called her list of nouns 'The Companies of Beasties and Fowlies'. The collective nouns for Skylarks are; an exultation, a hover, bevy or descent of Skylarks. The SKYLARK symbolises joy, optimism, and hope. The skylark has deep cultural connections with Ireland, stretching back to the time of Fionn Mac Cumhaill who in a poem wrote of "The lark singing out his clear tidings". The skylark is the focus of an old English folk song the 'Lark in the Morning' musicians like Paddy Tunney and the Dubliners covered this song. Skylarks can be heard at any time of the year, mainly in the spring and summer. They do most of their singing in the morning, peaking in late afternoon.
You can recap by listening to Garrett’s other HIDE FM podcasts to date by searching HIDE FM on any podcast distributor, apart from Spotify. HIDE FM is a Per Cent for Art commission by Fingal County Council.
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18 Mar 2026
WIGEON - MARECA PENELOPE
The WIGEON’s name in the Irish Language is ‘Rualacha’. The Latin name is ‘MARECA PENELOPE’. It is an AMBER listed bird in Ireland.
It is a duck. Females look like female mallards. Collective nouns for the wigeon are; flock, team, raft, brace, bunch of Wigeons. The Wigeon can symbolise intuition or psychic abilities and is sometimes associated with goddesses of wisdom, self awareness. Out here in the Rogerstown estuary you can hear the Widgeon's whistle throughout the day, it's like a 'wheee-ooooooo', females make a different type of sound, like a growl. Garrett talks about the OPEN SEASON ORDER (The legislation in Ireland for the hunting of certain birds.) The Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981, provides wigeons with protection against being captured, killed or injured, and also makes it illegal to damage or destroy their nests or eggs. The name ‘wigeon’ is thought to be derived from the Middle French or Old French words vigeon, vingeon and vignier, meaning “to whine or shout”, which echoes the sharp, piercing whistle made by males.
You can recap by listening to Garrett’s other HIDE FM podcasts to date by searching HIDE FM on any podcast distributor, apart from Spotify. HIDE FM is a Per Cent for Art commission by Fingal County Council.
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4 Mar 2026
WHIMBREL - NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS
The WHIMBREL's name in the Irish Language is ‘Crotach eanaigh’. The Latin name is ‘NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS’. It is a GREEN LISTED bird in Ireland.
It is a wader. Visually it's a close relative of the curlew. Both come from the genus 'Numenius' which comes from the words 'new' and 'moon'. Probably a reference to both bills and the crescent shape curve they have. Whimbrels are 'passage migrants'. So they don't hang around long. The big difference is the length of the bill, the Whimbrel's is much shorter. Whimbrel's also have shorter legs and a light stripe above the eye. Good luck with identifying that. Garrett has been at it for years and still admits he finds it difficult to differentiate birds that have similar plummage. They stop off in April and May on the way down from the Arctic to Spain and Africa.
A single whistle from a whimbrel means good weather, a quivery whistle means bad weather. Also In folklore the Whimbrel gets a bad rap as it is considered to be a bird of bad omen.
You can recap by listening to Garrett's other HIDE FM podcasts to date by searching HIDE FM on any podcast distributor, apart from Spotify. HIDE FM is a Per Cent for Art commission by Fingal County Council.
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