Sunny field with 5 wooden boxes connected with black pipes
Our team was involved in the construction of this artificial badger sett to safely relocate badgers discovered on a site after construction works had begun.
If you require assistance - see scottcawley.com re:
🦡 badger surveys
🥜 bait marking studies
🐾🐾 sett exclusions
👷♀️sett construction
Butterfly with yellow tinged wings with blank tip and markings on a cream-colored wall.
A Large White butterfly which surprised one of our #TeamScottCawley members in their kitchen. Common in Europe, caterpillars often feed on cabbage and other brassicas, as Latin name Pieris brassicae suggests, often referred to as ‘cabbage whites’. An early sighting as they usually fly April-October
23.02.2026 14:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Bird with red breast on a wooden fence
Looking for a breeding bird survey for your project? Don’t delay in getting in touch! As Ireland’s leading ecological consultancy, #TeamScottCawley ecologists are here to provide specialist surveys and ecological assessments - our diaries are filling up, so email now at sales@scottcawley.com
17.02.2026 19:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A ringed plover runs across a sandy beach. The bird's orange beak and legs contrast with the surrounding sand.
Did you know that some bird species, like ringed plovers, tempt underground invertebrates out by imitating the sound of rain with their feet? 🌧
This nifty trick is called ‘foot-trembling’ and involves the birds tapping their feet on the ground to recreate the sound of rain. 👣
Report cover with green text 'IPBES' The methodological assessment report on The Impact of Business on Biodiversity and Nature's Contributions to People
NEW: Every business depends on biodiversity, and every business impacts #biodiversity - read guidance for policymakers in a landmark new report just published by @ipbes.net the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services #IPBES2026 ipbes.canto.de/pdfviewer/vi...
09.02.2026 23:52 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Today, on International Women in Science Day, we in SELINA recognise the inspiring women advancing #ecosystem services research and strengthening the science-policy interface.
We celebrate their impact, resilience and commitment to a more #sustainable future!
Download this latest report highlighting key potential corridors and barriers affecting #lesserhorseshoebats in Ireland along with practical actions for this rare species. www.vincentwildlife.ie/resources
#batconservationireland, @atu-ie.bsky.social, #NativeWoodlandTrust, @vwtireland.bsky.social
🦇 Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
In 2022 we hosted a panel discussion around "Opportunities and Challenges for Women & Girls in Bat Science and Conservation"; the insights shared on this discussion are still relevant today.
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bssa...
Poster with two logos on a teal background with orange silhouette of a wildflower meadow
BFBI is delighted to announce our new partnership with SustainabilityExamples.com - a collaboration to help our members share biodiversity initiatives for collective knowledge exchange to inspire action across the Irish business community 🙌 businessforbiodiversity.ie/site-to-show...
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A person standing at a podium speaking, with a large text bubble beside them. The text reads, "This second consultation provides stakeholders with another opportunity to review the measures being proposed and to share their views before the regulations are finalised." The backdrop features the logo and name of the Government of Ireland in the lower right corner.
A second public consultation has opened on the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2026, as Ireland responds to ongoing declines in salmon and sea trout stocks.
🗓️ Consultation closes 5.30pm, Thursday 5 March 2026
👉 Details and submissions: https://bit.ly/4accmOv
The front covers of the four ladybird books laid out in a square
Ladybird cover stories.
The four seasons books.
Artist: C F Tunnicliffe
🌍 Something unique is coming…
Technology. Art. Nature. Music. All coming together, just like IPBES brings together science, policy & diverse knowledge from around the world.
Join us LIVE for the #IPBES12 Opening Ceremony:
🗓️ 3 February 2026 | 09:15 GMT
Stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouY6...
Large grey gull on a clifftop
First sighting of a winter glaucous gull on the west coast of Ireland by a #TeamScottCawley ecologist.
The Larus hyperboreus or Faoileán glas - glaucous is from Latin for grey - the second-largest gull species, breeds in arctic regions. One of only a handful here?
Any more sightings? #GlaucousGull
Long yellow catkin blooms on a branch in a field, small buds on the right, one with a red tip
Hazel catkins open - possibly a little early due to a mild winter - snapped by a #TeamScottCawley member. Note on the right, the small female flower bud. Clouds of golden pollen are dispersed by the male yellow catkins - blowing towards the bright pink buds of trees for #pollination
29.01.2026 08:53 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Given all that's going on, here's another systemic risk out there: the collapse of food production due to biodiversity loss in key areas of the world. This UK security analysis get it - a key message of the @ipbes.net Nexus Assessment as well. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Green and red waves light up the night sky, some tree tops in the foreground
Green and red light across the night sky above an old stone building, like a church ruin, on the shoreline, the dark sea to the left
Two stunning shots of the #auroraborealis or #NorthernLights captured by a #TeamScottCawley ecologist in Galway, despite quite a bit of fog in the area.
The amazing light show was seen further south than usual in many places in both Ireland and around the world due to a solar geomagnetic storm
Climate change is a major driver of wildlife decline worldwide, pushing species beyond their ability to adapt and accelerating habitat loss.
Explore the latest #ClimateAction data and what can be done: bit.ly/44DCKyQ
This year has been noticeably un-wintered - hedge plants growing all December as if it's March
02.01.2026 10:21 — 👍 32 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown
02.01.2026 05:19 — 👍 133 🔁 79 💬 4 📌 10
International Biodiversity Consultants Ltd - agroforestry
Large-scale #acoustic surveys across 448 European #hedgerows showed tall, tree-rich, well-connected hedges boost bat 🦇 activity. Low-intensity trimming (like pollarding) outperforms heavy coppicing benefiting #biodiversity across farms 🌍
Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
Instead of using a single muscle to control the action, woodpeckers activate every muscle in their bodies and let out short, explosive grunts with each strike
02.01.2026 13:59 — 👍 92 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 2
Tree with mottled bark in forest
Close up of pockmarked tree bark
Evidence of a woodpecker! Formerly absent from Ireland, 15 years ago a number of Great Spotted Woodpeckers (as Gaeilge, Mórchnagaire breac) are thought to have flown across the Irish Sea, Wales to Wicklow/Scotland to Down. Since then, expanding into new areas.
Report sightings at www.birdtrack.net
The European Council’s presidency and European Parliament have negotiated a provisional agreement to simplify #sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements #OmnibusDeal
Read more: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
"Pollution and littering putting pressure on shorelines"
"@coastwatch-ire.bsky.social survey shows some improvements in condition of coastal areas but also raises many concerns"
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Small flock of birds on a shoreline as snapped through a circular long lens
Curlew sandpipers or, in Irish, Gobadán crotaigh, on a river estuary as captured on a survey by #TeamScottCawley ecologists.
We are now well into the season for #WinterBirdSurveys If your project needs a winter bird survey don't hesitate to contact our team of ecologists at sales@scottcawley.com
Graphic resembling a rebus puzzle. On the left is a yellow Uno ‘reverse’ card labeled ‘REVERSE.’ In the center are several pollinators—including a bat, butterfly, wasp, bumblebee, and monarch butterfly—labeled ‘POLLINATOR.’ On the right is a red downward-zigzag arrow labeled ‘DECLINE.’ In the bottom-right corner is the flag of the European Union. The full message reads: ‘Reverse pollinator decline.’
80% of our food crops and wild flowering plants depend on pollination.
Yet one-third of bee, butterfly and hoverfly species is in decline.
Our new EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme aims to help reverse this trend by 2030.
More info: link.europa.eu/Jb7pBQ
Group of men and a woman sit on red chairs around a square black table in a function room, a man speaks on screen on the white wall
We marked #InternationalMensDay this Nov 19 at #TeamScottCawley offices by gathering for a healthy lunch to watch a webinar with comic PJ Gallagher who has turned his personal #mentalhealth struggle into a message of hope with documentary Mad Man #WaterfordChamber #CarlowKKSkillnet #Positive2Work
26.11.2025 08:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
💡 Business and nature are partners, not opposites.
Launching at #IPBES12, the first-ever @IPBES.net #BizBiodiversity Assessment will reveal how industries can turn dependence on nature into lasting resilience. 🌿
Read the primer: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
LIVE: World leaders gather for COP30 summit
www.youtube.com/live/mKYPn1J...
