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Two Black Guillemots perch on rocks. White wording on a purple background reads: Work with us! Science & Engagement Intern in Northern Ireland. www.bto.org/jobs. The BTO Northern Ireland logo is in the top right corner.

We're looking for an intern in our @bto-ni.bsky.social team to focus on Science and Engagement! Apply at www.bto.org/jobs

📆 Full time, Temporary (6 months)
📝 £25,888 per annum pro rata
📌 Deadline for applications: Sunday 15 February

Image of a deceased Puffin lying on the ground. White wording on an orange background reads: Please report sightings of dead birds.

⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️

📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...

#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

Some of my friends don’t watch or read the news because it’s upsetting. I love my friends, but I think they’re wrong. If terrible things are happening, we need to know. Self-care is important, but we need to know — so we can act. If a tiger is about to jump on you, ignorance is not self-care.

According to the Palestinian Center for Prisoners' Advocacy, 86% of Palestinians held by the Israeli occupation have never been convicted, as administrative detention replaces courts with military orders.

🛑 For Palestine unfiltered 👇🏻
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A reminded that you cannot protect nature under a capitalist society. Capitalism IS fascism and the ultimate cause of our planet's destruction.

Israel is murdering Palestinian children again, as they do every single day.

There is no ceasefire, just brutal apartheid and genocide.

Take Action.
Free Palestine.

@blindboyboatclub.bsky.social

Unmasking the impact of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides on Masked owls (Tyto novaehollandiae castanops) in Tasmania Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) are widely available in Australia for control of mammalian pests, without species distinction but particularly intended for rats and mice. Incre...

#ornithology
#RaptorResearch
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Wildcat bones found in Co Clare dated to 5,500 years ago The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago.

Finally the research has been published to prove that wild cat (Felis silvestris) lived in Ireland 5,500 years ago. Many claims over the years but the backup genetics was needed and a good number of bones have been recovered to provide enough material www.rte.ie/news/munster...

A question to the few remaining Labour supporters: is this refugee-bashing what you voted for? | Owen Jones The government’s callousness has won it respect – from Tommy Robinson and the hard right, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

A question to the few remaining Labour supporters: is this refugee-bashing what you voted for? | Owen Jones

NEW PAPER in #ornithology and #conservation reviews the marine threats to #seabirds and other marine #megafauna and confirms that #fisheries are a severe problem: buff.ly/5SXNdqr

💧 Wetlands, the forgotten carbon sink that can help mitigate the impact of climate change.

🌱 Wetlands are an important component of earth’s climate system.

🌳 Protecting wetland buffers from disturbance will help them persist in the face of climate change. #COP30

Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n

The latest issue of Irish Birds has just been published and is available from the BirdWatch Ireland shop: shorturl.at/qUTBe.
@birdwatchireland.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @bto-ni.bsky.social @rspbni.bsky.social

Kier Starmer and Israeli President Isaac Herzog

Today a UN Commission found:

“Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, have incited the commission of genocide.”

And he was welcomed to London like a King.

Fuck Keir Starmer.

Fuck the IOF forever.

After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.

No words...

Changing the conversation on Ireland’s Natura 2000 sites ‘If you live in a very special place, that should be a good thing and not a bad thing’

Changing the conversation on Ireland’s Natura 2000 sites share.google/ilZuWw3YIyhB...

Petition to include services in the Occupied Territories Bill What is the occupied territories bill? The Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 (commonly known as the Occupied Territories Bill) is a proposed Irish law that would ban and cr...

Action Alert for Palestine: I've signed a petition to demand Services are included in the Occupied Territories Bill. Please sign it too, we have to take real action.

#StandWithPalestine

act.forsa.ie/occupied-ter...

First male white-tailed eagle to breed in Ireland in over a century found dead in Co Clare While white-tailed eagles don’t often die from poisoning, a ‘disturbing’ increase in poisonings has been observed over the last three to five years.

1. All eagle deaths, esp in a small population, are a loss but some are harder to take than most. Sadly, our 1st breeding male, released in 2008, was recently picked up dead. This bird deserves a proper obituary to put his life (and death) in context

www.thejournal.ie/investigatio...

One of Ireland's wildlife success stories is the return of this bird Cranes were culturally significant in Ireland, kept as pets by nobility and may have been associated in folklore with death

All nature needs is for us to step back and give it space. Here @whittledaway.bsky.social writes about a rewilding sucess story that happened once humans ceased extractive activities on peatlands.

www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

EU Commission gives green light to reopen hunting season for Turtle-dove Hunting of iconic species paused since autumn 2021 will continue pushing species to brink

#ornithology
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/04...

You can't take the streets for white women but stay quiet as forests burn and as Palestinian children burn alive.

Our murdered sisters are murdered by the same mentality that allows a genocide to take place in plain sight and the same mentality that is leading to the collapse of natural environments and climate change.

Nothing is going to change until we see that colonialism, capitalism, and patriarchy are all the same issue and we start fighting collectively.

And 2 and 2 always equals 5

Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows Blood tests on migratory chicks fed plastics by their parents show neurodegeneration, as well as cell rupture and stomach lining decay

Plastic pollution is devastating #seabirds, leaving them with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s. Chicks fed plastic by their parents had brain damage & decayed stomach linings. #Plastic clogs our seas & kills wildlife. Time to agree the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Just what the already under threat #seabird populations needed to kick off the breeding season 💔

Whale Song Reveals Eerie Similarities to Human Speech, Scientists Find Two new studies have found eerily human-like sophistication in whale songs, challenging notions about our exceptionality and potentially shedding light on the evolution of language.

www.sciencealert.com/whale-song-r...