Dermot Doran

I'm only seeing this now. Fantastic achievement Ferghal!

Mauds?

Take the challenge for #PlasticFreeJuly

This month, we’re challenging ourselves and our community to choose to refuse single-use plastic. From bottles to bags, every swap makes a difference.

Will you take the challenge with us?

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#CleanCoasts
#endplasticpollution

Gorse is often burned in the belief this controls its spread.

But this 23-year-long study shows that, in fact, burning “triggers mass seed regeneration & rapid regrowth, locking the landscape in a cycle of thick gorse cover.”

Left alone, gorse breaks up naturally.

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A fairly intense couple of minutes on a farm #pond .

YouTube video by Twelve Bogs: History, Politics, Ecology 360° video of Carrownagappul Bog SAC in Co. Galway, June 2025

I took this video of the mighty Carrownagappul Bog SAC in east Galway last week. Note the dams in the drains. Excellent work.

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Common Vetch spotted on a woodland path North Kildare. #wildflowerhour

Elaine McGoff Mary Robinson Speech 2025 Listen to Elaine McGoff Mary Robinson Speech 2025 by EMcG #np on #SoundCloud

I was privileged enough to give a keynote speech to the Mary Robinson Climate and Nature Conference earlier on the theme of courage in crisis.

The speech that emerged from my brain was a nerve wrackingly honest and personal look at where I find my courage.

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It looks magical Eoghan.

Bugle on a roadside verge North Kildare. #wildflowerhour

A huge kingnut tree, Carya laciniosa, at sunset. The tree is in darkness, backlit by the setting sun, with a blue sky grading downward to orange. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

A very large chinkapin oak, Quercus muehlenbergii, with dark green leaves, a few dead branches at the top, a full moon above. In the foreground is a meadow of goldenrod. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

A creek descending deeply through forest, flowing down rock with a waterfall on the right. A person wearing blue stands in the water. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

Looking up at a huge, ancient basswood trees, Tilia americana, with dark gray bark, young leaves against a blue sky. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

The rich are trying to steal everything, our creativity, our jobs, our livable climate, our land. But those of us who are privileged to spend our lives in touch with Nature know this: we are the truly wealthy ones. We must defeat the greedy and build an Earth-centered society. Are you in?

It looks magnificent Donna!

The reason Sand Martin have a tendency to fly over water.

River cycle tours, otters and salmon, habitat restoration, pond building, bug safari, picnics, and film screenings are just some of the events focusing on rivers and ponds during #BiodiversityWeek2025. Search 'Rivers and Ponds' in the category menu.
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Killinthomas Woods is looking amazing at the minute! Definitely the most magical semi natural woods in Kildare at this time of year.

Some great events coming up for Invasive Species Week 2025. 🦝 🐿️ 🦜 🐢 🐜 🐞 🦠 🌱 🦀 🦐 🐠

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#INNSWEEK #bioinvasions

With so many Orange-tip about at the minute I spent a few minutes checking the cuckoo flowers for eggs. Counted six O-tip and two Green-veined White on the first ten flowers.

Odometer on an ebike showing 4001km

Long tail ebike

4000km later and I am still totally in love with our family longtail ebike. This is a regular reminder to anyone that is considering taking the leap to just do it, I guarantee you won't regret it.

They're thin on the ground in Kildare sadly, I believe numbers are higher in Clare & in more western parts of Ireland.

If l were you I'd make my way to the nearest known hotspot. It's been a long 9 month wait. Any Swifts back in London?

Absolutely amazing to hear Cuckoo back in Lullymore! They're all but gone from farmland where l live and sadly can only find refuge in bogs.

Opposite-leaved golden saxifrage in Rahin Woods Kildare. #wildflowerhour

Wild Cherry is looking fabulous at the minute. Very useful tree for bees at this time of year. #wildflowerhour

The Sand Martin are wasting no time this year. With the sunshine lots have paired up & are building nests. The contrast between this yr & last couldn't be greater. Sand Martin are hugely weather dependant. Cool & wet conditions make for low productivity. Let's hope this year is kind to them.

Mean densities of Small tortoiseshell (A urticae, kleine vos) on Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects and flexcounts in April 2025 up to now. Once a widespread species, now almost only found in the W and N of the country.

The biggest problem on the planet as l see it is there are far too many Homo sapiens.

The magical sight and sound of Sand Martins busily opening up fresh nest burrows at Minsmere, Suffolk... and in the background the songs of Nightingale, Chiffchaff and Skylark nearby (8th April 2025)
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It's good to see Ramsons in bloom at the minute in Killinthomas Wood Kildare.
This semi natural woodland is well worth a visit at anytime of year. #woodlandplants

Ella McSweeney: How do you resurrect a graveyard? Stop mowing the grass Given a chance, dormant seeds will sprout, and with them, butterflies, bees, bats, birds and small mammals

Lovely article here by @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social in the @irishtimes.com featuring our project 'Return to Nature Clare Church Biodiversity Project'. We now have up to 20 churches in Clare undertaking biodiversity actions on church grounds

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Mighty work Barry!