Rewilding Ireland

Next local and general election manifestos will be some variant of
"Vote #1 for
Bigger walls to keep sea out
More road development to make sure people can still drive
Extra sandbags
More drainage works to move water along quicker"

This is all I see happening

What looks like a dark morph Lapwing seen at #RSPBGreylake #Somerset this morning. It was very aggressive to any other Lapwing that came to close.

The government doesn't care about what is coming for you and your children.

There is no climate action or leadership.

As pointed out in the comments, you are more likely to see shitehawkery like this on weekends as nobody official out and about.

Tanks are probably full, deadline coming up for spreading - farmers are under pressure, but stuff like this is not gonna help them in long term.

Two people walk together through a covered stone arcade with arched ceilings. The walkway is paved with cobblestones, and sunlight filters in from the open side of the corridor. One person is holding a small object or specimen while the other carries a notebook. They appear to be engaged in conversation as they move through the historic, architectural setting.

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Our first Green Drinks of the year was a big hit, and our largest turnout yet! Thanks to Aoife Crowe for teaching us all about saproxylic beetles in Ireland.

New report by Bat Conservation Ireland - 'The Lesser Horseshoe Bat: Mapping Landscape Connectivity to Facilitate Species Recovery and Expansion in Ireland'.

#NatureConservation #BatConservation #LesserHorseshoeBat

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Our first Green Drinks of the Year is coming up on January 13th! Hope to see you there. Registration: eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1978194333503

NPWS raises concerns over dairy plant water abstraction The NPWS has raised concerns over designated land relating to a water abstraction licence application by a dairy plant.

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Link as it may not be working above

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Time and time again, I see NPWS submissions and reports ignored & overlooked

Take a look at their submissions for development/forestry - there is no real desire to give NPWS the power it should have

NPWS raises concerns over dairy plant water abstraction - Agriland.ie share.google/oGMuY0uiqEYd...

Talk to anyone who hunts in Ireland and they will tell you its near limit in terms of numbers culled

And this isn't to touch the tricky tricky issue of hunting rights being sold to recreational hunters waiting for that one stag and who is selling them 👀

Finally, the FRS deer management plan is based on voluntary cooperation between very low hunter numbers and farmers who are wary of another scheme so will it work?

Only really one HCAP course ran in Midlands so not very welcoming to people in Kerry, Cork, Galway, Donegal where hotshots are.

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This article sums up everything wrong with deer management atm.

-Onus on an understaffed and underfunded NPWS to "fix" the problem.
- Soundbite from a politician who would give out if staff taken from tourist role
- Highlights one area returns when all of Kerry has high deer impact.

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Y'day was our last visit to coill Gleann dá loch for 2025 which we wrapped up nicely with a few well earned pints and meal

2025 in summary: 2.7ha of Rhodo cleared (6.67 acres) over 12 days with an average of 7 volunteers each outing. Not to mention our follow up work at two other local sites (1/2)

Tá mé an-bhródúil a bheith pairteach don ghrúpa iontach seo i nGaillimh. Dream díocasach agus daoine álainn freisin

Boreal forest stream running through the forest. Temperature logger, leaf litter collection basket, and pitfall trap in the foreground.

I'm recruiting a #PhDstudent ! Deadline Feb 10th!

Explore how forest management shapes peatlands, riparian zones, streams and the #biodiversity that depends on them. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

The same week in which the Nitrates Derogation was pushed through.

This Government doesn't care for nature and climate, and is incapable of making things better.

The majority of public won't notice the impact, until its too late.

We need everyone angry about this now.

Councillors vote to reduce height of Clontarf sea wall Dublin city councillors have voted to reduce the height of part of the Clontarf sea wall, although this will mean it is below national flood protection standards.

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Councillors voted 34 to 21 in 2018

Another great day in beautiful Connemara 💪🏽

Thanks to everyone who braved the weather to join us tonight! We had a fantastic talk about the future of food and land use in Ireland by Dr. David Styles, Associate Professor in Agri-sustainability at the
University of Galway.

And yet I am told, trees don't belong there.

Give it a decade or two, and this and many other spots like it in the southwest will be lost to a thick tangle of invasive rhododendron, requiring unimaginable time and energy to remove.

Why is this unfolding calamity being ignored by the authorities?

As Groundwork have pointed out - if you told farmers they won't be allowed graze animals on hills in 30 years - uproar from politicians.
You tell them rhodo will stop them grazing hills in 30 years - silence from politicians.

Must point out rhodo grows in areas where grazers removed/pressure reduced - this tends to be used as an argument against natural succession and for continuous management, when its not the case.

Don't miss @bsbibotany.bsky.social's brilliant winter webinar on clubmosses...a great time to learn about these ancient plants, as they're something you can go out and look for all year (snow permitting ❄️) @cedar-ni.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social

Great turnout for our monthly outing today, and nice to see some new faces!

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On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse” Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…

Andrew Jackson really cooked Collison here.
Hilarious that Collisons think tank Progress Ireland are asking “How will you avoid getting pigeonholed as right-wing tech bros?” - a question you should never ask publicly if you dont want to be labelled a right-wing tech bro
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Tehran population

EU commission president von der Leyen said today the EU isn't fighting fossil fuels, only the *emissions* from fossil fuels

total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions

even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them

#COP30

Like its 10 million people

Double the population of Ireland and there's so little coverage.

Think how much worry and anxiety these people must feel facing this.