Ardclough Biodiversity Group

YouTube video by Ardclough Biodiversity Group 29th September 2025 - A pine marten checking out the camera

A pine marten can tell that somebody was about and stops to check out the scents around our trail camera in Ardclough, Co. Kildare
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Two blonde women in lanyards next to pull-up posters in a function room

Blonde woman speaks on stage in front of large screen with logos and text boxes

Man speaks at podium with screen to his left reading Kildare Biodiversity Conference, Kildare Wildlife Rescue logo is in the podium

Woman with bright red hair and glasses speaks at a podium

A great day devoted to Ireland’s native wildlife at Kildare #Biodiversity Conference🦊
Thanks to Kildare Wildlife Rescue for inviting BFBI’s Dr Maria Fitzpatrick to speak about our work supporting Irish business action #ForNature - with Rachel Heydon, NBDC,Pearse Stokes,Cathaoirlach Carmel Kelly, KCC

Senator Malcolm Noonan

Kildare Wildlife Rescue

Kildare Biodiversity Conference

A global to local overview of work done and the challenge at our door for nature by @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social at the Kildare Biodiversity Conference 2025.
@kildarecoco.bsky.social

YouTube video by Dave Goulson Best Plants for Bees: Ivy!

Let's hear it for ivy! The last flower of the year is one of the best for pollinators, vital for a last feed for butterflies such as the red admiral. Learn a little more...
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CountryWide - RTÉ Radio 1 The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.

Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?

A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.

I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

With a bit of luck, I'll have an abundance of Devil's bit scabious, Field scabious,Greater knapweed and Goldenrod. All seed gathered from local plants, pesticide free,insecticide free, & suited to the needs of local insects and invertebrates. #peatfree compost, minimal expense. Worth trying.

So that's it then. The biggest fish kill in the history of the State, and we're just going to move on, with no idea who or what caused it?

It would be better to label it a river kill.

Some major polluter is today breathing a sign of relief, while the river Blackwater remains half dead.

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🎉We're delighted to announce that the Kildare Biodiversity Conference is back! 🌹
🦇From Bats, Bees and Balsam to Cuckoos, Curlews, and the Curragh , there is something for everyone!🐝
🗺️Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge
📅 18th & 19th October 2025
Details @ tinyurl.com/4r4uaskm

Today is publication day!
Rich with info & insights about primroses and canopy leaves, the framework for the hidden power behind a butterfly’s wing or the singing of a wren;as well as otters, wild orchids, pilot whales, swifts, puffins, leatherback turtles, bog cotton, woolly mammoths, Kerry toads

Speaker Line Up – Day 1 – Kildare Biodiversity Conference Speaker line up for Day One of the Kildare Biodiversity Conference 2025.

EVENT: BFBI’s Business Development Manager Dr Maria Fitzpatrick will speak at the Kildare #Biodiversity Conference on October 18, 2025, on supporting action for businesses on #biodiversity 🌿

With Kildare #Wildlife Rescue / Kildare CoCo

More: kildarebiodiversityconference.ie/2025-confere...

YouTube video by Dave Goulson Best plants for bees: Devil's bit scabious

Discover some of the best plants for bees: Devil's bit scabious youtu.be/7FQ0LgljTos? An absolute beauty :)

YouTube video by Dave Goulson No More Beewashing! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees.

No more Beewashing please! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees. Pls RT if you agree.
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Nice to see some positive action :)

A stacked area chart of coal generation on the island of Ireland between January 2019 and June 21, 2025. The area is divided up by individual plants. There are just two: Moneypoint and Kilroot. Footnote reads: Source: SEMO

RTÉ reporting this morning that the coal-burning units at Moneypoint will become emergency-only oil units starting today 🙌

With Kilroot in Northern Ireland - along with all other coal plants in the UK - having shut down in 2023, it looks like the end of the coal era in these islands.

YouTube video by Dave Goulson Turn your lawn into a wildflower meadow!

Why would you want a neat stripy boring lifeless lawn when you can have a shaggy, flower-filled paradise for pollinators? Maybe this short video will provide some inspiration! youtu.be/2SJFg3NbrFY

Dogs pollute water with pesticides even weeks after flea treatment When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment

When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment

Stop the lowering of environmental protections for rivers and lakes - Sustainable Water Network The government is lowering the ecological targets on nearly 10% of our rivers and lakes without adequate rationale to justify this. They can do this by designating them as Heavily Modified Water Bodie...

🚨Urgent Action🚨

The govt is trying to lower environmental protections for our rivers & lakes! We need to stop this before tomorrow, Friday 23rd.

Read more here: swanireland.ie/take-action/...

Click here to send a pre-made email submission asking them to stop: tinyurl.com/yu2dujb9

On World Bee Day, why not:
a) Put up a bee hotel &
b) Join the Buzz Club's Big Bee Hotel Experiment!

...or getting chickens to 'Save the birds!'.

We've installed a kingfisher nest bank to support these stunning but sensitive birds 💙

Please enjoy from a distance – kingfishers are easily disturbed and may abandon nests if approached.

A small step to help wildlife thrive 🌿

#Kingfisher #WildlifeConservation #NatureReserve

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.

Maybe something to help resolve anxiety: There's a new app for reporting wildlife crime: wildlifecrime.ie/reporting-a-...

I've not used it, but I've had an excellent experience with a similar "See it? Say it!" app for reporting pollution.

Kyrie Farm - Pioneering Mental Health Recovery in Ireland Discover Kyrie Farm, a transformative project aimed at enabling individuals with mental health challenges to reach their full potential. Opening in 2026 in County Kildare.

What a great day, spent helping plant approx 700 trees at Kyrie Farm, including oak, birch, alder and scots pine, and 70+ orchard fruit trees. With old friends and new, volunteers and colleagues, good for the soul and I can safely say workout done for the day!

Spotted my first bunch of Sand Martin feeding over the pond on March 24th. My heart fills with joy when these little beauties return. #sandmartin .

In preparation for an updated County Kildare Biodiversity Action Plan 2026-2031, Kildare Co Co invites pre-draft submissions, with a discussion paper to help identify the issues for nature restoration at local levels.

consult.kildarecoco.ie/en/consultat...

Want to take action for nature in a way that will make a tangible difference, and you can do it in just a matter of hours?

Build a wildlife pond. You won't regret it.

YouTube video by Dave Goulson How to control ticks and fleas on dogs and cats - sustainably.

Some thoughts on better ways to control parasites of pets without poisoning rivers and birds
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It's a fabulous day for a walk in the woods. There's no better way to clear the head. If you're lucky a Woodpecker might make an appearance.

So delighted to spot my first Small tortoiseshell of the year. Also very relieved to see one at all after their scarcity in 2024. The importance of #dandelions can't be overstated.

If you want to see the huge impact that high deer numbers can have on the understorey and ground flora of woods, check out these two photos below - one taken just after the removal of deer fencing, the second taken six years later. (Source: forestrycommission.blog.gov.uk/2022/08/04/r...)