The Upper Lake in Killarney National Park The Upper Lake is the smallest and southernmost of the three main lakes in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland. Photos taken by our Wildlife Inspector Áine O Connor 📷 #killarneynationalpark #noticenature#npws

Delighted Clara Bog Visitor Centre is open to public again! Check out their events for The Heritage Council Heritage Week heritageweek.ie I look forward to seeing the Centre expand its programme to community & schools over coming months. Offaly Heritage NPWS Nature Conservation

During Heritage Week, why not check an event at a National Park or Nature Reserve? There are walking trails, talks and demos of past traditions. 🎉Clara Bog Nature Reserve Visitor Centre is now open to the public with an exciting series of events happening throughout the week.

My second #heritageweek2024 event was to present the a(swards) at the inaugural National Scything Championships in Rathbeagh. My rye humour a scythe, for those who made the cut it was a proud day. I even tried my hand at it; most enjoyable!

The businessman restoring a blanket bog in one of the most remote parts of Ireland... an interesting nature restoration project "for the next generation" National Parks and Wildlife Service Bord na Móna #biodiversity irishtimes.com/environment/cl…

👋A public consultation to review our wildlife legislation is live. 🌱Your views will help to ensure that our legislation protects our wildlife and biodiversity, and works better for all of us. ⌛️Have your say before it closes on September 13th! tinyurl.com/5fnft3fe

Highest numbers in 25 years. 233 territories recorded by the National Parks and Wildlife Service survey team An incredible effort gone in by everyone involved in saving these birds. Imma go lie down now. rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

A big Thank you to Simon Harris TD for his assistance releasing the final White Tailed Eagle Chicks🦅 of 2024, at the Shannon Estuary Site. Meeting National Parks and Wildlife Service staff and for ‘Sive’ 🐾🐾who stole the show ❤️‍🩹 #Nature Irish Wildlife Sounds (Seán Ronayne) NPWS Nature Conservation

Teagasc Nice to be out and about and see coastal habitat protection, management and improvements Biodiversity Ireland LIFE on Machair / SAOL ar an Mhacaire NPWS Corncrake Conservation Project NPWS Nature Conservation

Wildflowers of Turloughs New episode of the Video Flora of Ireland with Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington, President of BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland m.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYA4u… Thanks to Coole Park NPWS Nature Conservation Burren National Park School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Botanic Garden

NPWS Raised Bog Restoration programme facts: ■ Works undertaken: - 950ha at 11 sites in 2023 -5,000ha (in 22 SACs) since 2018 ■ Preparatory works undertaken at 40 SACs ■ works expanded to blanket bogs More info 👉 ‘NPWS in Review – 2023 -2024’ tinyurl.com/4za4yxap

Hydro monitoring is a key component of our Bogs Restoration programme, where the aim is to restore water table levels, at or just below the bog surface. Monitoring is key to ✅️Assess efficency & refine methods ✅️Prevent negative impacts ✅️Ensure wise use of public funds

Good news for biodiversity! This rare beauty has reappeared in Killarney National Park after almost 130 years. Yellow Birds-Nest was discovered by our Conservation Rangers at Killarney National Park while they were doing routine surveying work. #noticenature

September. Meán Fómhair. And it’s definitely feeling like the middle of autumn! As everyone settles back to school and back to the routine, here’s a little reminder of the beauty of healthy machair in full summer bloom. #biodiversity #coast #conservation #ConservationGrazing

Delighted to welcome Malcolm Noonan T.D. this morning to see first hand our amazing conservation success story! A super gathering of landowners, community reps,NPWS & Coillte. Agency&Community Collaboration Abú!👏NPWS Nature Conservation Gurteen College NenaghGuardian International Peatland Society #nature

I had heard so much about the inspiring story of the restoration of Scohaboy bog; a collaboration of communities and agencies. Today I saw it first hand and met with some of the incredible people behind the project. Míle buíochas ❤ 🌿 #restorenature

NPWS recently attended the 14th EU Conference on Ecological Restoration #SERE24 hosted by Estonia, home to a wide range of peatland types such as the fens & transition mires at Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve. The NPWS National Fen Survey is underway & results to be published in 2025.

Maria explains how to increase species-richness using #GreenHayTransfer. You can find the full method on the Great Irish Grasslands website Doneraile Estate Morna McDowall NPWS Nature Conservation National Parks and Wildlife Service BSBI Ireland Corncrake/Traonach LIFE All-Ireland Pollinator Plan