Are you ready for BBC Springwatch 2025? We'll be celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year.Can you believe it?2 decades of highlighting the very best of British Wildlife.Series starts May 26th with me, Chris Packham & Iolo Williams at a new location which we will reveal soon!

The perfect use for Spanish Bluebells for May Day tradition to bring good luck and by picking the non-natives their pollen isn’t destroying our beautiful native Bluebells , disappearing at an alarming rate .

⚠️ Let's enjoy the good weather without putting nature at risk and during this orange fire warning. ❌That means no lighting fires or BBQs in public places, e.g. National Parks, Nature Reserves, coastal sand dunes, mountains, upland areas, forests, meadows and urban fires.

museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/… 🐞 🐝 🦋 Dr Michelle Larkin will give a fascinating and insightful Pollinators talk at Museum of Country Life , Turlough ,Castlebar , May 17th . ( Click the link , booking required )

consult.mayo.ie/en/content/pre… Draft Biodiversity Action Consultation only takes 10 minutes to complete . Closing date May 30th 17.00 pm . Please Give 10 minutes to support Biodiversity , thanks for your time 🐝

Taken by a friend, a confiding Corncrake calling on Inishbofin last weekend Christopher O’Sullivan TD

Incredible heat in the Mediteranean with sea surface departures up to 7C and 13 F above normal! While +13F is not unusual for air temps, for large water bodies that's ludicrous. Marine heateaves in the Med are now 3X more likely than during the 1980s due to climate change and

TCD / Tidy Towns Citizen Science Trip Sat. July 12th 12- 16pm taking water samples for river life at local Carrowbeg river sites ,covering 4 sites, Meeting @Library Car Park .Limited Spaces , booking essential , like and share to your contacts , Refreshments Provided 💙

Meet up at Bertrá Dunes Friday July 18th 2 - 5pm to install sand fencing , bring mallets if you have them or just bring yourself , please like and share to your contacts 💙

eventbrite.com/e/testing-the-… 🌳 Hometree .est 2014 , connecting people with nature through tree planting . Listen to Hometree’s Liam Hennessy on the fascinating subject of Nature Finance @1pm , the Sean Staunton Room , Westport Town Hall

eventbrite.com/e/testing-the-… Really looking forward to Prof. Mary Bourke’s talk @ 2.30 pm in light of Nature based solutions for the Carrowbeg river in regard to flooding starting at it’s source and throughout the catchment . Don’t miss it 💙

Sometimes bumblebee nests get predated. Here a Lapridarius/ Red tailed bumblebee nest which appears to have been predated by a fox. Bees appear to be trying to make repairs. If you read 🧵 you'll see how much was dug out.

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Dr Oliver Whyte jr- Local Ecology and Practical Actions for our natural heritage in the Plaza Hotel Tuesday Feb 24th 8pm Westport Civic Trust. All are welcome and Oliver especially hopes to see younger age groups attending because it’s their future . Free to members or €5 close the