Out of pure coincidence, this morning I have just confirmed Great-spotted Woodpecker breeding in Ballincollig Regional Park! Is this the first confirmed breeding for Cork? BirdWatch Ireland Cork City Council National Parks and Wildlife Service

Listener Joanne Ryan captured this picture of a Yellow-Crowned Night Heron in Belcarra Co. Mayo yesterday. The North American bird has been spotted in Ireland for the first time. It is believed the bird may have arrived, after getting caught up in a hurricane system last Autumn.

Nature is amazing here an oak had been felled many years ago but gave life to a birch tree! How cool is that!

Out at 06.30hrs this morning on the dingle peninsula completing my CBS(Countryside Bird Survey) as a volunteer with BirdWatch Ireland. I would encourage anyone young or getting on like myself to support BirdWatch Ireland. BirdWatch Ireland Kerry Bird News

It’s the woody woodpecker show! A breeding pair of Great Spotted #woodpeckers confirmed in KillarneyNationalPark - the chicks fledged this week- very noisy neighbours! 💯 big thanks to ⁦James Pembroke⁩ ⁦Mooney Goes Wild⁩ ⁦Ireland's Wildlife⁩ ⁦National Parks and Wildlife Service⁩

My first view of GSW in KNP I finally got my spotting scope and search up and down the trees with the scope and after some time my scope filled with the most beautiful sight I have been waiting for in three years. BirdWatch Ireland Allan Mee🇵🇸🍉🇮🇪 Sam Bayley

Exciting times in Kerry today with reliably news coming in of Great Spotted Woodpecker fledgling observed and nest found in Kerry making it four reliable successful breeding sites of GSW’s in Kerry and Killarney National Park this week! Kerry Bird News Sam Bayley Allan Mee🇵🇸🍉🇮🇪

B​​ottom trawlers devastate "protected" EU waters. Nets as big as football pitches scrape away reefs and destroy marine life. Urge Virginijus Sinkevičius and Ursula von der Leyen to take action now and truly protect the seas. #BanBottomTrawling only.one/bottom-trawling

Good morning everyone! What gorgeous buzzard chicks 🪺🐣🌱 Tune into our live wildlife cameras that are now up and running over on BBC iPlayer until 7pm tonight! And watch the stories unfold live! 😍 🔴bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… #Springwatch 🐣🌱🌸 📸 Mark Dunhill on Flickr

We’ve tagged 9 new birds for our Cuckoo Tracking Project 😀 Sadly, we’ve lost more than a third of UK Cuckoos in the past 25 years, but satellite tracking is helping BTO to understand the pressures these birds face on their migrations.🌍 Follow the birds➡️ bto.org/cuckoos

Half of all bird species in decline globally, 63% of Ireland’s bird species is declining. Restoration of our wildlife and wild places and clean water is vital despite the cost? This marked decline is the Canary in the coal mine people? National Parks and Wildlife Service BirdWatch Ireland

(AL) The Irish public really cares about marine protection, biodiversity and other environmental matters. Chairman of Birdwatch Sligo branch Michael Bell feels it's important for elected representatives to take note. Listen back here 👇 Fair Seas #WorldOceanMonth

Nature restoration law: Council gives final green light - Consilium consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

A good showing of Black-tailed Godwits today in Tralee bay! Also big numbers of Little Egrets although well spread out! BirdWatch Ireland Kerry Bird News

Exciting news 😃 Cleeve, tagged this year in Norfolk where he featured on BBC The One Show with Hannah Stitfall, has started his migration to Africa! After leaving Norfolk & heading south to the Essex coast, he crossed the Channel to Dunkirk in France before continuing inland. 🌍

Blennerville Osprey flying west towards Annagh Island per Ed Carty

Look at this verge. Dorchester to Weymouth main road. Thousands of pyramid orchids! Dorset knows how to do verges Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Council UK

(AL) Arctic Terns, a 🧵(1/6) On 1 of the nesting platforms in #Dublin Bay, we're lucky to have Arctic Terns nesting alongside Common Terns. We also ring these #birds to learn more about their survival, productivity and the journeys they take. (Photo: Brian Burke) Dublin Port Company

🚨 UNDERCOVER: A few weeks ago I visited a salmon farm on the Faroe Islands– what I saw shocked me– it's an environmental and social disaster, it cannot go on. Yet Bakkafrost in the UK are certified RSPCA Assured– RSPCA (England & Wales), do the right thing and drop the scheme 🎣🍣

A great morning watching the American research ship ‘Ocearch’ searching for the White Shark off the Blasket Islands Brilliant if they found that the White Shark was visiting the coast of Ireland Ocearch teaches us “Facts over Fear” when it comes to sharks! OCEARCH