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Loads of brand new birds about! Including this young Robin in the garden this afternoon. #cork

Treading water and eating a fish. No problem for this otter. Filmed as the sun peeked over the rooftops of the city and lit up the lovely River Lee early last Sunday morning. #cork #corkcity

Heron in the reeds. Waiting. Lee Fields. #corkcity

Follow the bubbles, watch the feet. #Cork

The River Bride in Blackpool is a candidate for designation as a Heavily Modified Water Body based on modelling. #cork

Not a native. Turtle in the River Bride at the Blackpool Retail Park this morning. Almost certainly a pet let loose. #cork

Yellow bellied slider turtle. Quite large. Released pet probably. Currently exploring the depths of the River Bride at the Blackpool Retail Park. #cork

Our submission on the Designation of Heavily Modified Water Bodies for Ireland’s third cycle River Basin Management Plan. May 2025. #cork

This document may be of interest to some of you concerned with water quality and river status designation. The Water Forum - An Fóram Uisce An Taisce Sabrina Joyce-Kemper SJK Ashley TheEnvironForum Fred Logue PhD MIEMA CEnv floodinfo.ie/frs/media/file…

The otter pooping and dining platform on Popes Quay is complete. A SOBO beanie for whoever gets the first picture of an otter on top of it. #cork

Brand new 2025 Sand Martins watching and waiting for food delivery at the mouth of their ‘burrow’ - a disused outfall pipe. Filmed using an ultra zoom lens. #corkcity

It's world otter day apparently. Here's our favorite clip of 2025 (so far). Filmed on the River Lee a few weeks ago. A close encounter for the photographer too! #corkcity #worldotterday2025

'I have grandchildren. I know what they mean to their families.' Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour breaks down in tears as he addresses the UN Security Council on the situation in Gaza. trib.al/STNDvAi 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602

The state of our rivers is absolutely heartbreaking.

These recent statements made in relation to flooding and flood schemes make it very clear that many people are still struggling to get flood insurance years after the completion of multi million euro OPW flood schemes. oireachtas.ie/en/debates/deb…

Brief glimpse of Lutra Lutra on the River Lee this morning. The day is off to a good start. #cork

A River Lee otter encounter this morning. Given the poor state our rivers are in due to pollution and ever increasing modification I sometimes wonder if the day will come where I won't see them anymore. #Cork

Our River Bride in Blackpool is just one of the many rivers designated for HMWB. Get rid of the bloody arterial drainage act instead! - ‘Why is Ireland planning to all but give up on protecting its waterways? ‘ irishtimes.com/environment/20…

Calming art to curb the roundabout road rage. #cork

"Government policy on nitrates is designed to fail, but to keep the derogation regardless. The policy is to sacrifice water quality where it cannot be improved with modest interventions, to support agricultural exports." Martin Heydon Christophe Hansen irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…