Supporting Wildlife in Your Garden - An interview with Donna Mullen, author of 'Make Your Home A Nature Reserve' & ecologist of some 30 years! 🦔 quickcrop.ie/blog/supportin… Folks, it's well worth a read, especially if you are interested in fostering biodiversity in your garden.

Double whammy for wind-felled plantation forestry

Trying something new today! Planting a catch crop ahead of potatoes to incorporate into the ridges, to try and fix the millipedes and reduce feeding damage on the potatoes. Will top it up with some Fenugreek seeds at planting. Fed up with, largely ineffective, insecticides.

We need a new, effective approach & targeted measures to address the encroachment of non-native species such as rhododendron, and overgrazing by both domestic and non-domestic animals in Ireland’s national parks agriland.ie/farming-news/a… #agriland

Check this out - a fantastic series of short vids on Gardening for Bats by Bat Conservation Ire w/easy actions to take, plants to plant etc Also v interesting facts on how bats help ppl including by eating cranefly whose larvae can impact crops . youtube.com/watch?v=xLHs...

Q: How can our business engage colleagues in the pollinator-biodiversity conversation? A: Invite them to pledge their garden (pots/planters) tinyurl.com/9f8ducvf and join the 5 March 2025 free AIPP webinar tinyurl.com/bej3vksa Biodiversity Ireland #thebusinessofbees

Calling all paddlers! 🚣‍♂️🛶 Don't forget to #CheckCleanDry youtube.com/shorts/c0Mrwyg… #canoeing #kayaking #SUP

Are you looking to raise awareness of biosecurity and invasive species in your community, club or at local events? You can download a range of free guidance and awareness raising materials for water users from our website: shorturl.at/5nyNg #CheckCleanDry

When rivers flood, the knee-jerk reaction is often to send in the machines to remove silt and vegetation. But time and time again, we have seen that dredging does not prevent flooding - in fact, it can make flooding worse downstream by increasing the speed and volume of water

I heard someone talking on Today about leaving dog hair out for birds to use in their nests *If pets have been treated with certain flea treatments, this could kill the chicks* Now seems a good time to repost this article 👇 Please repost #neonics theguardian.com/environment/20…

Willow on sheep farms helping with nutrition. #agroforestry youtu.be/vqrs32u6m_8?si…

Spring is on its way! Look out for these butterflies and moths in your gardens and local green spaces 🦋🌷🌱 Discover more species and tips on how to attract them with our free monthly e-newsletter 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/enews #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

"Ireland is about to become a military superpower. You're all fucked!"😂😂🇮🇪🇮🇪 #Garron

#Frog spawn in the ditches beside #Barrow towpath at Levitstown.

Creating bird boxes from an old wooden pallet. You can make 4 to 5 decent bird nesting boxes from these. Upcycle where you can for nature! it's incredibly rewarding and not as hard as you'd imagine!

For #NationalTreeWeek, we're celebrating native trees that are particularly good for pollinators. These species flower earlier in the year, providing nectar & pollen when other food is scarce Find out how to choose & plant pollinator-friendly trees here tinyurl.com/25v3djds

Scots Pine planting with ReWild Wicklow in Aurora, Glencree Signup to volunteer at RewildWicklow.ie

A solitary Holly tree on Muckish mountain today in Donegal ⛰️ 🌳 The holly, growing out of a crack in a rock face, where sheep & deer cannot graze on it The landscape is overgrazed & left no space for natural regeneration of trees A. Biodiversity. Crisis.

Talk of deliberately introducing non-native Mediterranean species into the countryside as a response to climate heating nudged me to shoot this cautionary video about the unmanaged invasion of Iberian Holm Oak into Isle of Wight Undercliff chalk grassland youtu.be/OJ1YF3Gpgp8

Gweebarra Conservation Group Inland Fisheries Ireland EPA Catchments National Parks and Wildlife Service Today we spotted this pathetic silt trap full of oil running from a 'greenway' construction site on the N56 into the Pearl Mussel & #AtlanticSalmon Owenea River Special Area of Conservation. Make it make sense!