Juv Common Ringed Plover at Hayle Estuary (27th Aug).
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Galway, Ireland. Nature, birdwatching, wildflowers.
A double-crested cormorant preens at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #Coastal&River #bird #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky #BirdsSeenln2026 #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
In my book 'The Evolution Underground' (2017, @pegasus-books.bsky.social), I wrote about how pocket gophers & their burrowing made them ecological heroes after the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Nice seeing these little burrowers still getting recognized for the feats of their feets! 🧪🌋
VirginiaM - owlet@virginiam.bsky.social · 20h agoFor your enjoyment
Prehensile-tailed porcupines are born with bright reddish-orange hair to provide camouflage and protection for their soft quills. As the baby grows, it'll shed its hair, revealing spiny black-and-white quills. Learn more at www.pdza.org/tiny-porcupine-makes-history
Patients are being told that they must consent to an AI tool recording their appointment in order to access medical support. If you agree this is wrong, add your name to the petition here my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
Stop AI being forced on patients in medical settings
Patients are being told that they must consent to an AI tool recording their appointment in order to access medical support. If you agree this is wrong, add your name to the petition here
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Climbing up to Djouce mountain looking back over the fern filled path. #Hiking #Photography #Scape #StunDay #EastCoastKin #Wicklow #Ireland
This coming Sunday at 6.30pm, the first of the 2-part tv version of An Irish Atlantic Rainforest will air on @rteone.rte.ie. It's a portrait of astonishing beauty, and of the raw joy and hope that rewilding brings into our lives. about.rte.ie/2026/08/18/a...
An Irish Atlantic Rainforest: The Story of a West Cork Rainforest on the edges of the Beara Peninsula – About RTÉ
The two-part series begins Sunday 23 August at 6.30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player An Irish Atlantic Rainforest tells the story of Eoghan Daltun, who has created his very own rainforest by rewilding an o...
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Tackling pollution in Lough Neagh, the UK and Ireland’s largest freshwater lake, requires collaboration and robust scientific evidence. 🧪 The CLEAR-Neagh project, led by UKCEH, is using advanced DNA-based methods to trace pollution across the catchment. Swipe for info about our recent workshop ➡️
Out walking but saw this guy again just now. Thought you might like it. If you love a harey butt this one’s for you. 😂😂 Hare today, gone tomorrow. #Hareybutts #Hare #photography #Ireland #ECK
Our exciting 'Local Change' project will be happening in Ireland too!☘️ Could you help coordinate this project on both sides of the Irish Sea? For more info on the project, and to apply, see bsbi.org/take-part/pr... @bsbibotany.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @cedarrecordsni.bsky.social
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)@bsbibotany.bsky.social · 3w agoWe're hiring! We have a new Local Change project, building on previous BSBI monitoring projects, to provide crucial data on the state of our wild plants. Background to the project: bsbi.org/take-part/pr... We're now looking to recruit a Project Coordinator. Find out more: bsbi.org/about/people...
Walls may not seem the most hospitable of environments but the plants that can survive there can be surprising! See if you can find any flowering #WallPlants for this week’s challenge & share your pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm!
Just about to leave for last minute trip to Ireland. Is there any chance at all of seeing Irish Lady’s Tresses? Arriving first in Larne, along Antrim Coast to Derry, then Wild Atlantic Way to Donegal, bit of Connemara National Park, New Grange before heading home from Dublin. #wildflowerhour
Repair Café Galway, where participants can learn how to mend clothing and household items, will return to the city on Saturday, August 22 www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
Repair your clothes and homewares at Café Galway
Repair Café Galway, where participants can learn how to mend clothing and household items, will return to the city on Saturday, August 22.
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Black-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus ambiguus) excavating a nest cavity, WildSumaco Lodge, Guamani, Napo, Ecuador, June 2026. This would have been great for yesterday's #BirdOfTheDay theme #NoBranchWood. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #toucans #ecuador #BirdsSeenIn2026
Job opportunity: Irish Bird Atlas Project Manager BirdWatch Ireland is seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to lead organisation of the upcoming Bird Atlas 2027-31 across the Republic of Ireland. Closing date 11th Sept. Find out more: birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved...
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Redshank family - field painting completed at Cley, Norfolk earlier this summer
The Barnsley Museums Culture Companions as paintings from The Cooper Gallery collections. Judith and Barbara as 'The Beggar Girls' by by either P A Cot or J Cot Watch a video to see the group in action and see more of their re-creations below 👇 🎨 youtu.be/xdfQbPUC41A?...
Question: do I know anyone near Nantes who would be willing to pick up a dead gull-billed tern and its logger? L49 has sadly been killed near a road. I’d be very grateful for a picture and the logger and would of course reimburse postage.
A gannet from RSPB Bempton Cliffs in April. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
Hummingbird Hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum larva found at night on Cleavers. Easiest to find with the aid of a UV torch as they are fluorescent in UV. If you would like to find one in the UK there has never been better chance. Find some Bedstraw growing over a south facing wall or bank
RTE news: All you need to know about next week's solar eclipse www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
All you need to know about next week's solar eclipse
The solar eclipse is a rare event at any location and it will not occur again in Ireland until 2090
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For #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #busted This Tricolored Heron Hatchling made my day #Birds #Wildlife #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography #Birding #NaturePhotography
Seven* of our satellite tagged Cuckoos are south of the Sahara, having made epic migrations from Europe! *Actually, make that eight - Irish bird Brock has 'reappeared' & his signal shows that he is in Chad. Find out more, & follow the Cuckoos' progress: ➡️ www.bto.org/cuckoos #birds #ukbirding
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
