Beautiful video with our own committee member, Owen Murphy, who eloquently explains the plight of our midland bogs and their waders, particularly #Curlew, and the fantastic work of the @breedingwaderseip.bsky.social. Maith thú! @ramsar.org @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social

Tóchar Stories@tocharstories.bsky.social · 2w ago

Curlews - once an iconic sound in our wetlands - are close to extinction. Owen Murphy and Breeding Waders are fighting back to protect habitats and hold on to our curlew population #LoveBogs vimeo.com/1222523678?s...

For #NationalHeritageWeek we highlight the large variety of wetlands: estuaries, turloughs, fens, saltmarshes, lakes. Our short guide covers all of them. Free to download www.irishwetlands.ie/wp-content/u.... A way to celebrate #heritageweek2026 if you can't get outside. #WetlandsMatter #Wetlands

Happy International Bog Day! We are resharing this short film on Clara Bog, Co. Offaly - one of Ireland's most diverse raised bogs and with one of the largest areas of Active Raised Bog in the country. Worth two minutes of your time. #bogday #ClaraBog

Gradually growing our Spotify podcast of audio stories from the project - It's called Where the Curlew Calls - and latest episode is with Marie Gilmore, Guide at Galway's Living Bog #LoveBogs open.spotify.com/show/5hj0Qcn...

Where the Curlew Calls

Podcast · Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories (Ireland) · Where the Curlew Calls - conversations with Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories about our changing relationship with the bogs, peatlands, fens and callows - the...

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For those of us struggling to keep heads and spirits above water in a sea of climate denial, delay and deferral - it is the volunteers on the ground like Eugene Dunbar ( out every day in his mid 70s for the common good) who keep the lights on #climate #biuodiversity #bogs #environment #nature

Tóchar Stories@tocharstories.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Eugene Dunbar is a legend in Tyrrellspass, Westmeath - a retired teacher - he dedicates his days to protecting nature, includinghis local Cloncrow Bog. "We're standing on a history book" he says on the bog loop - telling us a story of who we are and where we've come from. vimeo.com/1196599847?s...

The Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee (IRWC) just joined Bluesky & are delighted to share an exciting event with Dr. Mumba, the Secretary General of the Convention on Wetlands. Join us for a great day of discussions on 23/06/26 in Portlaoise. Register here to book: www.eventbrite.ie/e/voices-and...