Rewilding Ireland
@rewildingire.bsky.social
Tweets about rewilding, and what it looks like in an Irish context.
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What looks like a dark morph Lapwing seen at #RSPBGreylake #Somerset this morning. It was very aggressive to any other Lapwing that came to close.
February 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
What looks like a dark morph Lapwing seen at #RSPBGreylake #Somerset this morning. It was very aggressive to any other Lapwing that came to close.
The government doesn't care about what is coming for you and your children.
There is no climate action or leadership.
There is no climate action or leadership.
February 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The government doesn't care about what is coming for you and your children.
There is no climate action or leadership.
There is no climate action or leadership.
As pointed out in the comments, you are more likely to see shitehawkery like this on weekends as nobody official out and about.
Tanks are probably full, deadline coming up for spreading - farmers are under pressure, but stuff like this is not gonna help them in long term.
Tanks are probably full, deadline coming up for spreading - farmers are under pressure, but stuff like this is not gonna help them in long term.
What can be done about this?
Slurry spreaders out today in waterlogged fields beside the Boyne River - total madness and against regulations.
Water quality is deteriorating and there is little enforcement.
@whittledaway.bsky.social
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
Slurry spreaders out today in waterlogged fields beside the Boyne River - total madness and against regulations.
Water quality is deteriorating and there is little enforcement.
@whittledaway.bsky.social
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 10:35 AM
As pointed out in the comments, you are more likely to see shitehawkery like this on weekends as nobody official out and about.
Tanks are probably full, deadline coming up for spreading - farmers are under pressure, but stuff like this is not gonna help them in long term.
Tanks are probably full, deadline coming up for spreading - farmers are under pressure, but stuff like this is not gonna help them in long term.
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Join our Tour Guide & Facilitator Panel at the Dead Zoo Lab! Bring Natural History to life, inspire curiosity, and create belonging. Be the voice that makes Ireland’s Natural History stories unforgettable. Apply now: www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/dps/pre...
January 20, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Join our Tour Guide & Facilitator Panel at the Dead Zoo Lab! Bring Natural History to life, inspire curiosity, and create belonging. Be the voice that makes Ireland’s Natural History stories unforgettable. Apply now: www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/dps/pre...
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Our first Green Drinks of the year was a big hit, and our largest turnout yet! Thanks to Aoife Crowe for teaching us all about saproxylic beetles in Ireland.
January 13, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Our first Green Drinks of the year was a big hit, and our largest turnout yet! Thanks to Aoife Crowe for teaching us all about saproxylic beetles in Ireland.
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New report by Bat Conservation Ireland - 'The Lesser Horseshoe Bat: Mapping Landscape Connectivity to Facilitate Species Recovery and Expansion in Ireland'.
#NatureConservation #BatConservation #LesserHorseshoeBat
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#NatureConservation #BatConservation #LesserHorseshoeBat
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www.batconservationireland.org
January 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
New report by Bat Conservation Ireland - 'The Lesser Horseshoe Bat: Mapping Landscape Connectivity to Facilitate Species Recovery and Expansion in Ireland'.
#NatureConservation #BatConservation #LesserHorseshoeBat
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#NatureConservation #BatConservation #LesserHorseshoeBat
www.batconservationireland.org/wp-content/u...
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Our first Green Drinks of the Year is coming up on January 13th! Hope to see you there. Registration: eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1978194333503
January 5, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Our first Green Drinks of the Year is coming up on January 13th! Hope to see you there. Registration: eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1978194333503
Time and time again, I see NPWS submissions and reports ignored & overlooked
Take a look at their submissions for development/forestry - there is no real desire to give NPWS the power it should have
NPWS raises concerns over dairy plant water abstraction - Agriland.ie share.google/oGMuY0uiqEYd...
Take a look at their submissions for development/forestry - there is no real desire to give NPWS the power it should have
NPWS raises concerns over dairy plant water abstraction - Agriland.ie share.google/oGMuY0uiqEYd...
Latest Farming News - Farming In Ireland - Farm Ireland
Agriland is Ireland's largest farming news portal. Daily Irish farming news and Irish agricultural news for farmers.
Agriland.ie
January 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Time and time again, I see NPWS submissions and reports ignored & overlooked
Take a look at their submissions for development/forestry - there is no real desire to give NPWS the power it should have
NPWS raises concerns over dairy plant water abstraction - Agriland.ie share.google/oGMuY0uiqEYd...
Take a look at their submissions for development/forestry - there is no real desire to give NPWS the power it should have
NPWS raises concerns over dairy plant water abstraction - Agriland.ie share.google/oGMuY0uiqEYd...
This article sums up everything wrong with deer management atm.
-Onus on an understaffed and underfunded NPWS to "fix" the problem.
- Soundbite from a politician who would give out if staff taken from tourist role
- Highlights one area returns when all of Kerry has high deer impact.
And..... (1/2)
-Onus on an understaffed and underfunded NPWS to "fix" the problem.
- Soundbite from a politician who would give out if staff taken from tourist role
- Highlights one area returns when all of Kerry has high deer impact.
And..... (1/2)
Just under 400 deer have been culled in Killarney National Park in 2025, according to figures from the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Under 400 deer culled in Killarney National Park in 2025
Just under 400 deer have been culled in Killarney National Park in 2025, according to figures from the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
www.rte.ie
December 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This article sums up everything wrong with deer management atm.
-Onus on an understaffed and underfunded NPWS to "fix" the problem.
- Soundbite from a politician who would give out if staff taken from tourist role
- Highlights one area returns when all of Kerry has high deer impact.
And..... (1/2)
-Onus on an understaffed and underfunded NPWS to "fix" the problem.
- Soundbite from a politician who would give out if staff taken from tourist role
- Highlights one area returns when all of Kerry has high deer impact.
And..... (1/2)
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Y'day was our last visit to coill Gleann dá loch for 2025 which we wrapped up nicely with a few well earned pints and meal
2025 in summary: 2.7ha of Rhodo cleared (6.67 acres) over 12 days with an average of 7 volunteers each outing. Not to mention our follow up work at two other local sites (1/2)
2025 in summary: 2.7ha of Rhodo cleared (6.67 acres) over 12 days with an average of 7 volunteers each outing. Not to mention our follow up work at two other local sites (1/2)
December 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Y'day was our last visit to coill Gleann dá loch for 2025 which we wrapped up nicely with a few well earned pints and meal
2025 in summary: 2.7ha of Rhodo cleared (6.67 acres) over 12 days with an average of 7 volunteers each outing. Not to mention our follow up work at two other local sites (1/2)
2025 in summary: 2.7ha of Rhodo cleared (6.67 acres) over 12 days with an average of 7 volunteers each outing. Not to mention our follow up work at two other local sites (1/2)
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Tá mé an-bhródúil a bheith pairteach don ghrúpa iontach seo i nGaillimh. Dream díocasach agus daoine álainn freisin
Y'day was our last visit to coill Gleann dá loch for 2025 which we wrapped up nicely with a few well earned pints and meal
2025 in summary: 2.7ha of Rhodo cleared (6.67 acres) over 12 days with an average of 7 volunteers each outing. Not to mention our follow up work at two other local sites (1/2)
2025 in summary: 2.7ha of Rhodo cleared (6.67 acres) over 12 days with an average of 7 volunteers each outing. Not to mention our follow up work at two other local sites (1/2)
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Tá mé an-bhródúil a bheith pairteach don ghrúpa iontach seo i nGaillimh. Dream díocasach agus daoine álainn freisin
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I'm recruiting a #PhDstudent ! Deadline Feb 10th!
Explore how forest management shapes peatlands, riparian zones, streams and the #biodiversity that depends on them. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
Explore how forest management shapes peatlands, riparian zones, streams and the #biodiversity that depends on them. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I'm recruiting a #PhDstudent ! Deadline Feb 10th!
Explore how forest management shapes peatlands, riparian zones, streams and the #biodiversity that depends on them. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
Explore how forest management shapes peatlands, riparian zones, streams and the #biodiversity that depends on them. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
The same week in which the Nitrates Derogation was pushed through.
This Government doesn't care for nature and climate, and is incapable of making things better.
The majority of public won't notice the impact, until its too late.
We need everyone angry about this now.
This Government doesn't care for nature and climate, and is incapable of making things better.
The majority of public won't notice the impact, until its too late.
We need everyone angry about this now.
Ireland’s natural habitats decline further with 90% officially in poor condition
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Ireland’s natural habitats decline further with 90% officially in poor condition
Head of National Parks and Wildlife Service says time to begin conservation efforts ‘was yesterday’
www.irishtimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The same week in which the Nitrates Derogation was pushed through.
This Government doesn't care for nature and climate, and is incapable of making things better.
The majority of public won't notice the impact, until its too late.
We need everyone angry about this now.
This Government doesn't care for nature and climate, and is incapable of making things better.
The majority of public won't notice the impact, until its too late.
We need everyone angry about this now.
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Another great day in beautiful Connemara 💪🏽
Great turnout for our monthly outing today, and nice to see some new faces!
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Another great day in beautiful Connemara 💪🏽
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Thanks to everyone who braved the weather to join us tonight! We had a fantastic talk about the future of food and land use in Ireland by Dr. David Styles, Associate Professor in Agri-sustainability at the
University of Galway.
University of Galway.
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thanks to everyone who braved the weather to join us tonight! We had a fantastic talk about the future of food and land use in Ireland by Dr. David Styles, Associate Professor in Agri-sustainability at the
University of Galway.
University of Galway.
And yet I am told, trees don't belong there.
December 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And yet I am told, trees don't belong there.
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Give it a decade or two, and this and many other spots like it in the southwest will be lost to a thick tangle of invasive rhododendron, requiring unimaginable time and energy to remove.
Why is this unfolding calamity being ignored by the authorities?
Why is this unfolding calamity being ignored by the authorities?
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Give it a decade or two, and this and many other spots like it in the southwest will be lost to a thick tangle of invasive rhododendron, requiring unimaginable time and energy to remove.
Why is this unfolding calamity being ignored by the authorities?
Why is this unfolding calamity being ignored by the authorities?
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Don't miss @bsbibotany.bsky.social's brilliant winter webinar on clubmosses...a great time to learn about these ancient plants, as they're something you can go out and look for all year (snow permitting ❄️) @cedar-ni.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social
We've had nearly 300 bookings for our talk on the Clubmosses of Britain and Ireland by Fred Rumsey next Tuesday evening (2nd December) and there's still places left!
Book now for free (though donations towards our work are appreciated): share.google/lQL6JQ7E9SEQ...
Book now for free (though donations towards our work are appreciated): share.google/lQL6JQ7E9SEQ...
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Don't miss @bsbibotany.bsky.social's brilliant winter webinar on clubmosses...a great time to learn about these ancient plants, as they're something you can go out and look for all year (snow permitting ❄️) @cedar-ni.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social
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Great turnout for our monthly outing today, and nice to see some new faces!
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Great turnout for our monthly outing today, and nice to see some new faces!
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
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Andrew Jackson really cooked Collison here.
Hilarious that Collisons think tank Progress Ireland are asking “How will you avoid getting pigeonholed as right-wing tech bros?” - a question you should never ask publicly if you dont want to be labelled a right-wing tech bro
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Hilarious that Collisons think tank Progress Ireland are asking “How will you avoid getting pigeonholed as right-wing tech bros?” - a question you should never ask publicly if you dont want to be labelled a right-wing tech bro
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Andrew Jackson really cooked Collison here.
Hilarious that Collisons think tank Progress Ireland are asking “How will you avoid getting pigeonholed as right-wing tech bros?” - a question you should never ask publicly if you dont want to be labelled a right-wing tech bro
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Hilarious that Collisons think tank Progress Ireland are asking “How will you avoid getting pigeonholed as right-wing tech bros?” - a question you should never ask publicly if you dont want to be labelled a right-wing tech bro
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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EU commission president von der Leyen said today the EU isn't fighting fossil fuels, only the *emissions* from fossil fuels
total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions
even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them
#COP30
total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions
even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them
#COP30
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
EU commission president von der Leyen said today the EU isn't fighting fossil fuels, only the *emissions* from fossil fuels
total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions
even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them
#COP30
total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions
even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them
#COP30
This is climate change.
This will keep happening closer and closer to you, until it's you moving.
This will keep happening closer and closer to you, until it's you moving.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This is climate change.
This will keep happening closer and closer to you, until it's you moving.
This will keep happening closer and closer to you, until it's you moving.
You can't do anything better for the soul than give space to native flora and fauna.
Unidentified on account of irresponsible labelling, this Chinese Sorbus has not, as yet, attracted the attention of the blackbirds. The neighbouring native, Sorbus aucuparia, on the other hand, has been stripped of its berries already.
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
You can't do anything better for the soul than give space to native flora and fauna.
