My PDCY election take aways: Govt didnt seem to be v interested in selecting candidates Negativity & low blows are seen thru Most want a president who's a thinker An Irish prez is where we'd like the world to be but maybe not where we are. Peace, empathy, unity, nuance, context.

Great thread.

Dear MS Politicians + MEPs @europarl.europa.eu: Please start making noise about the #LIFE program. The @ec.europa.eu proposal is insufficient, we need dedicated money in the #MFF (ECF/NRP) to #RestoreNature! cc @cesarluena.bsky.social @juttapaulus.bsky.social @rasmusnordqvist.bsky.social

Brilliant visuals making the latest bird migration science accessible. The birds have important messages for us about our rapidly changing home. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

BirdWatch Ireland is recruiting a Comms Officer. Please spread the word!

Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found? A: it wasn’t anybody’s job. I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks. Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Global Warning now on Al Jazeera. Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here. 👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur... #Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.

I fnd myself getting v.angry listening to less than convincing commentary frm IFI & @epaireland.bsky.social on Countrywide abt Blackwater. Well done to @philipb-h.bsky.social for keeping the river in the news. Does govt care at all abt this & all rivers? www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

EPA report: 💩 59% of sewage plants pollute our rivers & seas 😬40% of the failures can be quickly avoided as due to poor procedures, maintenance & training Robust training & preventative maintenance + more urgent timelines on infrastructure needed. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

SWAN Calls for More Urgent Action as EPA Report Exposes Persistent Sewage Failures It “shows that more than 40% of the pollution failures are down to issues that could be rapidly addressed such as poor plant operation & inadequate maintenance & training" swanireland.ie/2025/10/swan...

The shocking list of chemicals and treatments that are allowed to be used in so called 'organic' salmon from fish farms in Ireland highlighted by SWAN Marine & Coastal Policy Officer at the @salmonwatchireland.bsky.social conference.

Good news and hopefully a breakthrough in funding conservation along our flyway. www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10... It follows ground breaking work @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social has been doing in the East Asia- Australasia and the Americas flyways.

@rteradio1.bsky.social Countrywide was top notch again yest. Anyone else hear it? The brutality of colonialism when a landlord tried to create the biggest sheep farm in Ireland. Farming, nature, artefacts in the landscape. Compelling listening. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Very proud that #RestoreNature campaign won the SER comms award. Well done @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @wwf.eu @eeb.org @clienteartheur.bsky.social

We are banning PFAS in firefighting foams. Good news for the environment and public health. This is an important step forward to tackle PFAS pollution across Europe. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

It was great to be part of the @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social meeting on agriculture last week in Puck, Poland. Farmland birds are in serious trouble in Ireland. Farmers are stepping up & more financial support & encouragement needed to reverse the declines. Agri policy needs to support them.

"Nature is our defence, we need it for resilience agst climate breakdown & biodiversity loss, dont weaken environmental laws or their implementation"@birdwatchireland.bsky.social Head of Policy Oonagh Duggan's msg to @ec.europa.eu Commr @marossefcovic.bsky.social at mtg w/ @envpillar.bsky.social

Budget 2026 must mark a decisive shift and should be the starting point for serious investment in climate and nature projects to meet our legally binding targets and to avoid future costs and pain for the Irish people www.environmentalpillar.ie/government-s...

4606 @birdwatchireland.bsky.social members and supporters sent a submission to the @ec.europa.eu calling on them not to weaken environmental laws and threaten nature. People love nature and want it protected and restored.

This is just, scientifically, so wrong. -Fragilised ecosystems lose carbon -Damaged ecosystems make climate caused disasters like floods, droughts and fires a lot worse -Biodiversity loss and pollution are as big threats to humanity as climate change, and as irreversible (on human time scale).

It’s amazing what you find out when you ask business leaders about specific rules as opposed to generic hand waving over bureaucracy EU leaders going hard with the worn out deregulation tropes should take note

These are important findings which rebuff the apparent roll back of the green deal.

Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"We took out 450 fish in an hour’: Blackwater pollution highlights decade of poor environmental compliance" Government must not wash their hands of the pollution in the Blackwater. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Check out this great segment from today's Morning Ireland about our seabird census work on the island of Ireland's Eye, a fantastic collaboration with Fingal County Council: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Farmers are not getting their due reward for farming in designated areas. www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/pl...

Good day at #Ploughing2025 Was happy to be invited by the Farmers Journal to speak on a panel w/IFA & INHFA abt the biodiversity crisis, restoring nature, & actions farmers can take at farm level. There was consensus among us that the funding for nature restoration must be clarified & committed to.

A North Cork angler says authorities are showing a lack of urgency in investigating the River Blackwater fish kill. Inland Fisheries Ireland insists all agencies are committed, but Conor Arnold believes time is running out for real accountability. #VMNews

Today is the last day for you to send a message to ask the European Commission to keep their #HandsOffNature. Please, don't let them destroy EU nature protection laws👉 birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/adv...

In a major U-turn on @daera-ni.gov.uk proposals to reduce agricultural pollution in Lough Neagh, Sinn Fein has now backed a motion condemning calls to 'scrap the nap'. The party is also calling for North-South and UK action on the 'national crisis' theearthscorr.substack.com/p/sinn-fein-...

The @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu #SOTEU address was sobering. War, fight, defence, unity, little mention of envt. I put my head in my hands at one point. And then this weird & enthusiastic (practically hollering) shout out for "CARS", Europe's cars.

@birdwatchireland.bsky.social, with support from @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social , @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social and collaborators, have published 73 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for Seabirds. Learn more➡️ www.seabirdtracking.org/birdwatch-ir... With massive thanks to all involved!

Our ringing work in partnership with Dublin Port Company provides invaluable insights into the migration behaviour of Oystercatchers. This bird ringed in 2017, now 9 years old, was spotted on its breeding grounds in Berneray, Scotland for the first time this year.

Only 2 days left to tell decision-makers: #HandsOffNature. Join over 150,000 citizens defending EU nature laws! If you are against the weakening of EU nature laws, now is the moment to speak up. Your voice matters. Use it now: birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/adv...

Does dairy ind call out bad actors? North Cork Co-Op 2 wks ago, @epaireland.bsky.social tests fnd -ammonia in discharge 52 times over limit -orthophosphate 7 times over limit -total phosphorus levels were 21/2 times over limit No link to Blackwater fish kill afaik. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

Really bugs me when folk compare bird deaths caused by cats/window collision vs wind turbines effects. The birds that can be impacted by turbines are often threatened species or spp slow to reproduce, not your common garden bird. The art below sets out an explanation. &yes cats are an issue!

Pod of this week’s Last Word on the Environment with Matt Cooper on Today FM now available. We discussed seabird protection, nuclear shutdown in heatwave & China’s renewables revolution. www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

The European Commission has told the Government that in order for Ireland to retain a nitrates derogation for farmers from next year it must demonstrate efforts to conserve designated sites or species under the EU's Habitats Directive

While Ireland is paralysed with inaction and indecision, other countries are getting on with the task of protecting their seas. Denmark now the latest to announce a restriction on bottom trawling. seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...

The culmination of 2yrs work w/many players. Last wk we launched our IBAs for seabirds. A significant contribution to the science in IE & we hope to govt meeting its legal obligations for seabirds as per Art 4 of Birds Dir which is overdue since 1998. All info▶️ birdwatchireland.ie/ibas-for-sea...

Farmers have different motivations to restore nature. Worth listening to this piece from @rteradio1.bsky.social Countrywide. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

"The challenge of nature degradation fundamentally stems from a deeply rooted market failure. Addressing this failure falls primarily within the remit of policymakers, not of central banks" Frank Elderson, European Central Bank. cleantechnica.com/2025/07/04/e...

Fresh catch this morning. Good to see fish being landed for young at the quarry along the East Craig this morning.

A public swimming pool in the Senne is a powerful symbol of hope. Political leaders who find the courage to ignore the hate and ridicule campaigns can actually build a better world.

Restore nature in villages, towns and cities. ⬇️

23 of 24 of Ireland's breeding seabird species are under threat yet the places they breed, feed & socialise are largely unprotected. Major work by @birdwatchireland.bsky.social identifies 73 coastal & marine sites needing legal safeguards @naturenymph.bsky.social www.independent.ie/irish-news/m...

This is a nice visualisation for anyone in any doubt about the need for Marine Protected Areas. It shows the extent and intensity of fishing activity (not all of it even as much of the inshore fishing is not documented). Where is marine life supposed to go?

Extremely concerning indeed.

Former HSE chief executive Paul Reid is expected to be named as the chairperson of An Coimisiún Pleanála, which will replace An Bord Pleanála