Had fun working with the @rhodorangers.bsky.social over the weekend to tackle invasive rhodo in Connemara!

Registration is live for our next Green Drinks! 🙌🏽

The next Galway Green Drinks is Oct 14! We're excited to have Dr. Nóirín Burke & Dr. Maria Vittoria Marra from Galway Atlantaquaria speak about ocean literacy and the multiple ways they foster it through their work in the aquarium. Register: eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1685827217589

A long weekend of slow work digging up regrowth from old stumps and seedlings while getting stung by bees and drenched in the odd downpour at our first site in Corr Uí Mhongáin..... mostly done here but some giant rhubarb will eventually need seeing to

Don't know why its so hard to recruit volunteers these days..... Snapshot Galway started again yesterday- 20 cameras for 2 months in the windswept valleys! @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social

This was such a fun event, so glad I got to represent the @rhodorangers.bsky.social !

Last night @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social presented Galway Green Drinks at the Galway Climate Inspirations Festival's Giob Geab event. Each participant had 5 minutes to talk about their project, using 5 slides and mainly images. It was great learning about all the incredible work being done in Galway!

The health and integrity of a habitat is crucial to its resilience against invasive species such as Rhododendron as demonstrated by the lack of rhododendron present in this very wet blanket bog in Coill mór, Conamara vs old conifer plantation (which would have been drained). Pics from same spot

Well done @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social for organising this new hit in Galway city!

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Galway Green Drinks last night! We had another great talk by Janet Laffey from LAWPRO. Join us every second Tuesday for networking and informative talks!

Join the @rhodorangers.bsky.social at our next #greendrinks event to learn about local water quality! @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social

We're excited to announce our Sept speaker, Janet Laffey w/ the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO)! Janet will speak a/b the work they do to protect regional waterways & their citizen science initiatives. Register @ eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1605670125569?aff=oddtdtcreator

Another great day fighting the rhodo invasion in beautiful Conamara!

The monthly visits continued yesterday with a nice breeze to keep the midges away. An-bhuíoch don slua a tháinig amach don lá @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social @dermotbreen.bsky.social @stevil-weevil.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who joined us Tuesday night for our monthly #greendrinks event! We're thrilled with the turnout and connections being made. A big thanks also to David Foy, who gave a great presentation about the EU Nature Restoration Law and what it means for Ireland.

Another old woodland we last worked at last year (baile na hInse) where some of our (professionally trained) volunteers treated this monster 0.5 acre thicket of rhodo. Glad to see that about 90-95% of it is without foliage. We'll be going back to this site in September to carry out follow up work

Have you registered for our next #GreenDrinks event? It's a great way to meet others doing important environmental work, and we'll have a great speaker on the night. Contact @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social or @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social for more info and register here: eventbrite.com/e/galway-gre...

The @rhodorangers.bsky.social are excited to have David Foy speak @ our next #Galway #GreenDrinks Tues Aug 12! He'll speak a/b the EU Nature Restoration Law & its implications. Reg @ eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1486447036099 @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social

Trail cam footage on farm. A hen corncrake with very young chicks. First time to have 100% proof of corncrake breeding on farm as corncrake so secretive. 20 years of hard labour to produce this.....

Another great turnout for Green Drinks tonight! @georgiamacmillan.bsky.social gave a great talk about light pollution and dark sky initiatives. Thanks to all who attended, hope to see you next month! @darkskyireland.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social

Another great day fighting invasive rhododendron with the @rhodorangers.bsky.social!

Second Green Drinks event on this Tuesday, 08 July Register here; www.eventbrite.com/e/galway-gre... @darkskyireland.bsky.social Georgia MacMillian will be speaking at event Please share to your networks! See you there! @rhodorangers.bsky.social @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social

The best time to clear rhododendron was in the 1700's when it was first introduced. The second best time is now - only three of us out today but a lot done (1/3) @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social

For those who don't know, I'm the creator & host of the #podcast Sustainably Geeky! My goal is to break down #environmental topics for the average person. If interested in being on the show or have a suggestion please reach out! Listen @ epicallygeeky.com/sustainably-geeky or wherever you pod

#galway area friends, I'm excited to be hosting another #GreenDrinks event with the @rhodorangers.bsky.social ! Register here: bit.ly/4e6cWyY

The rangers continue to march east into the rhodo thicket, progress from todays monthly outing - coill gleann dá loch innu @ciaranpiano.bsky.social @artemistery.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social

Great progress by a group of conservationists from around Coillte Macha, condae Muigh Eo area on a farm woodland where they have been tackling a beast of a rhododendron thicket, maith sibh @ciaranpiano.bsky.social et al 💪. 200 bags of firewood made out of it also, great alternative to fossil fuels

We had a great turnout for our first monthly @rhodorangers.bsky.social Galway Green Drinks event last night! Thanks to @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social for talking about local conservation efforts, and to everyone who joined us. #galway #greendrinks #galwaygreendrinks #environment #sustainability

A reminder that the first #galway Green Drinks is happening tomorrow! You'll get to hear from @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social about local conservation efforts, including @rhodorangers.bsky.social .

Galway area friends! I'm helping plan the first Green Drinks event w/ @rhodorangers.bsky.social. This is intended to be a way to meet/network with others working/volunteering/interested in the environment. The event will be June 10 & registration is requested @ bit.ly/3H7cUe1. Hope to see you there!

First time I've found a flowering rhodo in my own place in probably 12 years or more. Usually, I catch them long before they get mature enough. Anyway, it's gone now. 👋 #InvasiveSpecies #RainforestEcosystem #Rewilding 🌏

(1/2) We have been back clearing Rhododendron ponticum from a new woodland site in Conamara - Gleann dá loch. The site is privately owned ca. 150 acre parcel of which approximately half is old oak woodland With the help of Dúlra who are clearing the surrounding peatland areas we are looking...