11 March 2022 If you ever find yourself amidst snowy mountains, keep your eyes on the white as much as you can. If you’re lucky, you might catch the silhouette of a golden eagle. With a two-metre wingspan, they’re one of the largest birds of prey. Put them wingtip-to-wingtip besides Read more…
12 January 2022 As you might have already seen – we’re taking a new direction this year and that includes our biodiversity coverage. We’re going to be taking a closer look at the mosaic of creatures that make up Ireland’s biodiversity. We’ll be speaking to experts about all sorts of Read more…
13 September 2021 The pace of environmental progress is currently “too slow” to achieve the Government’s targets, according to a new report. A Friends of the Earth commissioned report card awarded the Government a “C+” grade for its current standing on climate and environment commitments made in the Programme for Read more…
15 April 2021 Over a quarter of all Irish birds now find themselves on the highest level of conservation concern. According to a paper in the latest issue of Irish Birds, 54 Irish bird species are now Red-listed, a 46 per cent increase from the previous “Birds of Conservation Concern Read more…
29 January 2021 The first episode of Shaping New Mountains dropped today, and safe to say, we are excited. Irish Wildlife Trust Campaign Officer and ecologist Padraic Fogarty hosts and spear-headed the series, and it took two years to put together. It’s a follow-up from his book Whittled Away, and Read more…
29 September 2020 Ireland is among the countries who signed up to a global initiative yesterday to halt biodiversity loss just days before an international summit on the issue. A total of 64 countries and the European Union signed the declaration yesterday, a few days shy of the official opening Read more…
10 September 2020 Two-thirds of the world’s wildlife have disappeared over the past 36 years, according to the World Wildlife Fund. The global organisation published the figure in their Living Planet Report 2020, which tracks wildlife trends through contributions from over 100 experts around the world. Within habitats, freshwater species Read more…
7 July 2020 Over the past few months, as an avid birdwatcher and citizen scientist, I have recorded a plethora of bird species on my daily walks, partly thanks to the absence of noise pollution from cars. Indeed, birdsong has been one of the few pleasures afforded to many of Read more…
January 20th, 2020 Ireland’s natural world is in appalling shape and needs the full backing of the public to push election candidates to bring it back from the brink, a leading nature conservation group has warned. Launching its Manifesto for Nature this afternoon, BirdWatch Ireland (BWI) starkly laid out the Read more…
December 4th, 2019 Europe is failing across the board to protect the natural world and continues to face environmental challenges on an unprecedented scale, the EU’s environmental watchdog has warned. The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest State of the Environment report provides a stark snapshot of where Europe stands in Read more…
