22 June 2021 A social media trend has threatened local duck populations over the past weeks and campaigners fear the development is part of a wider detrimental move to domesticate wildlife. Reports surfaced in late May that ducklings were being sold on city streets for as little as €5 and Read more…
August 16th, 2018 On a warm afternoon in a Dublin city back garden overflowing with plants, shrubs, apple trees and vegetables, an exceptional variety of bees and butterflies are flying from one flower to another. We are in no ordinary garden, however. We are in the biodiversity sanctuary of the Read more…
August 10th, 2018 An investigation is underway in relation to the unlawful killing of two peregrine falcons in Co Louth. The two adult falcons were found dead by National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) staff in the remote Cooley Mountains where they were nesting. Three eggs were found in the Read more…
June 15th, 2018 Ulster Wildlife has launched a new project to help conserve endangered sharks in waters off the Northern Irish coast. The Sea Deep project will see volunteers trained and equipped to tag sharks, hunt for their egg cases onshore and help identify spawning and nursery grounds. The project, Read more…
May 22nd, 2018 The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) has created an online petition calling for a ban on the use of moss peat in gardening products. The petition gives weight to their call to ban the use of moss peats in gardening products, and to protect sphagnum mosses and Read more…
April 25th, 2018 The Irish state is failing in its duty to fully implement European Directives vital to protect numerous threatened species and habitats on our island, a new report has found. The report from BirdLife Europe, WWF, European Environmental Bureau and Friends of the Earth Europe gave 18 EU Read more…
April 20th, 2018 National Biodiversity Week is coming up next month so let’s talk about why this week-long program is important to the future success of biodiversity. The week is all about encouraging people to get outdoors, connect with nature, and celebrate the extraordinary variety of flora, fauna, and habitats Read more…
May 8th, 2017 A wave of gorse fires over the weekend has caused devastation across the island of Ireland, including the burning down of the home of a family of five in county Mayo last Friday. It is believed that the two-storey house close to Kiltimagh caught fire as sparks Read more…
March 07 2017 Last week, TG4’s Éire Fhiáin blew us away with spectacular footage of Ireland’s south-west coast, taking us on a pilgrimage of biodiversity from the haunted shores of Skellig Michael and Puffin Island right up to the emblematic Burren landscape. Today, the journey continues with Eoin Warner and Read more…
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