Image displays a lighthouse on a small island with the text 'Northern Ireland Seabird Report 2025'. The BTO logo is in the bottom right hand corner.
The 2025 Northern Ireland Seabird Report has now been published! Head to: www.bto.org/our-work/sci... to read about how Northern Ireland's breeding seabirds fared in 2025 #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @bto-ni.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
It's not too late to apply to be the recipient of the 2026 Steve Wing Memorial Bursary. Submissions can be sent to ccbo@birdwatchireland.ie. The closing date for applications is Tuesday 31st March 2026. See the BirdWatch Ireland website for further details. Visit birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/cap...
DEADLINE DAY for applications for some great seabird jobs with @birdwatchireland.bsky.social ! We're looking for wardens and surveyors for tern and cliff-nesting seabird colonies, plus a Seabird Conservation Officer working across all of these projects with me!
Details: share.google/AS4deAzk0KrQ...
Three glass jars with coiled snakes preserved in alcohol
Happy St Patrick’s Day from #Ireland where the only Irish snakes are in museum jars. These are escaped pets. Full story in the link #StPatricksDay www.museum.ie/en-ie/collec...
Promotional image for the Northern Ireland Seabird Report Launch, featuring photo by Brian Burke. Text reads: Talk by Brian Burke, Senior Seabird Conservation Officer at BirdWatch Ireland, Little Tern Conservation in Ireland. Location: Coffee Cure, Bangor. Date: Thursday 26th March. Time: 6pm to 8pm. Book your tickets here: bit.ly/NI-SeabirdReport-2025
⏰ Don’t miss our Seabird Report Launch this month!
Come along to hear BirdWatch Ireland’s Senior Seabird Conservation Officer Brian Burke @bburke88.bsky.social talk about Little Tern #Conservation in Ireland
Registration closes 19th March! Book your free place 👇
bit.ly/NI-SeabirdReport-2025
🦇We're Hiring! 🦢
Research Assistant position at ATU to determine the feasibility of establishing a radio receiver (Motus) network in Ireland for migrating bats and birds
March 26th deadline!
www.atu.ie/connect/jobs...
@atu-ie.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @shrewgod.bsky.social
Substantial fine but not max of €250k which shd have been imposed for flagrant breach of law & destruction of hedgerows. Coolmore statement that they werent aware of EIA regs doesnt hold water.Every beneficiary of CAP money receives a booklet with all the regs.
www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/co...
A Roseate Tern, standing beside a list of seabird jobs being advertised by Birdwatch Ireland.
We are currently hiring for a range of #seabird jobs at @birdwatchireland.bsky.social , with a deadline of 22nd March. If you'd like to join our Seabird team this summer see birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved...
A Roseate Tern, standing beside a list of seabird jobs being advertised by Birdwatch Ireland.
We are currently hiring for a range of #seabird jobs at @birdwatchireland.bsky.social , with a deadline of 22nd March. If you'd like to join our Seabird team this summer see birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved...
Alan MacLeod—
"This is how media lies to you in real time."
Biodiversity is not evenly distributed around the planet. In Ireland, 75 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) for seabirds have been identified.
Where are these hidden hotspots? Tune into our webinar on March 10th to learn where our seabirds go and why these places matter: bit.ly/4l0ZoZ2
Promotional tile for Northern Ireland Seabird Report Launch. Text reads: Join BTO NI to celebrate the launch of the 2025 Seabird Report at Coffee Cure, Bangor on Thursday 26th March at 6 pm to 8 pm. Booking is essential! Book your tickets here: bit.ly/NI-SeabirdReport2025. Logos featured: BTO Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), Ards and North Down Borough Council and Seabird Monitoring Programme (SMP). Background photo is of a Little Tern by Philip Croft / BTO.
Join us for a FREE evening of talks and refreshments to celebrate the launch of the 2025 Northern Ireland Seabird Report!
Get your tickets here 👇
bit.ly/NI-SeabirdReport2025
🗓️ 26th of March
📍Coffee Cure, Bangor
Registration deadline: Thursday 19th March
Angel Sharks are in real danger of going extinct locally, which would speed up their demise globally, because of the way the Irish government is issuing tangle net licences.
#RTECountrywide
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
“A ban does not provide the clubs, the youth workers, the safe playgrounds, the links to their families and friends in the offline world that might nourish and support children.”
Well said by Noeline Blackwell from the Children's Rights Alliance.
www.thejournal.ie/social-media...
Ireland’s water is at risk and your help could make all the difference! The EU law that has been protecting our water and keeping us safe and healthy for the past 25 years is being torn down.
Learn more and sign our petition today: birdwatchireland.ie/.../hands-of...
#HandsOffNature
The next time you hear some politician blaming pearl mussels or the Habitats Directive for flooding disasters, might be a good time to point this out to to them.
The main east coast railway line runs on the other side of this fence, which is about to collapse into the sea. How much longer can politicians ignore the reality of climate change?
So in a week of catastrophic flooding the government have decided to move climate from its own section to a subsection under infrastructure and lift the Dublin airport passenger cap. Mighty
"Figures from a fish counter in Waterville... show sea trout stocks have decreased by 95.6 per cent since 2002"
The sea is empty, fishing as an economic sector is over, the only thing that will turn things around is strict protection
www.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
"The most cost-effective & impactful way to protect our collective future is through large-scale restoration, which can only happen with a truly steadfast commitment of long-term funding in the billions. It’s peanuts compared to what the alternative would cost." 💯
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
After flooding in the past, successive governments promised protections, but instead, doubled down on dredging and delayed land-use reform, leaving communities exposed, writes Pádraic Fogarty.
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I caught this bird the day the day it arrived (17th) and it stayed until 25th. It was then seen on 28th 289km away in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. It would seem that the regular wintering bird at both locations is actually the same bird….🤯 🪶📷 Ronan Owens @birdguides.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
"In a disaster, the skeleton of society is laid bare. Politicians need scapegoats when their inability to make hard strategic decisions is exposed...But who rezoned the floodplains,...who has drastically underfunded climate-adaptation measures for the past 20 years?"
This image shows the cover of issue 37 of SEABIRD journal by The Seabird Group. It is of a ringed guillemot with two small chicks, standing on a rocky wall. There are other parent birds with chicks in the background.
#Seabird Journal issue #37 is complete and has been sent out to those who requested a physical copy 😊
Remember to check your mailboxes!
It is also available to read online here ➡️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-37
#science #seabirds
A periodic reminder that very little has been done to address the biodiversity crisis
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Happy St Brigid’s Day!
Oystercatchers are called ‘Gille-Brìghde’ in Gaelic- ‘Brigid’s servant’ - because they saved her life once
We need to get real. Met Éireann is not to blame for flooding damage - poor planning, building on flood plains, not implementing over 20 years of remedial action are. We were warned decades ago winter rain would increase, but continued doing nothing and built on space needed for water #spéirghorm
Imagine if there was an epidemic of pubs selling alcohol to children and instead of shutting the pubs responsible the government imposed a nationwide curfew on everyone under 16.
