A vibrant, vertical shot of an ancient, twisted deciduous tree with lichen-covered branches reaching across the frame. The tree is bathed in warm, dappled sunlight. Below, a carpet of thick, bright green moss covers large, rounded boulders on the forest floor, creating a glowing, velvet-like texture. In the background, a dense stand of dark evergreen pine trees creates a shadowy contrast, making the sunlit moss and foreground tree pop with ethereal, magical energy.

1 YEAR AGO FLASHBACK: Treelight. I shared this one whole year ago. Time just flies when there’s so much to explore in Ireland!

#photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland #WildIreland #NatureLovers #ForestBathing #Mossy #Woodland #GreenIsland #GreenVibes #IrishNature

Outstanding video from @stephenjreid.bsky.social about the scandalous governmental neglect for our outdoors in Northern Ireland. This ties in to our battle over blockades of what minimal Public Rights of Way we do have in NI, eg #Greenisland Shore Rd. #ShareOurShore www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQzp...

Jointure Bay, Greenisland, looking towards Belfast; Belfast Hills in the background, houses of the Island Park promontory and Jointure Bay itself. Over the years, shoreside residents have blocked off ALL access points to the beach from the Shore Road, meaning that residents on the other side of the road have no access, without walking 1km in either direction along the road. We contend this is not safe, not accessible, illegal (blocked Public Right of Way) and discriminatory on the part of the Council. #ShareOurShore

Here's one of >300 responses to @meabc.bsky.social in favour of restoring our Public Right of Way to #Greenisland Beach:

"I want my children to be able to enjoy the public beach, it belongs to the people, and it's a shame we live within walking distance and they haven't even seen the Green Island"

Many of you will know we've been trying to get @meabc.bsky.social to restore our Public Right of Way access to the beach at #Greenisland. I submitted a #FreedomOfInformation request. the consultation responses were OVERWHELMINGLY in favour of access! Among our immediate neighbours, 77% say YES.

Beach glass in the sun

Beach glass and beagle

Funky little adorable glass bottle neck on the Secret Beach this morning. 😍 #Greenisland #ShareOurShore #seaglass #BeachGlass

Portraits of White Terror: Ouyang Chien-hua & Chang Chang-mei Love in the time of martial law

Their paths crossed at #GreenIsland, a #Taiwanese penal colony where thought prisoners grew their own food to supplement supplies ferried by boat. He admired her beauty and tenacity. She recognized his literati talents and fortitude. This is their story.

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I didn't know this, but @paulajay.bsky.social tells me it's called "the hazels" (which is very appropriate!). It's owned by the Golf Club who are engaging v positively with some of our local councillors to improve access & experience. @aaron-skinner.bsky.social #Greenisland #ShareOurSlopes :-)

Greenisland Beach, low sand state...

Fossil ripples

Beach lost a lot of sand in the recent storms, but it exposed a piece of older beach from millions of years ago! #Greenisland #ShareOurShore

a colour photo of a beach scene with a a hide tide showing a tiny bit of the beach and a rock with low clouds and a bit of a sunrise on the horizon

Day 24 of A Photo A Day for 2026

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#aphotoaday2026
#phonephotography
#photography
#seascape
#GreenIsland
#JerseyCI
#winter2026

Ground crew spray foam on an RNZAF Corsair (NZ5367), after an emergency landing - Green Island, Australia, 24th Feb 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #australia #rnzaf #greenisland #corsair #history

Gods, do you think Donnie Dementia might get it wrong and annex #Greenisland? 😳

A very handsome heron at Greenisland Beach, with Belfast Lough in the background

I love meeting with these lads when we go down to the beach. There are several "regulars" including this good lookin' friend :-) #beach #heron #Greenisland #NorthernIreland

A2 Shore Road Greenisland widening - Northern Ireland Roads

Happy Birthday to the A2 Shore Rd dual-carriageway at #Greenisland which was opened ten years ago today and saw the last, & significant, single-lane bottleneck on the #Belfast-#Carrickfergus road widened to a consistent 4 lanes. I followed the works here: www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads/a2gree...

Beach with low sun

Turned out a better afternoon than I had expected... #Greenisland #ShareTheShore

a colour photo of a beach with the tide coming in covering the sand, with white clouds on the horizon with rocks in the foreground on the left

Day 299 of A Photo A Day for 2025

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#aphotoaday2025
#phonephotography
#photography
#seascape
#GreenIsland
#JerseyChannelIslands
#JerseyCI
#autumn2025

a colour photo of a beach with the tide coming in covering the sand, with white clouds on the horizon and a rocks and a small landmass in the distance on the right going out from the slipway

Day 298 of A Photo A Day for 2025

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#aphotoaday2025
#phonephotography
#photography
#seascape
#GreenIsland
#JerseyChannelIslands
#JerseyCI
#autumn2025

#Ireland #IrishLife #LoveIreland #BeautifulIreland #DiscoverIreland #ExploreIreland #LifeInIreland #VisitIreland #IrishCulture #StudyInIreland #WorkInIreland #IrishPeople #IrishVibes #TravelIreland #IrelandCommunity #GreenIsland #IrishDream #IrelandGoals #CelticVibes #EuropeLifestyle

Beagle on beach

Trooperslane beach, carrickfergus

After the storm #Greenisland #ShareOurShore

Cormorants stretching their wings on the sea rocks, with the enormous chimney of Kilroot Power Station, Carrickfergus, in the background.

Seagull on a rock

Jellyfish on the beach

Charlee Beagle on Greenisland Secret Beach, looking across at the StenaLine ferry coming in.

Some of the wildlife down on our Secret Beach this incredible Sunday morning. #ShareOurShore #Greenisland #Carrickfergus
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Beach glass from the secret beach in Greenisland - so secret, nobody even knows that Greenisland is named for an actual Green Island (Inishglass) that you can walk across to at low tide. Except the Council don't want to upset some of the neighbours by allowing you to do this. It's a complete disgrace, but you ARE welcome any time - please visit! See you on the beach :-) #ShareOurShore #ShareTheShore

Beach glass collection from the Secret Beach in #Greenisland near #Carrickfergus that the Council don't want you to know about, and certainly don't want you to enjoy or get on or off. I particularly like the wee windmill crockery fragment :-) #ShareTheShore #ShareOurShore #RightToRoam

The beautiful beach at Greenisland

Life's a beach! #ShateTheShore #Greenisland

Slipway on the @meabc.bsky.social Council owned beach at Greenisland that was built without permission for launching boats. However this slipway creates a significant pinch point at mid and high tide, preventing people from getting along the beach at a place where there are no safe access/egress points for the general public (without trespassing). The Council tolerate Loughside residents using the beach as their private playground, while refusing to restore public access that was removed progressively from the 1990s in breach of their statutory duties to preserve rights of way, and in violation of the Access to the Countryside Order 1983. See you in court!

While denying access to unwashed ratepayers of #Greenisland, Loughside residents can build huge pinch-point slipways without formal approval, and moor and launch their boats on the council-owned beach, contrary to the supposed findings of the H&S report. @belfasttelegraph.co.uk #OneLawForThem

Flooded boat on Greenisland beach. Technically the Council should remove this, as it is moored without permission. However, it'll likely be irreparably damaged soon if it isn't drained and refloated and taken on land for repairs...

Nice low tide tomorrow at around 09:30 - sounds like a little trespass is in order down to the #ForbiddenBeach at #Greenisland. Sure come on down - it'll be lovely! @meabc.bsky.social won't mind.

Beagle on a beach

Also, if we have any Blueskyers who are lawyers familiar with rights-of-way issues in Northern Ireland, I think we have a *great* case, if the Council vote the wrong way on this. #ShareTheShore #Greenisland

Erneut rechter Angriff auf Freiraumprojekt #GreenIsland in #Nordhausen.

Dazu ein Statement und ein Artikel der TA.

#NieWiederFaschismus #KeinRuhigesHinterland #AntifaBleibtLandarbeit #antifa

Next week @meabc.bsky.social Neighbourhoods and Communities Committee will vote on providing access to the beach at #Greenisland - denied to residents, ratepayers, families for so long. Here's the song - dear Councillors, VOTE YES to #ShareTheShore! youtu.be/hAHxlvpM0b4?...

Ein ereignisreiches Wochenende in #Nordhausen steht bevor.
11.07. Geburtstag des Green Island feiern
12.07. beim 1. CSD die Rechte und Sichtbarkeit von queeren Leben erkämpfen
#CSD #Birthday #greenisland #esgibtkeinruhigeshonterland #antifaheißtlandarbeit #antifa #queer #ndh1107 #ndh1207