It is very encouraging to see the early results of rehabilitation works in one of the Peatlands Climate Action Scheme bnmpcas.ie sites. The scheme main objective is rehabilitating circa 33,000 ha in over 80 Bord na Móna bogs.

Glorious morning to record a CBS square BirdWatch Ireland on a rehabilitated cutaway bog. In just 3yrs, the transformation is magnificent: ✅️Reed, Bog cottongrass, Sally, Birch - colonising bare peat & open water
✅️ Ringed plover, Snipe, Lapwing, Swan, Reed bunting, etc now common

We have chicks! The first of the National Parks and Wildlife Service live-streaming Chough nests in West Cork has started hatching. First hatching at 1am this morning and now at least three. Notice Nature Ireland NPWS Nature Conservation

Follow live here: youtube.com/live/yMnvzd356…

Pleased to meet delegates from across the globe @ 43rd Annual Conference of International Association for Impact Assessment IAIA Network in Abbeyleix Bog today. Sharing my experience of NPWS Nature Conservation and local communities working together to restore our unique Bogs #EarthDay

🐸🐸🐸 Huge step forward for the conservation of the Natterjack toad in Ireland. But good news for habitat and species protection generally. 🐸🐸🐸 Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin Aoife O'Rourke Biodiversity Ireland Collie Ennis 🕷🐸 Fota Wildlife Park Oceanworld Aquarium Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Rob Gandola National Parks and Wildlife Service

An exciting #postdoc opportunity Maynooth University to study the palaeoecology of ancient woodlands! Part of the Ancient Woodlands Ireland Project, funded by
Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and National Parks and Wildlife Service universityvacancies.com/maynooth-unive…

This will be a great online resource for Irish bird enthusiasts. Ussher was involved in many definitive publications. BirdWatch Ireland Birds Ireland

Small Recorder Grants
These grants play a crucial role in gathering accurate information on species and habitats for nature conservation objective. For the 2024 grants, applications must be submitted by 5 pm on April 8, 2024.
Images courtesy of Brian Nelson.
#smallrecordergrants

Another great day in the field 🌱 collecting data from 30 water loggers! 💪 however, spreadsheet is getting too long now! Time for R 📊 and stats packages 😂 WaterLANDS LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature

Not an April Fools pic but the 1st WTE tagged in Ireland in 2007 taking a break from the strong winds on territory. Since 1st nesting in 2014, remaining unpaired for 2 years after losing his 1st mate to AI(?) in 2018, he's now fledged 15 young to boost the Irish reintro pop👏

🦅😁👍Just a gentle reminder Application Deadline: April 8, 2024, at 5:00 PM.
Small Recorder Grants 2024
npws.ie/news/npws-gran….

If you’re involved in natural history recording, don’t miss this opportunity! 🌿📸🌼

Final day installing another 54 loggers! 💪 Great job with our team 🌱 All monitoring set up and ready! Next stop: Restoration! 🙌 WaterLANDS LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature

Listen back to Clare Heardman, District Conservation Officer with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, discussing two new livestream nest cams exploring the changing nesting habits of the scarce Chough on RTÉ Morning Ireland #CoCork #nestflix

rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

It’s another landmark day for Ireland's built heritage! We’re announcing over €9 million worth of grants for a bumper 677 projects across the country under the Historic Structures Fund and the Built Heritage Investment Scheme for 2024. 👇
📰 gov.ie/en/press-relea…

White-tailed Sea Eagle update: Last year's Glengarriff chick (pictured aged 9 weeks) is now in Co Kerry but he spent some of the winter in Roaringwater Bay, Co Cork. One day he was joined briefly by his sibling Cuileann, who fledged in 2022 (see image of their tracks 3/11/23).

🌿 Ag glacadh le hÁilleacht na dTailte Móna in Éirinn! An raibh a fhios agat go bhfuil ról ríthábhachtach ag an bhflóra agus ag an bhfána ilghnéitheach atá le fáil i dtailte móna na hÉireann inár éiceachóras? 🦋🍃

The NPWS Small Recorders Grant Scheme is open for applications for 2024. The documentation for the scheme is available from here npws.ie/.../npws-grant…...

NPWS launches Nestflix - new live stream for nature lovers 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛
Members of the public can now tune into two new livestreams which show two Chough pairs as they go about building their nests.
#noticenature #chough

To round of a historic week for nature restoration, I met with volunteers of Killyconny bog project in #Cavan to see work to #restorenature in action.

An impressive group of people, surveying, monitoring and raising awareness of the importance of our bogs.

Exciting day today!

We’ve launched our list of over 78 successful community groups with over €370,000 in funding!

Announced by Malcolm Noonan T.D., partnership with National Parks and Wildlife Service; this grants round is made possible by philanthropy supported by government.

See full details here:…