Slive Mish is a so-called 'Special Area of Conservation' - it's supposed to protect the rare Killarney Fern and sensitive peatland habitats. It was burned in 2016 and 2017. This is what 'nature conservation' looks like in Ireland 👇
@DeptAHG @DeerCommission @npwsBioData @ConnemaraNP @FireWicklow @GlengarriffWood@KNPEduCentre@GlenveaghPark@wicklowcoco @BallycroyNP @MayoCoCo@GalwayCoCo Sole destroying to see Killarney National Park on fire tonight, reported to be as a result of illegal gorse burning, not to mention taking our front line staff away from the unprecedented task they are already dealing with and putting themselves at unnecessary risk
Great to have been a guest columnist for this week's @kerryman_ie highlighting some of our fantastic native spring flowers, and how you can identify them. #botany#springflowers#vernalspecies
Storm Dennis will bring very wet and windy weather today. Strong to gale force southerly winds will continue with severe gusts and localised thunderstorms. Localised flooding is expected, with some coastal overtopping along the Atlantic seaboard. Highs today of 9 to 12 degrees.
IWT Kerry Branch event ! Gulls with Ed Carty on Sunday 2nd Feb at 10:30 at Tralee bay wetlands @traleebaywetlan@KerryBirdNews Looking at the identification of the bird species at Tralee bay wetlands
”Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has surged above three football fields a minute, according to the latest government data, pushing the world’s biggest rainforest closer to a tipping point beyond which it cannot recover.”
#EcologicalBreakdown https://t.co/YjOJpjJ1Fc