Wildlife Fact Friday

#Wildlife related facts every Friday

[BirdsMatter_ie @BirdsMatter_ie]

We are at the CAP Consultative Ctte hosted by @agriculture_ie . Today discussion is on ideas for environmental ambition in #FutureofCAP #EUKI #birds #nature #hnvfarmland

[WildLaois @WLaois]

Managed to convince my manager not to cut a green area of about 2 acres which is full of wildflowers. He had no idea it was so rich in insects. A little awareness goes @WildIreland @irishenviro #insects
@BioDataCentre

[paul moore @moorewp]

The morning spent at my second job (I wish) Harper’s Island Wetlands, new wetland area and second Hide under construction, though the outdoor classroom still at design phase.

[BirdsMatter_ie @BirdsMatter_ie]

Great to see the work at Harper’s island progressing well thanks to the work of the Cork branch of @BirdWatchIE @Corkcoco, community at Glounthaune and more! (I’m sure ive left ppl out, soz 😬)

[BirdsMatter_ie @BirdsMatter_ie]

Big ad in @IrishTimes: Irish govt investing €150m in new visitor attractions to boost tourism w/ heritage & culture first ‘platform’ to benefit. Meanwhile @npwsBioData gets a paltry sum to conserve & restore natural heritage/nature/wildlife https://t.co/qZgvcTCafI .

[Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway]

Phenomenal coverage of biodiversity and climate in @IrishTimes today and over the weekend. @KOSullivanIT @PaddyWoodworth @sthompsonIT @fiachkelly

[BirdsMatter_ie @BirdsMatter_ie]

@fiannafailparty have proposed to refer the issue of biodiversity loss in Ireland to the @CitizAssembly. It wd be great to have a natl discussion & plan to halt the loss of nature here now & into future. 👏👏 will @FineGael support them? We hope so. Please RT ur support.

[Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway]

How can you write a headline that says our survival of a species is at risk and then put it on page 10?! 🤔

At least the @thetimesIE put it on the front page where it should be! #Biodiversity #GlobalAssessment

[Eamon Ryan @EamonRyan]

I'm afraid we still have a long way to travel in combating #climatechange. @FineGael @fiannafailparty & @Shane_RossTD voted against our motion to prirotise public transport spending. Their words backing #climateaction ring hollow. Their policies will bring only gridlock & sprawl.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

I’ve now caught up with the latest #BluePlanetLive programmes, and they dismay me. Yes the BBC is talking about environmental issues. But there are two flaws so massive that they make these programmes worse than useless.
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[Irish Wildlife Trust @Irishwildlife]

This is important 👇 We won't solve our predicament unless we can talk about the most important problems

[Biodiversity Ireland @BioDataCentre]

Ireland's motorways and railways to become bee-friendly to save them from extinction https://t.co/C4vchHTzOP #AllIrelandPollinatorPlan https://t.co/DFScUCncz4

[Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway]

.@FineGael are at it again.

The environment, says Leo, is one of their 5 steps to a better future but their hostility to even modest ideas (ending new fossil fuel exploration or properly managing our national parks) suggests otherwise. #FGNC19

[Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway]

I am sick of the bullshit from this government. I am marching today with my two children to say we've had enough of this Orwellian greenwashing. Our oceans and our land are dying and these clowns are doing nothing about it 👇

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

BirdWatch Ireland calls for the public to inform their politicians that nature and the environment are important to them and that they want action taken to protect them

[Irish Wildlife Trust @Irishwildlife]

Fine Gael has been an ecological catastrophe.
They should not be allowed to market their way out of this appalling reputation. These videos just take greenwashing to a stratospheric level.

[National Parks and Wildlife Service @NPWSIreland]

NPWS seeks the public’s help in relation to the unlawful killing of two Peregrine Falcons in Louth

https://t.co/CZb67QyOt0

[BirdWatch Ireland @BirdWatchIE]

Busy day of monitoring for our #DublinBayBirdsProject yesterday with a low tide count of all the waterbirds in the bay, followed by lots of ring-reading of waders, and topped off with a dusk count of the huge tern roost at Sandymount.