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Why do we leave deadwood lying around in our woodlands ? So that a family of Jays can find insects during the Winter!

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Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries

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New on European conservation science: Rewilding with ecological analogues from ecological, ethical & legal perspectives. Is introducing European bison (in place of extinct steppe bison) in Spain justifiable? Nores et al. in Cons. Science and Practice conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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The black-footed ferret has been coming back from the brink of extinction thanks to the work of US government scientists. They just got fired. www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

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More dismantling of the safeguards to biodiversity.

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We love receipts

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At so many levels those least responsible for climate change are those most vulnerable to it. In this case, small growers trying to produce local food who are reliant on polytunnels. And Government hasn't supported them. www.agriland.ie/farming-news...

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m.independent.ie/irish-news/i... hahahahaha nooooooooooo

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'Ireland, more than other countries, ought to be a country of trees’ As chatelaine of Coole Park for decades, Lady Gregory nursed and nourished the demesne’s extensive woodlands www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...

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The sublime and the ridiculous today on Fuerteventura. Canary Island Daisy was originally a Fuerteventura endemic, but has since been introduced elsewhere in the Canary archipelago. Barbary Ground Squirrel, an African continental native, was introduced in 1965 to Fuerteventura, where it thrives...

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The Revolution will be AI-icized

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"To replace the US, the EU would thus have to spend only another 0.12 percent of its GDP – a feasible amount." #Defense #EU27 www.bruegel.org/analysis/def...

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Zelenskyy says he would ‘quit for peace’ as he refuses US demand for Ukraine minerals

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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

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The first of the Wild Daffodils have appeared in the churchyard at Doddington, Kent. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Ian Fleming's original James Bond novels haven't aged well. For example, Moonraker - published almost exactly 70 years ago in April 1955 - features a villain who's a super-rich industrialist and rocket-maker seeking to cause chaos because he's a secret Nazi. Such a silly idea!

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Zelenskyy: “I’m ready to step down if it brings peace—or trade my post for NATO.” He urges Trump to direct his strength against Russia and calls for talks with Ukraine, the U.S., Europe, and Russia. On aid: “We’ve received $100B, not $350B. I won’t sign deals that burden 10 generations.”

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First leaves emerging of Native Black Poplar, Populus nigra betulifolia. An emerging leaf with margin 'serrate with many small teeth' and 'sparsely hairy' (at least) as Stace 4 says. ✅ #Botany #Trees #Spring #Stace4 #Populus

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A Stone Circle near Penmaenmawr as it was in 1821 by Harry Harts Line (1800-1888) Seen in the exhibition H. H. Lines: Architecture, Archaeology and Art art at Worcester Museum www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/museums/worc...

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I don't know why I do this to myself but I went to see a wind farm site in Co Galway today... what have we done to our peatlands, 🙊...

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Traitorous scum of the Earth. kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...

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Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.

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Public lands are one of the few remaining great equalizers of America’s increasingly ultra-wealthy-centric economy. This would be the death knell for hunting and fishing access, for hiking, cycling, and other forms of rec. It would be a great betrayal of our obligation as stewards of that land

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Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysoplenium oppositifolium today. I've spent lots of time looking at bryophytes that look like Filmy-ferns too: no idea what any of them are, but I had a fab time. Dorothea Quarry, Caernarfonshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbicymru.bsky.social

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1. European and UK ministers are still talking as if their biggest potential security problem is a withdrawal of US support. But that is not their biggest potential security problem. It’s that, under Trump, the US will back Putin not just diplomatically but also militarily. 🧵

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They are deliberately crossing the red lines, in order to make the unacceptable commonplace and, eventually, acceptable again.

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A braided river with gravel islands colonised by willow woodland in Gleninchiquin, Co. Kerry. This type of river morphology is sadly rarely able to develop due to current land and river management in most areas.

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Female White-tailed Sea Eagle, Inagh Valley, Connemara. Released on Lough Corrib in 2023.

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Male White-tailed Sea Eagle, Inagh Valley, Connemara. Originally from Lough Derg, born 2022.

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80,000 empty homes How does that make sense? It doesn't Listen to @judesherry.bsky.social & @orla-hegarty.bsky.social discuss housing, new builds, vacancy & dereliction on The Last Word, TodayFM with Matt Cooper y'day #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #HousingCrisis www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

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The most shameful moment in US diplomacy. Marco Rubio, Mike Waltz and Steve Witkof will carry the stain of this forever. A betrayal of everything 🇺🇸 claims to stand for; of freedom, justice, dignity, conscience, principle, honor. A day of infamy. The day 🇺🇸 sold its soul. wng.org/sift/rubio-l...

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Oh damn! 🎤🎤🎤🎤

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Jeez. Trump actually just said it. He actually just said that Ukraine shouldn't have started this war! He’s actually siding with a crazed, murderous dictator

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…and then there were none! Conifers cleared,ecological restoration of this old cutover area next,small but positive conservation news👏 @jamierohu.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @peatlands.bsky.social

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In Feb 23 we undertook a census of the UK naturalised Barnacle Goose population. The aim to produce an updated population estimate & report on winter distribution. Results have now been published in @britishbirds.bsky.social, with our thinking on future monitoring needs #Ornithology 1/7 ⬇️

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Carpinus betulus, Hornbeam; invert associates. Part 1 of 2 Deciduous tree of temperate woods & forests across Europe, usu. with oak. In ancient woodlands & in wood pasture, often seen as pollard & coppice, used for fuel & fodder. 📷 Pl. 369 CAM Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora. PD

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, rejected an offer by the Trump administration to relinquish half of the country’s mineral resources in exchange for U.S. support, according to people with knowledge of the talks. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

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Aspen, grazing refugees

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Sorry, but while I believe it is spread in good faith, I think this is a good time to call out this common mistruth in the Irish ecological community. Indulge me for a minute, I just finished 5 years in Europe working with wolves, lynx, and deer. "Lack of wolves" is not the problem. Short🧵

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Public libraries are amazing! Did you know you can borrow a book from any library in the country and return it to any other library? Did you know they have subscriptions to huge amounts of national and international media that you can access?

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