Ardclough Biodiversity Group
@bioardclough.bsky.social
Ardclough locals committed to enhancing and protecting our local biodiversity.
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Mistle Thrush
#mottled
#BirdOfTheDay
#Thrush
#photography
#EastCoastKin
#photographie #photographers
#Birds #Wildlife #Ireland
#mottled
#BirdOfTheDay
#Thrush
#photography
#EastCoastKin
#photographie #photographers
#Birds #Wildlife #Ireland
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsOnTheGround
Here’s a swan beside their nest on the bank of The Grand Canal. One of my favs.
#swan
#photography #photographie #photographers
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland
Here’s a swan beside their nest on the bank of The Grand Canal. One of my favs.
#swan
#photography #photographie #photographers
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsOnTheGround
Here’s a swan beside their nest on the bank of The Grand Canal. One of my favs.
#swan
#photography #photographie #photographers
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland
Here’s a swan beside their nest on the bank of The Grand Canal. One of my favs.
#swan
#photography #photographie #photographers
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland
@sambayley.bsky.social Your presentation on cuckoos at the Kildare Biodiversity Conference was great! You mentioned the fact that when a cuckoo lays an egg in a nest, the egg has colouring to match the eggs of the host - which is, as you pointed out, mind-blowing!
It got me wondering... (1/2)
It got me wondering... (1/2)
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
@sambayley.bsky.social Your presentation on cuckoos at the Kildare Biodiversity Conference was great! You mentioned the fact that when a cuckoo lays an egg in a nest, the egg has colouring to match the eggs of the host - which is, as you pointed out, mind-blowing!
It got me wondering... (1/2)
It got me wondering... (1/2)
Keep an eye out for your friendly neighbourhood bats as you go trick-or-treating! They'll be hibernating soon!
youtube.com/shorts/7gRqx...
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Happy Halloween! Look out for bats while you're trick-or-treating!
YouTube video by Ardclough Biodiversity Group
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October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Keep an eye out for your friendly neighbourhood bats as you go trick-or-treating! They'll be hibernating soon!
youtube.com/shorts/7gRqx...
youtube.com/shorts/7gRqx...
A pine marten can tell that somebody was about and stops to check out the scents around our trail camera in Ardclough, Co. Kildare
youtu.be/X00zEMDioj4
youtu.be/X00zEMDioj4
29th September 2025 - A pine marten checking out the camera
YouTube video by Ardclough Biodiversity Group
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October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A pine marten can tell that somebody was about and stops to check out the scents around our trail camera in Ardclough, Co. Kildare
youtu.be/X00zEMDioj4
youtu.be/X00zEMDioj4
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A great day devoted to Ireland’s native wildlife at Kildare #Biodiversity Conference🦊
Thanks to Kildare Wildlife Rescue for inviting BFBI’s Dr Maria Fitzpatrick to speak about our work supporting Irish business action #ForNature - with Rachel Heydon, NBDC,Pearse Stokes,Cathaoirlach Carmel Kelly, KCC
Thanks to Kildare Wildlife Rescue for inviting BFBI’s Dr Maria Fitzpatrick to speak about our work supporting Irish business action #ForNature - with Rachel Heydon, NBDC,Pearse Stokes,Cathaoirlach Carmel Kelly, KCC
October 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A great day devoted to Ireland’s native wildlife at Kildare #Biodiversity Conference🦊
Thanks to Kildare Wildlife Rescue for inviting BFBI’s Dr Maria Fitzpatrick to speak about our work supporting Irish business action #ForNature - with Rachel Heydon, NBDC,Pearse Stokes,Cathaoirlach Carmel Kelly, KCC
Thanks to Kildare Wildlife Rescue for inviting BFBI’s Dr Maria Fitzpatrick to speak about our work supporting Irish business action #ForNature - with Rachel Heydon, NBDC,Pearse Stokes,Cathaoirlach Carmel Kelly, KCC
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A global to local overview of work done and the challenge at our door for nature by @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social at the Kildare Biodiversity Conference 2025.
@kildarecoco.bsky.social
@kildarecoco.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A global to local overview of work done and the challenge at our door for nature by @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social at the Kildare Biodiversity Conference 2025.
@kildarecoco.bsky.social
@kildarecoco.bsky.social
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Let's hear it for ivy! The last flower of the year is one of the best for pollinators, vital for a last feed for butterflies such as the red admiral. Learn a little more...
youtu.be/-W6aa6nUVPA
youtu.be/-W6aa6nUVPA
Best Plants for Bees: Ivy!
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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October 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Let's hear it for ivy! The last flower of the year is one of the best for pollinators, vital for a last feed for butterflies such as the red admiral. Learn a little more...
youtu.be/-W6aa6nUVPA
youtu.be/-W6aa6nUVPA
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Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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With a bit of luck, I'll have an abundance of Devil's bit scabious, Field scabious,Greater knapweed and Goldenrod. All seed gathered from local plants, pesticide free,insecticide free, & suited to the needs of local insects and invertebrates. #peatfree compost, minimal expense. Worth trying.
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
With a bit of luck, I'll have an abundance of Devil's bit scabious, Field scabious,Greater knapweed and Goldenrod. All seed gathered from local plants, pesticide free,insecticide free, & suited to the needs of local insects and invertebrates. #peatfree compost, minimal expense. Worth trying.
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So that's it then. The biggest fish kill in the history of the State, and we're just going to move on, with no idea who or what caused it?
It would be better to label it a river kill.
Some major polluter is today breathing a sign of relief, while the river Blackwater remains half dead.
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It would be better to label it a river kill.
Some major polluter is today breathing a sign of relief, while the river Blackwater remains half dead.
🧵
www.fisheriesireland.ie
September 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
So that's it then. The biggest fish kill in the history of the State, and we're just going to move on, with no idea who or what caused it?
It would be better to label it a river kill.
Some major polluter is today breathing a sign of relief, while the river Blackwater remains half dead.
🧵
It would be better to label it a river kill.
Some major polluter is today breathing a sign of relief, while the river Blackwater remains half dead.
🧵
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🎉We're delighted to announce that the Kildare Biodiversity Conference is back! 🌹
🦇From Bats, Bees and Balsam to Cuckoos, Curlews, and the Curragh , there is something for everyone!🐝
🗺️Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge
📅 18th & 19th October 2025
Details @ tinyurl.com/4r4uaskm
🦇From Bats, Bees and Balsam to Cuckoos, Curlews, and the Curragh , there is something for everyone!🐝
🗺️Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge
📅 18th & 19th October 2025
Details @ tinyurl.com/4r4uaskm
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎉We're delighted to announce that the Kildare Biodiversity Conference is back! 🌹
🦇From Bats, Bees and Balsam to Cuckoos, Curlews, and the Curragh , there is something for everyone!🐝
🗺️Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge
📅 18th & 19th October 2025
Details @ tinyurl.com/4r4uaskm
🦇From Bats, Bees and Balsam to Cuckoos, Curlews, and the Curragh , there is something for everyone!🐝
🗺️Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge
📅 18th & 19th October 2025
Details @ tinyurl.com/4r4uaskm
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Today is publication day!
Rich with info & insights about primroses and canopy leaves, the framework for the hidden power behind a butterfly’s wing or the singing of a wren;as well as otters, wild orchids, pilot whales, swifts, puffins, leatherback turtles, bog cotton, woolly mammoths, Kerry toads
Rich with info & insights about primroses and canopy leaves, the framework for the hidden power behind a butterfly’s wing or the singing of a wren;as well as otters, wild orchids, pilot whales, swifts, puffins, leatherback turtles, bog cotton, woolly mammoths, Kerry toads
September 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Today is publication day!
Rich with info & insights about primroses and canopy leaves, the framework for the hidden power behind a butterfly’s wing or the singing of a wren;as well as otters, wild orchids, pilot whales, swifts, puffins, leatherback turtles, bog cotton, woolly mammoths, Kerry toads
Rich with info & insights about primroses and canopy leaves, the framework for the hidden power behind a butterfly’s wing or the singing of a wren;as well as otters, wild orchids, pilot whales, swifts, puffins, leatherback turtles, bog cotton, woolly mammoths, Kerry toads
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EVENT: BFBI’s Business Development Manager Dr Maria Fitzpatrick will speak at the Kildare #Biodiversity Conference on October 18, 2025, on supporting action for businesses on #biodiversity 🌿
With Kildare #Wildlife Rescue / Kildare CoCo
More: kildarebiodiversityconference.ie/2025-confere...
With Kildare #Wildlife Rescue / Kildare CoCo
More: kildarebiodiversityconference.ie/2025-confere...
Speaker Line Up – Day 1 – Kildare Biodiversity Conference
Speaker line up for Day One of the Kildare Biodiversity Conference 2025.
kildarebiodiversityconference.ie
September 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
EVENT: BFBI’s Business Development Manager Dr Maria Fitzpatrick will speak at the Kildare #Biodiversity Conference on October 18, 2025, on supporting action for businesses on #biodiversity 🌿
With Kildare #Wildlife Rescue / Kildare CoCo
More: kildarebiodiversityconference.ie/2025-confere...
With Kildare #Wildlife Rescue / Kildare CoCo
More: kildarebiodiversityconference.ie/2025-confere...
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Discover some of the best plants for bees: Devil's bit scabious youtu.be/7FQ0LgljTos? An absolute beauty :)
Best plants for bees: Devil's bit scabious
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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September 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Discover some of the best plants for bees: Devil's bit scabious youtu.be/7FQ0LgljTos? An absolute beauty :)
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No more Beewashing please! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees. Pls RT if you agree.
youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU
youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU
No More Beewashing! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees.
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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July 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
No more Beewashing please! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees. Pls RT if you agree.
youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU
youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU
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Nice to see some positive action :)
Spotted next to two recently dug ponds/mini lakes in Cambridge. Feels like the city council may have listened to @davegoulson.bsky.social 🙂
June 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Nice to see some positive action :)
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RTÉ reporting this morning that the coal-burning units at Moneypoint will become emergency-only oil units starting today 🙌
With Kilroot in Northern Ireland - along with all other coal plants in the UK - having shut down in 2023, it looks like the end of the coal era in these islands.
With Kilroot in Northern Ireland - along with all other coal plants in the UK - having shut down in 2023, it looks like the end of the coal era in these islands.
June 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
RTÉ reporting this morning that the coal-burning units at Moneypoint will become emergency-only oil units starting today 🙌
With Kilroot in Northern Ireland - along with all other coal plants in the UK - having shut down in 2023, it looks like the end of the coal era in these islands.
With Kilroot in Northern Ireland - along with all other coal plants in the UK - having shut down in 2023, it looks like the end of the coal era in these islands.
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Why would you want a neat stripy boring lifeless lawn when you can have a shaggy, flower-filled paradise for pollinators? Maybe this short video will provide some inspiration! youtu.be/2SJFg3NbrFY
Turn your lawn into a wildflower meadow!
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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June 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Why would you want a neat stripy boring lifeless lawn when you can have a shaggy, flower-filled paradise for pollinators? Maybe this short video will provide some inspiration! youtu.be/2SJFg3NbrFY
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When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment
Dogs pollute water with pesticides even weeks after flea treatment
When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment
www.newscientist.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment
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🚨Urgent Action🚨
The govt is trying to lower environmental protections for our rivers & lakes! We need to stop this before tomorrow, Friday 23rd.
Read more here: swanireland.ie/take-action/...
Click here to send a pre-made email submission asking them to stop: tinyurl.com/yu2dujb9
The govt is trying to lower environmental protections for our rivers & lakes! We need to stop this before tomorrow, Friday 23rd.
Read more here: swanireland.ie/take-action/...
Click here to send a pre-made email submission asking them to stop: tinyurl.com/yu2dujb9
Stop the lowering of environmental protections for rivers and lakes - Sustainable Water Network
The government is lowering the ecological targets on nearly 10% of our rivers and lakes without adequate rationale to justify this. They can do this by designating them as Heavily Modified Water Bodie...
swanireland.ie
May 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨Urgent Action🚨
The govt is trying to lower environmental protections for our rivers & lakes! We need to stop this before tomorrow, Friday 23rd.
Read more here: swanireland.ie/take-action/...
Click here to send a pre-made email submission asking them to stop: tinyurl.com/yu2dujb9
The govt is trying to lower environmental protections for our rivers & lakes! We need to stop this before tomorrow, Friday 23rd.
Read more here: swanireland.ie/take-action/...
Click here to send a pre-made email submission asking them to stop: tinyurl.com/yu2dujb9
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On World Bee Day, why not:
a) Put up a bee hotel &
b) Join the Buzz Club's Big Bee Hotel Experiment!
a) Put up a bee hotel &
b) Join the Buzz Club's Big Bee Hotel Experiment!
It's #WorldBeeDay 🐝
But how can you help bees to flourish in your own garden, balcony, or outside space?
An initiative led by our @davegoulson.bsky.social encouraged people to build 'solitary bee hotels', providing practical tips on how to do so. Why not give it a go?
The guidance is below 👇
But how can you help bees to flourish in your own garden, balcony, or outside space?
An initiative led by our @davegoulson.bsky.social encouraged people to build 'solitary bee hotels', providing practical tips on how to do so. Why not give it a go?
The guidance is below 👇
May 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
On World Bee Day, why not:
a) Put up a bee hotel &
b) Join the Buzz Club's Big Bee Hotel Experiment!
a) Put up a bee hotel &
b) Join the Buzz Club's Big Bee Hotel Experiment!
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We've installed a kingfisher nest bank to support these stunning but sensitive birds 💙
Please enjoy from a distance – kingfishers are easily disturbed and may abandon nests if approached.
A small step to help wildlife thrive 🌿
#Kingfisher #WildlifeConservation #NatureReserve
Please enjoy from a distance – kingfishers are easily disturbed and may abandon nests if approached.
A small step to help wildlife thrive 🌿
#Kingfisher #WildlifeConservation #NatureReserve
April 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We've installed a kingfisher nest bank to support these stunning but sensitive birds 💙
Please enjoy from a distance – kingfishers are easily disturbed and may abandon nests if approached.
A small step to help wildlife thrive 🌿
#Kingfisher #WildlifeConservation #NatureReserve
Please enjoy from a distance – kingfishers are easily disturbed and may abandon nests if approached.
A small step to help wildlife thrive 🌿
#Kingfisher #WildlifeConservation #NatureReserve
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The Sand Martin are wasting no time this year. With the sunshine lots have paired up & are building nests. The contrast between this yr & last couldn't be greater. Sand Martin are hugely weather dependant. Cool & wet conditions make for low productivity. Let's hope this year is kind to them.
April 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Sand Martin are wasting no time this year. With the sunshine lots have paired up & are building nests. The contrast between this yr & last couldn't be greater. Sand Martin are hugely weather dependant. Cool & wet conditions make for low productivity. Let's hope this year is kind to them.
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Maybe something to help resolve anxiety: There's a new app for reporting wildlife crime: wildlifecrime.ie/reporting-a-...
I've not used it, but I've had an excellent experience with a similar "See it? Say it!" app for reporting pollution.
I've not used it, but I've had an excellent experience with a similar "See it? Say it!" app for reporting pollution.
Reporting a Wildlife Crime – Wildlife Crime
wildlifecrime.ie
March 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Maybe something to help resolve anxiety: There's a new app for reporting wildlife crime: wildlifecrime.ie/reporting-a-...
I've not used it, but I've had an excellent experience with a similar "See it? Say it!" app for reporting pollution.
I've not used it, but I've had an excellent experience with a similar "See it? Say it!" app for reporting pollution.