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Lesley Crawshaw
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Nature lover and beach cleaner
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Researchers, including @beyondpesticides.org 2023 Forum speaker @davegoulson.bsky.social, PhD, test 100+ blue tit & great tit #nests for #pesticide residues in comparison with the number of dead offspring & unhatched eggs! #fipronil #imidacloprid #permethrin #biodiversity Blog: ow.ly/aElO50UXVX0
Study Finds Increased Offspring Mortality in Pesticide-Laden Bird’s Nests - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog
Birds, such as blue and great tits, use fur to line their nests, exposing their offspring to pesticides used in veterinary treatments.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Tuesday 11th February 7.30 to 9pm On zoom (register@bnfc.org.uk if not a BNFC member)
Sam Henry, Field Naturalist and Song Collector
Sarah Calvin, from the Causeway Coast and Glens Museum Services, talks about the folklorist and BNFC member who was born in Coleraine in 1878
February 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Looking forward to this.
Tuesday 10th December 7.30 to 9pm On zoom (register@bnfc.org.uk if not a BNFC member)
Lough Neagh - Carbon Sink and Climate Change
by Professor Jim McAdam
Lough Neagh has a huge store of carbon in soils, peat, and the water column but it's highly vulnerable to climate change.
December 5, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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The ecological disaster facing Belfast Lough and a possible solution. Another excellent video from Stephen J Reid: youtu.be/zf4UMqTHERI?...
The Most DISGUSTING BEACH In Northern Ireland (Hidden for 50 years)
YouTube video by Stephen J Reid
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December 1, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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Important wake up call for those that use and love #Belfastlough #Belfast. The lough is under threat. #storyofbelfastlough published by the #LWWP #paddybrow
www.niwater.com/siteFiles/re.... #sharetheshore. @dannydonnelly1.bsky.social @andrewmuirni.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 10:45 AM
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Shifting baseline syndrome explains how we normalise the continual visceration of once unimaginably rich ecosystems.

Rewilding – our minds, lands, and seas – is the solution. 🌏
December 2, 2024 at 6:29 AM
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The Belfast Naturalists' Field Club kindly invited me to speak about my work on the flora of Strangford Lough yesterday. You can watch a recording of the talk here:
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Plants of Strangford Lough (Belfast Naturalists' Field Club winter talk 12/11/2024)
YouTube video by Jake Dalzell
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November 13, 2024 at 2:52 PM