Lorraine Benson
@lbcilldara.bsky.social
Ecologist Co Kildare Ireland
Birdwatch Ireland Board member
Green Party member
Birdwatch Ireland Board member
Green Party member
Young Blackcap on the Beara Peninsula, West Cork, Ireland feeding up before migration on 14 October 2025.
October 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Young Blackcap on the Beara Peninsula, West Cork, Ireland feeding up before migration on 14 October 2025.
Birdwatch Ireland conservation volunteers with Cape Clear Warden John Horton. Lovely morning for a ringing session.
September 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Birdwatch Ireland conservation volunteers with Cape Clear Warden John Horton. Lovely morning for a ringing session.
Irish Times today on decision of the International Court of Justice on responsibility of States to protect the rights of current and future generations to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The EU US Trade deal on future fossil fuel purchase runs foul of the ICJ.
July 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Irish Times today on decision of the International Court of Justice on responsibility of States to protect the rights of current and future generations to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The EU US Trade deal on future fossil fuel purchase runs foul of the ICJ.
Birdwatch Ireland Kildare visit to Farming for Nature Ambassador, Anthony Mooney's farm. Anthony runs a successful beef farm, does not apply chemical nitrogen and has not reseeded his land for 25 years. We were joined by the Dublin Naturalists Field Club.
July 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Birdwatch Ireland Kildare visit to Farming for Nature Ambassador, Anthony Mooney's farm. Anthony runs a successful beef farm, does not apply chemical nitrogen and has not reseeded his land for 25 years. We were joined by the Dublin Naturalists Field Club.
Large White Butterfly eggs and larvae on a cabbage leaf today in North Kildare. There are plenty of these about.
July 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Large White Butterfly eggs and larvae on a cabbage leaf today in North Kildare. There are plenty of these about.
Time to protect the seabirds by designating Marine Protected Areas. Birdwatch Ireland's detailed work and mapping will help inform government policy and legislation....... I hope
July 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Time to protect the seabirds by designating Marine Protected Areas. Birdwatch Ireland's detailed work and mapping will help inform government policy and legislation....... I hope
Hummingbird-Hawk-moth on Lavender in my garden.
July 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Hummingbird-Hawk-moth on Lavender in my garden.
No Song Sparrow on Tory Island today 😢 after it's one week stay. But isn't the Donegal landscape breathtaking?
June 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
No Song Sparrow on Tory Island today 😢 after it's one week stay. But isn't the Donegal landscape breathtaking?
And here is another gem. Bord na Mona knows that peat purifies water. They were hired by the US EPA to use Irish peat to address pollution in the Gulf of Mexico also back in the 1950s.
June 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And here is another gem. Bord na Mona knows that peat purifies water. They were hired by the US EPA to use Irish peat to address pollution in the Gulf of Mexico also back in the 1950s.
Found this poster today in Lullymore, Co Kildare. Maybe it's time for a new mandate for Bord na Móna to build houses? Sounds like a just transition to me.
June 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Found this poster today in Lullymore, Co Kildare. Maybe it's time for a new mandate for Bord na Móna to build houses? Sounds like a just transition to me.
Proud to join the board of BirdWatchIreland today working to protect birds and biodiversity.
June 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Proud to join the board of BirdWatchIreland today working to protect birds and biodiversity.
Wild Dog rose by the Liffey before the rain came.
May 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Wild Dog rose by the Liffey before the rain came.
Great White Egret at Leixlip Reservoir Co Kildare.
May 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Great White Egret at Leixlip Reservoir Co Kildare.
Bundling data centres with an energy park sounds good for the Midlands but should not be at the expense of our emissions and biodiversity targets.
May 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Bundling data centres with an energy park sounds good for the Midlands but should not be at the expense of our emissions and biodiversity targets.
Goat's beard after flowering and going to seed.
May 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Goat's beard after flowering and going to seed.
Important messaging in this movie about the state of our environment, climate, our bogs and hopes for the future. Made by young people in Kildare. 💚💚💚#DANCEOFTHECRANES #YOUTHINK
May 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Important messaging in this movie about the state of our environment, climate, our bogs and hopes for the future. Made by young people in Kildare. 💚💚💚#DANCEOFTHECRANES #YOUTHINK
Goat's beard out this morning.
May 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Goat's beard out this morning.
May 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Dawn Chorus walk this morning in Monasterevin along the #Barrowblueway with Kildare Branch of Birdwatch Ireland.
May 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Dawn Chorus walk this morning in Monasterevin along the #Barrowblueway with Kildare Branch of Birdwatch Ireland.
Proud owner of Robert's delightful study of Curlew Sandpipers. Still my favourite. Thank you Rob 🎨🖌️
April 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Proud owner of Robert's delightful study of Curlew Sandpipers. Still my favourite. Thank you Rob 🎨🖌️
Kildare's deer expert Joe Murphy gave a fascinating talk to Birdwatch Ireland in Naas this evening. Deer are in every county in Ireland with numbers still on the rise. Only our native Irish Red Deer are protected.
April 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Kildare's deer expert Joe Murphy gave a fascinating talk to Birdwatch Ireland in Naas this evening. Deer are in every county in Ireland with numbers still on the rise. Only our native Irish Red Deer are protected.
Insect splattered windscreen from motorway drive Dublin to West Cork. Long time since I have seen this. Is this usual now?
April 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Insect splattered windscreen from motorway drive Dublin to West Cork. Long time since I have seen this. Is this usual now?
Comma in the garden today. Blackcap singing morning and evening. #Kildare #Butterflies
March 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Comma in the garden today. Blackcap singing morning and evening. #Kildare #Butterflies
Great bird talk by Cian Cardiff at the Kildare Branch of Birdwatch Ireland in Naas Library last night. @BirdWatchIE @cianbirder @neiljbourke
March 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Great bird talk by Cian Cardiff at the Kildare Branch of Birdwatch Ireland in Naas Library last night. @BirdWatchIE @cianbirder @neiljbourke
Back on Cape Clear in the sunshine for a few days. @ccbowarden.bsky.social @capebirder.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Back on Cape Clear in the sunshine for a few days. @ccbowarden.bsky.social @capebirder.bsky.social