Important Marine Protected Area Legislation Update. #FairSeas

Great little vid explaining about the marine food web and forage fish that so many larger fish and seabirds rely on as food. From Save Our Sprat. youtube.com/watch?v=0Nn0q-…

Suggest ppl listen to this interview with farmers in the Bride Project in Cork. So hopeful to hear their joy with rediscovering nature on their farms and doing more for it. rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Mayo Barn Owls - 05 Jul 2025: The 4 chicks are flying and hunting at night and now ready to leave as adult barn owls. BirdsMatter_ie BirdWatch Ireland Birdwatch Mayo youtube.com/watch?v=CQTrpI…

On July 3 2025 World Seabird Day, BirdWatch Ireland launched its Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas for seabirds in 🇮🇪 map. All info is here birdwatchireland.ie/ibas-for-seabi… including interactive map. We're calling on govt to designate these areas as SPAs & update data on existing SPAs.

Government told to conserve sites or species to retain nitrates derogation rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

Hope Irish Independent dont mind me posting the full excellent article on our Seabird IBAs by Caroline O'Doherty. It is really excellent. Full page in the paper!

SWAN member Bird Watch Ireland (BirdsMatter_ie) have published the 73 most important areas for seabirds in Ireland. 24 marine sites and 8 of the terrestrial sites are newly identified. They are calling for these IBAs to be designated as Special Protection Areas. Find out more 👇

Irish Examiner view: Beware this new race to the bottom of the ocean irishexaminer.com/opinion/ourvie…

New Map of Most Important Areas for Seabirds Around Ireland Published AfloatMagazine afloat.ie/marine-environ…

.Highland Radio Donegal locations named in Birdwatch Ireland appeal for increased protections highlandradio.com/2025/07/04/don…

Appeal to designate more parts of North West coastline as protected areas OceanFM Ireland oceanfm.ie/news/appeal-fo…

Fair Seas are at the 'International Conference MPA in MSP' in Norway. MPA = Marine Protected Areas MSP = Marine Spatial Planning A very relevant suite of presentations & discussions scheduled for the few days on fisheries, funding, MPA effectiveness & governance. #FairSeas

Good mtg w/Min 4 Nature Christopher O’Sullivan TD & National Parks and Wildlife Service & BirdWatch team. We presented him w/the 1st #BirdAtlas of UK & Ireland for period 1968-1972 BTO juliet vickery. We also asked him to designate our seabird IBAs as SPAs as per Art 4 of the Birds Dir.

Great work Donal #FairSeas Fair Seas

Watch as one of the Arctic tern chicks nesting in Dublin Port tries to take its first flight this morning! In just a couple of months this bird will leave the port on its way down to Antarctica #mybiosphere Dublin Bay Biosphere

Blátnaid Gallagher is a trailblazing #Galway farmer who has ignited the awareness around native Irish wool & hosts #socialfarming events 2 days a week on her farm talking all things #sustainability and #diversification. Learn more about her story now: assets.gov.ie/static/documen…

Joe Roche is farming for us all. By stopping nutrient run-off from reaching our beach, he’s protecting clean water and community health. When we work together, we thrive. Thanks, Joe! 👏 #CleanWater #CommunityHero #farmingfornature Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Strathroy Dairy Teagasc

Good art by Kitty Holland abt waste humans discard in Dublin at night & the big job street cleaners have. The Irish Times sub editors go w/click bait quote header implying gulls=the prob. Ruadhán Mac Cormaic gulls have enough threats w/out IT sub eds adding to them. irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin…

The gutting of Nature funding from the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature fund by government, at a time when stakeholders are actively engaged in the development of Irelands Nature Restoration Plan, is a disgrace! irishtimes.com/opinion/editor…