Irish Wildlife Trust

Happy International Women's Month!
IWT Marine Advocacy Officer Grace Carr features in the latest issue of Fish Focus magazine which celebrates the women shaping the future of seafood and the ocean.

To read the feature visit see fishfocus.co.uk/women-in-sea...

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Being in nature can be deeply restorative – something we all too easily forget Losing routine contact with the living world results in less concern, less protection and less access. The antidote is evidence that conservation works

For me, nothing heals better than being alone in the wild.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Trailer: Trawling for Answers YouTube video by Irish Wildlife Trust

Coming Soon! A film by the Irish Wildlife Trust & @swimminghead.co.uk 🌊🎥
Grace Carr, IWT Marine Advocacy Officer, speaks with fish producers, environmental researchers, ex commercial bottom trawlers, conservationists & more in a trip around Ireland 🦈
@fairseas.ie

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U21X...

An nasc idir an dúlra agus an Ghaeilge á phlé ag ócáid shóisialta phobail Beidh an dlúthnasc idir an bhithéagsúlacht agus an Ghaeilge á phlé i mBaile Átha Cliath an tseachtain seo ag an ócáid shóisialta phobail ‘Gaeilge Nádúrtha’.

Deochanna Glasa do Sheachtain na Gaeilge:
Beidh an nasc idir an dúlra & an Ghaeilge á phlé 💚

Green Drinks for Irish Week:
We will discuss the link between Irish & nature.
(note you don't need to speak Irish to enjoy!)

@einne.bsky.social @independent.ie @snagaeilge.bsky.social

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📷 Lichens by Charlotte Salter-Townshend

Hummingbird Hawk Moth by Jess Murphy

Whooper Swans by Kieran Neary

📷Mountain Avens by Pádraic Fogarty

📷 Common Dolphins by Mike Brown

Happy World Wildlife Day! 🌍 Follow the thread to see five facts about biodiversity in Ireland.

📷Stoat by Mike Brown

Ní neart go cur le chéile - there's no strength without unity! Props to all our membership and volunteers who take action for nature and share their passion for wildlife in Ireland ❤️‍🔥

Excited to see this! Eoghan Daltun is a member of the Irish Wildlife Trust board and a trailblazer in rewilding in Ireland 💚 @lighthousecinema.bsky.social

Congratulations to Brian Hannon! 👏
This fantastic capture of a Kestrel in Co. Wicklow is the IWT January 2026 Photo of the Month.
Would you like to see your photo in the February shortlist?
Info here: iwt.ie/what-we-do/c...

#IWTPhotoOfTheMonth 📷

Great article in the @independent.ie where @irishenvnet.bsky.social senior land use officer @fintankelly.bsky.social outlines three key ingredients to boost nature restoration in Ireland

Good for the land, but what about the farmer? How Agri-Environment Schemes impact mental health in France and Ireland Trinity research shows that depending on how schemes are designed and delivered, well-being impacts can be positive or negative. Time spent in nature and peer discussion groups are key to fostering po...

Research in Ireland & France has shown that Agri-environmental schemes can improve farmers mental wellbeing through a sense of pride in environmental improvements & peer support.
Key drawbacks included paperwork & delayed payments, both of which can be improved
medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02...

Farmers warn of slurry storage issues after wet weather Farmers in the east of the country hit by significant wet weather in recent weeks have said they are struggling with slurry storage capacity, as they are unable to spread slurry on saturated ground.

"We're going to have slurry flowing off yards potentially" "flowing off land where slurry is spread into our lakes, rivers, & estuaries."

'the situation with slurry capacity "really underscores the lack of resilience in our system."'- @elainemcgoff.bsky.social

www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...

✨ Nature Connection ✨
Announcing the winning entries of our members-only writing competition:
Anthea Lacchia, Margaux Pierrel and Helen Wallace 👏

Read their stories on our blog: iwt.ie/nature-connection-stories/

Image: After the fox hunt by @enaghfarrellart.bsky.social

Hedge cutting season ends 28 February

Help protect nesting birds and other wildlife in our gardens. Complete any cutting/pruning of hedges + other vegetation before 01 March.

Find out more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFsX...

@wildlife-wri.bsky.social @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social

Join Kate McAney for the talk ‘Leather Wings and Bushy Tails’

Learn about the conservation work of VWT Ireland, focusing on the Lesser horseshoe bat, pine marten and Irish stoat.

7:30pm, 18 February 2026
Tara Building, Room T1.17, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

@irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social

201,505 now and counting! ✍️ @ec.europa.eu #HandsOffNature

Call to action: Prohibit destructive tangle nets to protect endangered Irish species - Irish Wildlife Trust Call to action: Prohibit destructive tangle nets to protect endangered Irish species Published online 13/2/2026 Grace Carr   Call to action –  Write to the Minister asking him to prohibit the use of t...

📣 CALL TO ACTION 📣
Write to the Minister to ask to him to prohibit the use of tangle nets to prevent the extinction of critically endangered shark and ray species.

Info & what you can do to help: iwt.ie/call-to-acti...

📷 Angel Shark by Louise Overy

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Green Drinks Dublin 💚
Gaeilge Nádúrtha: Life in Technicolour with Éinne Ó' Cathasaigh

📅 Date: Tuesday 10 March
🕥 Time: Doors open 19:00, presentation from 19:30
📍 J.T. Pim's, Dublin

More info: iwt.ie/events/

@einne.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @cnagaeilge.bsky.social @cula4.bsky.social

Thanks for joining us John! Hope you can join us for the next (will announce speaker very soon)

Positive response in the Dáil yesterday from the taoiseach following Q on tangle nets from Jennifer Whitmore. Action must follow!

Terrific Green Drinks event with @collieennis.bsky.social on the Hidden Lives of Ireland's Amphibians- from the tetrapod trackways on Valentia (c400myo!) to how you can help our Frogs & Smooth Newts (build a pond, look out for frogs on the roads, report Alpine Newts!) @tcddublin.bsky.social

Leather wings and bushy tails: Conserving the lesser horseshoe bat, pine marten and stoat in Ireland, with IWT Limerick Branch and @vincentwt.bsky.social 🦇
🗓️ Wednesday 18 February, 19.30
📍 Mary Immaculate College (use the Lime Tree Theatre entrance)

No booking required!

Right now in Europe, decisions are being made behind closed doors, trading our health & future for corporate profit.
The Irish Wildlife Trust stands with fellow members of @envpillar.bsky.social & environmental NGOs across the EU to say #HandsOffNature

📝Sign the petition: iwt.ie/what-we-do/h...

In Ireland the fate of farming and nature are Intertwined—and so are the budgets - Green News Ireland Fintan Kelly, Senior Landuse Officer, Environmental Pillar Many farming families depend on nature and the public money that supports its custodianship. In the same way, wildlife depends on sustainable...

The Nature Restoration Plan, which is currently being developed, is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to secure a bright future for nature & farming alike, but it can only deliver if politicians & farming leaders are honest with farmers and work in their best interests greennews.ie/in-ireland-t...

Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won't save us if we keep draining the land After flooding in the past, successive governments promised protections, but instead, doubled down on dredging and delayed land-use reform, leaving communities exposed, writes Pádraic Fogarty.

After Midelton was flooded in 2023 Leo Varadkar said we needed a Land Use Plan. The Plan is ready but @micheal-martin.bsky.social won't publish it.

Instead, he's legally designating rivers as "highly modified"

jrnl.ie/6946724

Sadhbh O' Neill asked “Should Ireland introduce a legal 'duty of care' for rainwater?” in order to mandate the use of nature based solutions by county councils and state agencies. Our response - Yes.