Fernandez Valverde 🇺🇦

Just a gentle reminder that the deadline for this year's Grants for Small Recording Projects is this Friday at 5pm. Still plenty of time to get your form in and with our new streamlined online application it only takes minutes #smallrecordergrants #npws #noticenature

Wildlife of Roundstone Bog. Cool vid by colleague John Lusby in conjunction w/@GalwayCoCo Biodiversity Office, @Crow_Crag & funded by @NPWSNatureCons Local Biodiversity Action Plan. This bog is impt for breeding Merlin, Golden Plover & more. #RestoreNature youtu.be/OJLUUH3ZvOs

Some grassy wetlands for #WorldWetlandsDay! Ireland has many beautiful, biodiversity and important #WetGrasslands. This mosaic of different habitats borders a fen in Co. Clare. #HabitatsToCelebrate #GreatIrishGrasslands More... greatirishgrasslands.ie

🎉5 DAYS TO GO! 🎉 The theme for #WorldWetlandsDay 2025 underscores the need for collaboration and foresight as we build a future where all people, everywhere, can continue to benefit from the life-sustaining services that wetlands provide. Details: worldwetlandsday.org

The theme for #WorldWetlandsDay 2025 is "Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future" Celebrate your local wetlands on the 2 February. A few recent images from Co. Clare, on Ireland's West Coast, indicating how #wetlands act as life-giving #ecosystems. #WetlandsMatter #WWD2025

Clare County Council's Biodiversity Office has organised an event to celebrate World Wetlands Day for the 4th of February 2025. The event will see the launch of the new Clare Wetland Story Map, new wetland guidelines for community groups and an update on Clare Wetland Survey 2024

Check out this lovely vid frm #Sheskinmore #NatureReserve in #Donegal, one of the #GreatIrishGrasslands. See how the Konik ponies are getting on - helping the managers keep the site grazed. It's such a compkex area that they, and the managers, are busy! youtu.be/w26QfaGXGqM?fe…

An interesting #PhD opportunity on the ecological implications of alternative deer management strategies @UlsterUni @Glenveagh_NP ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcolleg…

Sometimes nature just takes my breath away A gift from the freezing fog in Killaun bog,this little Reindeer lichen held droplet baubles on its branches. Worlds within worlds @Claireissimo @CCWPeatlands @IUCNpeat @forum_wetlands @peatlandsLIFEIP @PeatlandConserv @BLSlichens

A wide range of Cladonia lichens, such as those found in Mongan Bog SAC, are an indicator of how well-established and diverse the flora of a bog is. Mongan is also a Ramsar site, another recognition of its international importance. rsis.ramsar.org/ris/416 Photos @FernandezNature

Delighted that 2 of my images have been shortlisted in the prestigious @CUPOTYawards competition!! My Twin Fungi in the Fungi & Slime Moulds category-shortlist here: cupoty.com/fungi-shortlis… and my Sundew Capture in the Plants category-shortlist here: cupoty.com/plants-shortli…

📢New opportunity for engagement with the #EUJTF now open! @NPWSIreland 's #Tochar project has just launched a call for Expressions of Interest from individuals and groups in the #Midlands to identify wetland sites to restore ℹ️ & fill out a simple form: tocharwetlands.ie

Today I launched a new public consultation on the future of our national parks. We want people to have their voices heard and tell us what our national parks mean to them and how they should be managed. Your Parks, Your Say is YOUR chance to do just that. gov.ie/en/consultatio…

Minister for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform @noonan_malcolm has today launched a new €25 million LIFE project to protect, conserve and restore the biodiversity of Ireland’s marine ecosystems. 🌊More info here: gov.ie/en/press-relea…

2 years since collaborating with @abbeyleixbog Bog project in developing & implementing enhanced restoration measures on Abbeyleix Bog. Results of cutover cell bunding are already very promising and encouraging. Images below with thanks from @abbeyleixbog

During my term, we’ve increased funding for the National Parks & Wildlife Service by 170% to turn the tide on biodiversity loss and restore nature. #Budget2025 #GreensInGovernment

Here are a few words on the fabulous #YellowRattle #MeadowMaker #RhinanthusMinor #GrasslandRestoration @NPWSIreland @phoebeob1 @Ol_LynchEco @Notice_Nature @PollinatorPlan @MornaMcDowall @doneraileOPW @LAScott1966 @bride_project