After their long winter slumber our bats are back in action!

Why not join us on a walk and talk to learn more about them and see them in flight?

Book here:

wildbelfast.org/events-1/bat-c…

If you want to volunteer your time to saving nature, check out RSPB NI 's swift volunteer coordinator role! Perfect for someone who loves birds and working with people to raise awareness about swifts 💚
Please share! 🪶 volunteer.rspb.org.uk/opportunities/…

A livable climate, for one

Just after 6pm the female Barn Owl laid her 3rd egg but we've just got a proper view of it in the last few minutes.

Are you an artist that works or lives in #Belfast ? Want us to help celebrate our wildlife AND perhaps win 8 different prizes of £150 and publicise your work in participating bars?

Submit to our Beer Mat Safari! Deadline is 9am this Monday (8th April)!

wildbelfast.org/events-1/beer-…

A great example of just how important some greenery and open water can be for wildlife. Three seconds of birding over the loop river and spotted blackbird, mallard, starling, goldfinch and two grey wagtails (living up to their Finnish name =stream wagtail! ☺️)

People who accidentally found their doppelgängers in museums - a thread 🧵

My wee pal out keeping an eye on me, and the worms I was pulling up, while I was working on the garden bee bank today

I once worked for Scottish Government and have always felt as a devolved state theyve punched above their weight.

They proved so once again with the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill.

NI has plenty to catch up with, let's hope our new assembly make it so.
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Spending the day Belfast Zoo wondering if giraffes licking a wall might endanger a potential art installation as part of #Belfast2024 .

'So, what if' indeed!

c. 7 years ago loyalist paramilitaries put greylag geese (on a traditional migratory route.. ) under their protection in whats remembered in conservation circles as 'The Goose Friday Agreement'.

Only in NI.

#Belfast

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So Conor McKinney, we think we found egg cases from small spotted cat sharks, nursehounds and Thornback rays today on Murlough.
Are we right?
The Shark Trust

Watch: St Patrick’s Day 2024 🇮🇪

Celebrating the 70 million people around the 🌍 who call #Ireland ‘home’

“Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine”

We live in each other’s shelter

Happy #StPatricksDay ☘️

Lá Fhéile Pádraig 🙌

This is #GlobalIreland

👉ireland.ie

Today we're launching our Beer Mat Safari competition as part of #belfast2024 !

We want Belfast based artists to submit art that celebrates #Belfast 's local, native #wildlife to be in for a chance at winning 8 prizes of £150.

Categories include:
1) Photography
2) Drawing &

Honoured for a mention alongside illustrious company Rosalind Skillen.

Here's some of our women making a difference:

Perl/\ Dakota 🌿 Eibhlinn Valentina Concha-Toro Nina Schönberg Ive Rouart Erin Mckeown Rebekah Bajko 🪼🦪🦦 Andra

Give them a follow - give them a platform💚

An immensely satisfying watch

'At least I didn't neglect to tell
The thrush how beautifully she sings'
Going Without Saying. Bernard O'Donoghue

Strong #auroraborealis coming in at #Donegal