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The Wild Wide Web -- Featured Wildlife and Nature websites from Ireland and around the world

The World Land Trust

February 12, 2018 by Calvin Jones Leave a Comment

World Land Trust (WLT) is an international conservation charity, which protects the world’s most biologically important and threatened habitats acre by acre. Since its foundation in 1989, WLT has funded partner organisations around the world to create reserves, and give permanent protection to habitats and wildlife.World Land Trust's mission is:To protect and … [Read more...] about The World Land Trust

Wildside.ie — exploring the nature and wildlife of Wexford

October 22, 2012 by Calvin Jones Leave a Comment

Take a walk on wexford's wild side with the wildside.ie team

Wildlide.ie is a site dedicated to the wildlife and natural history of County Wexford. It's run by a trio of contributors: wildlife artist Don Conroy, Environmentalist and Broadcaster Chris Wilson and radio presenter and naturalist Alan McGuire.The site gives regular news updates, wildlife sightings, happenings events and excellent wildlife photographs from the Wexford … [Read more...] about Wildside.ie — exploring the nature and wildlife of Wexford

Spring Alive: help track spring’s progress through Europe

January 31, 2012 by Calvin Jones Leave a Comment

With the early arrival of spring making headlines it looks like the Spring Alive website is back in action again.Every year Spring Alive tracks the progress of spring across Europe by asking people from across the continent to submit sightings of migrating spring birds – icons of seasonal change like the Swallow, Cuckoo and Swift.To get involved all you have to do is … [Read more...] about Spring Alive: help track spring’s progress through Europe

National Heritage Week 2011

August 10, 2011 by Calvin Jones Leave a Comment

National Heritage Week 2011 is set to be the biggest yet with more than 1,300 events registered around the country. Coordinated by the Heritage Council of Ireland, Heritage Week this year runs from the 20-28 August, with events spanning everything from storytelling to local history, traditional skills and crafts to sports… and of course lots and lots of wildlife. Whale … [Read more...] about National Heritage Week 2011

National Parks and Wildlife Service

July 15, 2011 by Calvin Jones 1 Comment

The National Parks and Wildlife Service is part of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. It is responsible for managing the Irish State's nature conservation responsibilities. It’s principle roles are to: secure the conservation of a representative range of ecosystems and maintain and enhance populations of flora and fauna in Ireland … [Read more...] about National Parks and Wildlife Service

Moths.ie: a photographic guide to Ireland’s Moths

June 26, 2011 by Calvin Jones 4 Comments

Moths.ie is a really useful starting point if you’ve seen an Irish moth and are looking for a quick ID. The family thumbnails let you quickly “narrow the field”, while the detailed species pages let you pinpoint with relative certainty exactly which species you’re looking for. While there really is not substitute for a good moth field guide, if you don’t have one handy, and … [Read more...] about Moths.ie: a photographic guide to Ireland’s Moths

Biology.ie–keep track of your personal wildlife sightings

June 17, 2011 by Calvin Jones Leave a Comment

Biology.ie is an online personal biodiversity monitoring resource that was established in 2005 by naturalist Paul Whelan. The site lets you keep track of your personal wildlife sightings, and is a bit like an online field notebook with built in mapping and species lists that helps you to monitor what you see, when and where. The primary aim of Biology.ie is to increase … [Read more...] about Biology.ie–keep track of your personal wildlife sightings

Irish Wildflowers: a fantastic native flower ID resource

June 5, 2011 by Calvin Jones 1 Comment

This week’s Site of the Week is Irish Wildlflowers. I don’t know about you, but while I marvel at the beautiful intricacy of our native Irish wildflower species, I often struggle to identify them. There’s no substitute for a really good wildflower field guide, of course, but if you find yourself wondering what on earth that fabulous flower was taking a few photographs on your … [Read more...] about Irish Wildflowers: a fantastic native flower ID resource

Irish Wildlife Matters: wildlife rescue in Ireland, what to do and who to contact

May 27, 2011 by Calvin Jones 1 Comment

This weeks featured “Site of the Week” is Irish Wildlife Matters: a fantastic online resource that outlines what you should do if you find injured or orphaned wildlife. The site offers advice, support and, crucially, a network of nationwide wildlife rehabilitation contacts. At this time of year there tends to be a spike in the number of reports of orphaned, abandoned and … [Read more...] about Irish Wildlife Matters: wildlife rescue in Ireland, what to do and who to contact

Irish Wildlife Trust: Conserving Ireland’s Wildlife and Habitats

May 19, 2011 by Calvin Jones 2 Comments

The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) is a nationwide Non Government Organisation (NGO) that focuses on raising awareness and promoting understanding of Ireand’s wildlife and habitats and their conservation. Founded in 1979 as a charitable conservation body, the IWT is a nationwide organisation with branches in Dubling, Limerick, Waterford and Cork. The main thrust of the … [Read more...] about Irish Wildlife Trust: Conserving Ireland’s Wildlife and Habitats

Invasive Species Ireland: Protecting Ireland’s Biodiversity

May 14, 2011 by Calvin Jones Leave a Comment

Site of the week is a new weekly feature highlighting an Irish website dedicated to wildlife, nature or conservation.This week the featured site is Invasive Species Ireland – which works to highlight the threat posed to our wildlife by introduced invasive species.The introduction of non-native plant and animal species is the second biggest threat to global biodiversity … [Read more...] about Invasive Species Ireland: Protecting Ireland’s Biodiversity

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