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Oonagh Duggan

@NatureNymph

Limerick woman living in Laois. Nature lover who wants to leave the planet better than she found it. Head of Policy & Advocacy, BirdWatch Ireland. Views my own.

 Portlaoise, Co Laois
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Joined December 2009
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Taking the plunge on Bluesky but not leaving here yet. Give me a follow so we can stay in touch. 🦋
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Please do not disturb! 💤 OTD in 2016, I wrote this blog about the importance of high-tide roosts. 🎂🔟 wadertales.wordpress.com/201… #ornithology
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Meath Birder@MeathBirderOct 27
Lapwing. #birds #birding #waders 📷
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Osa@fuiunaosaOct 29
Aún quedan cosas bellas.
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"We have to look at ourselves in terms of how we fund nature restoration". Amid wrangles over money at #Cop17 Minister for Nature says Ireland must also do more at home irishtimes.com/environment/2…
Cop17: Ireland must fund nature protection, Minister tells summit

Cop17: Ireland must fund nature protection, Minister tells summit

Global biodiversity summit struggling to agree financing required to save and restore nature

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Ya están aquí. #grullas #Grusgrus
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Rathlin Stickybeak@_StickybeakOct 27
A big surprise to end the day - a GOLDEN HARE!!! It's been about 2.5 months since our last sighting, so between the excitement and the wind it was nigh on impossible to hold steady 😅
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'Not just an environmental problem' - a brief insight in what's happening at the Cop17 Global Biodiversity Summit in Yerevan from @janestout @FintanKelly_ @COSullivanTD Ireland urges greater efforts to save nature at global biodiversity summit irishtimes.com/environment/c…
Ireland urges greater efforts to save nature at global biodiversity summit

Ireland urges greater efforts to save nature at global biodiversity summit

Cop17 in Armenia taking place against backdrop of ‘vast decline in nature’ on global scale

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Irish MEPs urged to reject moves to weaken European nature laws which 'would make it easier to kill birds and destroy nests' irishmirror.ie/news/irish-ne… @CowenBarry @BillyKelleherEU @cynimhurchu @SeanKellyMEP @ninacarberry @BarryAndrewsMEP
Weakening of EU nature laws would make it easier to kill birds and destroy nests

Weakening of EU nature laws would make it easier to kill birds and destroy nests

Oonagh Duggan, who is BirdWatch Ireland’s Head of Policy and Advocacy, declared that what is being suggested by the European Commission needs to be rolled back

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Climate-harming emissions from oil, gas and coal rose globally again last year as countries failed to honour commitments to reduce their use. irishtimes.com/environment/c…
Global temperatures set to rise far in excess of 1.5% threshold pledged in Paris Agreement

Global temperatures set to rise far in excess of 1.5% threshold pledged in Paris Agreement

Report from UN Environment Programme shows emissions growth has slowed but a turnaround is yet to be achieved

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Neil J Bourke@neiljbourkeOct 21
A mature stag with large antlers chooses to go low rather than jump high, the safer option?
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A Hen Harrier being its amazing, beautiful self. Wishing the ACE project the very best to support this fabulous bird on the brink of extinction.
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Cromán na gCearc, Circus cyaneus, Hen harrier Arable coast environment (ACE) European Innovation Partnership (EIP) hopefully bearing fruit in first season across Counties Cork, Waterford, and Wexford, focusing on protecting Hen Harrier, seen here on restored targeted habitat
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Wow @ParkinsonsEU rejects outright proposed EU weakening of pesticides reg system due to links with Parkinsons disease. @BillyKelleherEU @CowenBarry @ninacarberry @SeanKellyMEP parkinsonseurope.org/how-we-…
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Drought exposed Irish grass-fed image may be fragile – Ornua CEO farmersjournal.ie/drought-ex…
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Francis Buner@fbunerOct 13
I have spent over 25 years of my professional career to research and demonstrate how to reverse the decline of #farmlandbirds. We know how to do it, but are lacking suitable policies to pay for it. theguardian.com/environment/…
‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record

‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record

Nearly half of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies say

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They'll be all gone in Ireland too & people will ask what happened & I will say, we tried, we pushed, you argued against us, you were swayed by big business & tech bros, you wouldnt listen. 63% of 🇮🇪's wild bird populations are in trouble. Please listen. theguardian.com/environment/…
‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record

‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record

Nearly half of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies say

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Robust and comprehensive SLAPP legislation necessary to protect activists, campaigners and media irishlegal.com/articles/robu…
Robust and comprehensive SLAPP legislation necessary to protect activists, campaigners and media

Robust and comprehensive SLAPP legislation necessary to protect activists, campaigners and media

The Environmental Pillar urges the passing of robust and comprehensive SLAPP legislation necessary to protect activists, campaigners & media as the Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation...

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Governments are trying to roll back protections for wild birds. Please sign the Hands off Nature petition here We're only 60,000 voices short of 1 million. Please add yours. birdwatchireland.ie/our-work…

Hands Off Nature - BirdWatch Ireland

Tell politicians how important nature is to you and stop the EU from tearing up the laws that protect birds and nature.

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Happy #WorldOctopusDay ! 🐙 Ireland’s most frequently recorded octopus species is the Curled Octopus / Ochtapas adharcach / Eledone cirrhosa which has a single row of suckers on each arm. 🌊 Explore More: exploreyourshore.ie/
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IFA Deputy President Alice Doyle attended the turning of the sod at the new Slaney Flour Mill site today in Ballycarney, Wexford.
Image from Irish Farmers' Association (@IFAmedia)
Image from Irish Farmers' Association (@IFAmedia)
Image from Irish Farmers' Association (@IFAmedia)
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Neil J Bourke@neiljbourkeOct 9
Spioróg, Accipiter nisus, Sparrowhawk. Máistir an luais agus na scile sa tseilg Master of speed and skill in the hunt.
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