Wild Inside

18/03/2026

Madra Rua 🦊 this morning in the garden

11/02/2026

Wildlife crime remains an ongoing issue in Ireland, even during the winter months.

Illegal activities such as poisoning, trapping, persecution of protected species and habitat destruction continue to pose serious risks to wildlife. These actions are often hidden, but their impacts can be devastating - particularly when animals are already vulnerable due to breeding, cold weather or limited food sources.

Raising awareness is an important step in protecting wildlife. Understanding that wildlife crime still exists helps support prevention, reporting and long-term conservation efforts.

📲 Download the PAW Ireland wildlife crime app
📞 Contact NPWS or An Garda Síochána if you witness a crime
💬 Share this post and help spread awareness

Let’s raise our voices and protect what matters.

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09/02/2026

An Taisce stands with fellow members of Environmental Pillar, other eNGOs in Ireland and from all across the EU to say Hands Off Nature.

Have your voice heard. Let’s defend the laws that protect our future.

Send a message to EU lawmakers and sign the petition — https://www.environmentalpillar.ie/hands-off-nature/

Lobbying from polluting industries is pressuring EU legislators to weaken laws protecting our health and nature, putting our water, air, food, and environment on the line, without our consent.

Mining, chemical, and industrial agriculture lobbies are pushing hard right now to weaken the EU water law that has served to protect our drinking water and cleaned up Europe’s rivers for over 25 years. A cornerstone of public health is now at risk.

06/02/2026

Great to see it 💚🌳

Meath Local Sports Partnership will be planting 800 trees at schools across Meath as part of the biodiversity requirements from the Participation Nation Outdoor Fund.

21/12/2025

Grianstad an Gheimhridh 🌅 🌌 Solstice sunrise & song

17/12/2025

🚨 Toxic pesticides are poisoning our soils, water, and biodiversity. Now the EU wants to weaken rules. We need to push back.

On 10 December, the European Commission published the environment omnibus + the grids package. This “simplification omnibus” is a dangerous shift away from science in favour of industry. Weakening the pesticide law is a huge threat to biodiversity and human health. Not only does it need to be stopped, we need a shift into another direction for farmers and citizens, to a new healthy and biodiverse pesticide free era.

👉 Take Action Now and call for a rapid shift to nature-friendly, pesticide-free farming: https://www.environmentalpillar.ie/end-the-toxic-pesticide-era/?mc_cid=791ea1f1c1&mc_eid=UNIQID

ℹ️ More information here: https://www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12/10/green-protection-gutted-eu-commission-jeopardises-nature-and-health-safeguards/?mc_cid=791ea1f1c1&mc_eid=UNIQID

Irish Environmental Network BirdLife Europe and Central Asia 🐝🦋

📷 Carder Bee by Marie Bishop

01/12/2025

🦊 The Fox & the Hunt: What Ireland Needs to Remember;

There is now a motion in Ireland to ban fox hunting… and it’s long overdue.

The fox is one of Ireland’s oldest native animals.
It has lived on this island long before concrete cities, borders or foreign empires rooted their systems.

A clever and beloved creature that appears across our ancient folklore, heroic tales and the old indigenous beliefs of this land.
The red fox is part of the natural rhythm of Ireland’s ecology and identity.

The bloodsport known as “fox hunting” however was not… This was introduced by the British ruling class during the colonisation of Ireland.

While Irish families were being starved, displaced, punished and stripped of their land…
the new landlords held hunts across the countryside for celebration and sport; tearing through fields, clearing forests and treating the land as their own private estate.

Our wildlife became entertainment.
Our stolen land became a backdrop for the privileged.

That legacy continues today; defended and carried out to entertain a small wealthy minority who claim “tradition” while trampling the real culture of this island.

The old Irish worldview held deep respect for the land. The landscape was alive and every creature had its place in the natural balance.

In our folklore, the fox is often seen as a messenger, a guide and a warning.
It’s no coincidence that the push to ban this cruelty is happening at a time when Ireland and much of the world is facing cultural and spiritual erosion. As money, ego and materialistic values replace our natural traditions in a globalised and techno world, the fox stands as a reminder of what we’re losing. This animal is not
something to be chased to exhaustion and torn apart for amusement.

Foxes support healthy ecosystems. They control and protect biodiversity and pose no threat to well-kept livestock.

This so called ‘sport’ is simply a remnant of a system that saw our land, animals and people as resources to be used.

Banning fox hunting means restoring respect for our native species and the landscape they belong to. It means choosing compassion over cruelty and healing the essence of an island that has carried more than enough suffering and bloodshed.

Ireland belongs to the Irish.
The fox belongs to Ireland.
The hunt never did.

30/10/2025

The link between bats and Samhain is rooted in the ancient Celtic festival itself, which celebrated the thinning veil between the living and the spirit world. During Samhain, bonfires were lit, attracting insects that, in turn, attracted bats, leading to a natural association between the creatures and the supernatural elements of the celebration. Later, folklore reinforced this connection, viewing bats as harbingers of death, messengers from the spirit world, or even witches in disguise. 🦇🦇🦇 ☠️☠️☠️

❤️❤️❤️ Really we should see them as tiny superheroes in the night sky❤️❤️❤️

Bats aren’t scary at all, they’re nature’s pest control experts. Each one can eat thousands of mosquitoes and other small winged insects that can damage crops in a single night, helping farmers and also reducing the spread of disease. Their soft wings and gentle echolocation make them more like little guardians of the night than monsters.❤️❤️❤️🦇🦇🦇

10/08/2025

Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies

30/07/2025

☀️Summer activity idea🦇

Need some new ideas to help keep your family or group entertained this August?

Why not explore nature on your doorstep and organise your own mini bioblitz🔍

Borrow a bat detector, watch the 'how to' videos on our YouTube channel and add your sightings to our bat map to help us better understand Irish bat species distribution 📍

🎁ESKER boxes are currently available in 18 counties and equipment is free to borrow for library members.

For more information visit: https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/our-work-with-others/environmental-science-kits-for-ecological-recording-esker

The Heritage Council

22/07/2025

Last Chance to Join our Community Climate Innovation Programme

Meath County Council and IKC3 are inviting participants from a variety of organisations to take part in this pioneering short course, which is designed to equip communities with the skills necessary to address climate change challenges.

While the course focuses on climate issues, the tools and skills participants will gain can be applied to a range of different scenarios.

This free programme will be delivered both online and in-person in September - November 2025 (about 7.5 hours in total per month) details attached.

The programme is designed to support you and your community to create climate action.

The programme will enable you to:

✅ Explore the systemic nature of climate change.
✅ Identify key climate challenges in your community.
✅ Co-create climate solutions.
✅ Scale-up your solutions.

If this sounds like you, someone you know or you need more information, please email us with your expression of interest by Wednesday, 23 July 2025 at [email protected]