Letting Nature In - Guest Blog
You don't need a masterplan to welcome nature into your garden, you just need to be open to trying something new and enjoying the pleasure you get from the journey.
Victor Allister,…
You don't need a masterplan to welcome nature into your garden, you just need to be open to trying something new and enjoying the pleasure you get from the journey.
Victor Allister,…
Volunteer bird ringer David Gailbraith shares an insight into his experience of ringing barn owls in Northern Ireland over the last seven years and explains how the information generated is…
The pied wagtail is a familiar bird across town and countryside. Its black-and-white markings and long, wagging tail make it easy to identify as it hops across the road or lawn.
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As its name suggests, the shaggy inkcap, or 'lawyer's wig', has a woolly, scaly surface to its bell-shaped toadstools. It is very common and can be seen at the road side, in…
On Saturday the 27 May, Living Seas trainees Patrick and Emma were up bright and early to hit the road. We were headed for Ballycastle to set up our Living Seas stall for the Rathlin Maritime…
The kestrel is a familiar sight hovering over the side of the road, looking out for its favourite food: small mammals like field voles. It prefers open habitats like grassland, farmland and…
Coastwatch eco-audit surveys occur annually in September / October. Love your Lough have been extremely active in surveying and conducting beach cleans around the Carlingford Lough shore. Love…
The Living Seas team can’t believe our luck with the weather recently! Yet again on Friday 13th May, the sun shone as we met eager volunteers to get down on the shore and clean it up.
On 10 September I headed to Cushendall, Co. Antrim to meet up once again with Dermot Hughes of Forage Ireland for a coastal foraging course. As ever the course had proved very popular and we were…
Richard could stick to the road on his commute, but taking a shortcut through the woods is far more relaxing, even if he does get muddy trousers.
On 31 July the Living Seas Team was delighted to be once again teaming up with Forage Ireland to deliver an afternoon of coastal foraging in Dundrum. We arrived outside Dundrum village to find…