A Ferry Nice Day!
On 20 April, we boarded the Stena Line ferry heading from Belfast to Cairnryan in Scotland to conduct an IWDG Ferry Survey for marine mammals. It was a glorious day with no rain and a calm sea –…
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Great Big Nature Survey
Ulster Wildlife, as part of The Wildlife Trusts, is running this survey to find out what people in Northern Ireland and across the UK really think about nature and how we, as a society, should protect it. Results will help us hold the government to account over its environmental policies and priorities.
AFBI Groundfish Survey - Leg II
“Call me Ishmael.” Like Moby-Dick, this is half a story about my time aboard a ship and half about marine biology. Unlike Moby-Dick, the ship in this story doesn’t sink and there are no insane…
Adam's Adventures on the AFBI Irish Sea Herring Acoustic Survey
Following on from James’ adventure on the AFBI Nephrops survey, on 29 August I joined the scientists and crew of the RV Corystes for ten days of the herring stock assessment in the Irish Sea.
Irish Hedgehog Survey 2021 launched today across island of Ireland
Volunteers invited to take part and help survey Northern Ireland’s hedgehogs
Public encouraged to report hedgehog sightings as part of all-Ireland survey
Researchers from NUI Galway, with help from Ulster Wildlife in Northern Ireland, are encouraging people across Ireland to report hedgehog sightings or conduct surveys in their gardens or local…
All-Ireland survey launches to help track squirrels and pine martens
To mark Red Squirrel Appreciation Day, the 2026 All-Ireland Squirrel and Pine Marten Survey launches today, calling on people across the island to help track three of our most iconic woodland…
Public invited to help with 2019 All-Ireland Squirrel and Pine Marten Survey
Members of the public are invited to participate in a Citizen Science survey, and record their sightings of red squirrels, grey squirrels and pine martens.
Volunteers wanted to help survey vulnerable peatland birds in South Sperrins
Ulster Wildlife, in partnership with the Golden Eagle Trust, is calling for volunteers to help survey vulnerable peatland birds in the South Sperrins, one of Northern Ireland’s most ecologically…
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,…
Lesser sea-spurrey
Traditionally a coastal species, Lesser sea-spurrey has spread inland, taking advantage of the winter-salting of our roads. Its pink-and-white flowers bloom in summer.