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Pádraic Fogarty

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Pádraic Fogarty

@whittledaway

ecologist 🐟🐾 'Shaping New Mountains' now on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/2cPHXG…

Dublin City, Ireland

Joined October 2016

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Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Jan 24, 2021
I'm delighted to be launching this project that I've been working on for the last 2 years which is an attempt to get to the heart of our biodiversity crisis. The first full instalment will come out next Friday but the trailer is now on the IWT website...
Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Aug 10, 2024
This is water flowing off an intact bog, look how clear it is. Our technology is not nearly as good at cleaning water as healthy ecosystems
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Ó Foghlú
@rayofoghlu
Aug 10, 2024
Water flowing off degraded peatlands south of An Fál Carrach flows into the aquamarine waters of the North Atlantic
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Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Jun 29, 2024
Sweden is banning all bottom trawling in its territorial waters. Go Sweden!! Who's going to be next?
Sweden Bans Bottom Trawling in All Territorial Waters
From onegreenplanet.org
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Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Oct 9, 2022
We've been robbed The wildlife we have today is merely a wisp of it should be
Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Jul 5, 2024
I just love the no-mow approach in front of Trinity College in Dublin 😍
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Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Jun 2, 2024
Whoever is painting the walls in North Mayo needs a round of applause 🙌
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Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Jan 1, 2023
Here's my top 10 good news stories for nature from 2022, yes there has been good news! 1. Cranes are successfully breeding in Ireland for the first time in 300 years! Shows the power of rewilding 🍾 (📸Karol Waszkiewicz)... kraniche.de/en/news/first-…
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Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Jul 28, 2024
For all those whining about the bottle tops being attached to the bottle: this a *fraction* of the lids our team of 5 cleared from a beach in Galway in onlt two hours w'@FlossieBea61579
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Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Aug 3, 2024
Only six months ago French farmers were spraying public buildings with manure and fighting against measures to address the climate crisis. Now they want public help because the climate crisis is destroying their crops.
French Farmers Facing 'Catastrophic' Harvest Seek State Help
From independent.ie
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Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Aug 18, 2024
Taking the long way home. Typically, travel by train and ferry emits only 10% of the greenhouse gases compared to flying.
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Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Jul 16, 2024
This must be Ireland's hardest-to-get-to nature reserve and maybe the smallest. It was worth the treck up forest roads to reach a small patch of old Atlantic rainforest, but... 🧵
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Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Aug 31, 2022
From tomorrow it is legal to cut hedges as the bird nesting season is over for another year. But hedges are full of berries, bees and other insects are flying and there are still some flowers, birds are fattening up for winter, wildlife needs this bounty so cutting should wait
Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Oct 12, 2024
Did you know there's a livestream camera from the middle of Galway Bay where you can watch marine drama 24/7? And it's not just fish! @smartbay_ie I'm hooked! smartbay.marine.ie
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Pádraic Fogarty
@whittledaway
Jul 5, 2020
A rare sight indeed, ancient Atlantic rainforest meets the ocean at Old Head, Co. Mayo. There's something primeval about the scene I think. 🌳🌳🌳🌳