Ireland📍Author of Rathlin, A Wild Life🪶 Columnist @theirishnews Conservation Biologist, Nature Campaigner💛 Wilding @ballyconnellyfarm Wildlife Medic🦭
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📽️LOST FOR WORDS
🎬@FoyleFilm & @PlayhouseDerry
🗓️Fri 29 Nov 7pm
📍Nerve Centre, Derry
📚Join celebrated nature writers Ruby Free (Rathlin, A Wild Life) and Kerri ní Dochartaigh in conversation following this special screening.
FREE tickets here 👇
foylefilmfestival.org/whats-…
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Join @RubyFree8 at @Lighthousebks on Sun 10 Aug @1pm.
She'll be discussing her time living on remote islands alongside #nature, the writing process, & #wilding at Ballyconnelly Farm, with a few readings & a Q&A.
lighthousebookshop.com/event…
#Rathlin #seabirds #islandlife
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Also arriving late on the scene are the Fulmar chicks, which have been appearing since 30th June. It's hard to get a glimpse as the parents keep them well hidden at this stage, but just occasionally one peeps out to say hello
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🕊️ Today is #WorldSeabirdDay, marking the 1844 extinction of the Great Auk. Seabirds still face major threats—bycatch, pollution & habitat loss.
Just weeks ago, #WorldAlbatrossDay reminded us: thousands of seabirds die yearly in fisheries. Let’s act. 🌊🐦 #ACAP
Can’t wait for this conversation
Announcing the July Climate Writing Session!🍃
Alice will be joined by award-winning campaigner, writer and conservation biologist Ruby Free, and farmer and researcher Sinéad Moran.
🗓️ Wednesday 30 July 2025
🕥 7.00pm-8.30pm
💻 Online (Zoom)
irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-…
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You can't, on one hand, promote intensive farming policies that drench ALL our peatlands in ammonia, slowly killing them, and at same time celebrate their biodiversity and carbon sequestration
Or can you?
Welcome to Daera Doublespeak
#WorldPeatlandsDay
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🎉Happy #WorldPeatlandsDay
👉Peatlands are wetlands that store vast amounts of carbon, which play a crucial role in regulating our climate. They are also vital habitats for biodiversity providing a home for unique plants and animals.
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Hard to believe but today marks the 8 year anniversary of free soloing el cap! Time flies. I’m still so grateful to the whole team for working on the climb with me and documenting it in the film. It was such an all star crew and such a great adventure (though obviously stressful at the time…).
Now I’m married with two kids and a house. How life changes!
A stunning razorbill I captured today at Rathlin West Light Seabird Centre ✨ @BBCSpringwatch 🪶
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🎉 PUFFIN PUFFIN PUFFIN 🎉
Windy, wet and cold out here currently, but what a breathtaking scene! Gazillions of Guillemots and Razorbills, and very briefly our first Puffin of the year 🥳
I’ve been prepping so hard for this one! Beyond excited to talk at the launch of the new Seabird Report 🤍🪶🙏🏻
Storytelling for #seabirds 📖
Hear from @RubyFree8 at @BTO_NIreland's Seabird Report Launch on 27 March about her experiences on the wonderfully wild #Rathlin Island.
Celebrate NI's seabirds with them!
Book your free place: bit.ly/NI-SeabirdReport2024
Delighted to be doing an event later this month with the awe-inspiring Kerri! 🤍
📢 This #InternationalWomensDay, Imagine! Festival spotlights women's voices & experiences.
🎨 Brave Belfast Cailíní (Mar 24-30) – Exploring female friendships through art
💼 Women’s Leadership & Privilege (Mar 26) – Who gets a seat at the table?
🎭 Jo Caulfield (Mar 26) – Stand-up & memoir The Funny Thing About Death
📝 Erin Fornoff (Mar 28) – Poetry as a tool for change
Join us Mar 24-30 to celebrate women's contributions!
🎟️👉 imaginebelfast.com/ #ImagineBelfast
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#StormÉowyn is what happens when you pack the climate system with energy. 2024 was the hottest year humans have ever recorded. Scientists say it is likely the hottest year in over 100,000 years
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Maybe run this past all the people living in Ireland , Northern Ireland and Scotland tomorrow night after Storm Eowyn has done its worst . . . or all those of us who won’t get any flood/storm damage insurance ever again for our homes and businesses theguardian.com/business/202…
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Yesssssss, it's what we've been waiting for - our favourite birds are back on the cliffs!!! A good scattering of Common Guillemots present today, and more out on the sea. Also loads of Fulmars on their ledges and circling around
Happy New Year! Do you have a new year’s resolution to write more, get in nature more - or try something new? Why not Join @daramcwade and I @seamusheaneycentre for @niscifest next month! nisciencefestival.com/events…
#artandscience #letyourmindwonder #niscifest25
In this creative writing workshop, you will learn about nature writing techniques, the art of storytelling science and how to communicate ideas with influence. 💡