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Pavilion Theatre @paviliontheatre.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🦅 Today we are delighted to welcome Seán Ronayne for two completely SOLD OUT performances of Untold Sounds. Missed out on today's sold-out shows? Extra performances have been added on Sun 28 Jun, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, and tickets are available now. 🎟️ buff.ly/vAHYq6U @seanronayne.bsky.social

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

My first recording of 2026. The wonderful House Sparrow. ⁣ ⁣ I chanced upon a gorgeous flock today and it became my first recording of 2026. Here’s to many more. ⁣ ⁣ I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. #wildlife #birdsound #birds #wildlifesounds #birding

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Blackstaff Press @blackstaffpress.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

LAST TICKETS! Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life. dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Absolutely fantastic weekend,caught up with the brilliant @seanronayne.bsky.social at the @shhomeplace.bsky.social for a truly engaging talk on his work as an ornithologist recording birdsong, talking mimicry & how nature has had such an impact on his life.Dawn chorus at Lough Beg was wonderful.

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Seamus Heaney HomePlace @shhomeplace.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🌅✨ What a magical morning at The Strand at Lough Beg! Huge thanks to @seanronayne.bsky.social for leading our Dawn Chorus Walk yesterday through one of Ireland’s richest ornithological sites, and to @rspbni.bsky.social and everyone who joined - what an unforgettable experience!

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Blackstaff Press @blackstaffpress.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life. Tickets have nearly sold out: dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...

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Joanne Dalton @jdalton79.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

What an incredible evening spent listening to @seanronayne.bsky.social at The Lark in Balbriggan. He spoke so engagingly and movingly about all aspects of bird life & general wildlife in Ireland. Stark+quite depressing statistics were presented alongside ever present hope and optimism. GRMA Seán 🦉

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Thank you so much. Last night was wonderful for me. The venue and crowd were amazing

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I’m back here after an absence. I was trying to cut back on apps. I feel like I’m being shadow-banned on instagram so this seems like a nicer place to revisit Here’s a video from a mic deployment in Barcelona, in the midst of a wonderful thunderstorm. I got so wet it didn’t matter! It was beautiful

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Kevin Shortall @kevinshortall.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

My most enjoyable summer read yet, #natureboy by @seanronayne.bsky.social. It sums up beautifully what's important to remember, cherish & protect in our world & lives. A must for educators, so we can properly situate nature in schools & also become more inclusive! Autism is rarely explained better!

An image of the book, "Nature Boy" by Seán Ronayne, on a coffee table outdoors on a deck.

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Cécile Archives @cecilearchives.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

@seanronayne.bsky.social makes the French news! @afp.com 🇨🇵🇮🇪

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lynbw @lynbw.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Saw @seanronayne.bsky.social speak tonight in #newbridge & #speirgorm ye all need to go listen, or catch his film on @rte.ie or read his book, his gentle, passionate call to arms is a message of pure hope 3hrs passed in the blink of an eye

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

The last government had an open goal to reform forestry to something resembling a sustainable model - but they blew it. With Coillte abandoning its biodiversity commitments, it seems that the industry now feels the pressure is off. jrnl.ie/6663637

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Opinion: This government is determined to turn its back on sustainable forestry in Ireland

Pádraic Fogarty says that despite the climate crisis, Ireland’s native trees are last in line once again as unsustainable forestry practices continue.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

The start of a new chapter! I’ve been meaning to explore underwater sounds for some time. This recorder will remain submerged for 24hrs as a test. Let’s see what swims around it tonight, when the tide rises and the people leave. Just my mic, the sea, and the fish!

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Thank you everyone for a great night at Cork Opera House! Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d fill 750 seats in my home city one day. What a privilege to do that talking about the thing I love so much. Nature. You all give me so much hope. See you at the next! Lots more venues to go.

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orlabarry.bsky.social @orlabarry.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

One man in Ireland has set himself an unusual challenge - to record the sound of every bird species in the country. Many of those birds may soon no longer exist. My report on @theworld.org with thanks to @seanronayne.bsky.social Listen back and read here: theworld.org/stories/2025...

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This man is recording the sound of every bird species in Ireland - The World from PRX

One man in Ireland has set an unusual challenge for himself: Record the sound of every bird species in the country. The mission is not frivolous, though. Many of the birds may soon be extinct.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Myself and @seanronayne.bsky.social are giving a sellout talk in St. Luke's Church, Cork, shortly. Such a very special venue, I'm certain the evening will be too.

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Dr Captain McIntyre @cathmci.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I have a ticket (1 ticket) to tomorrow night's show (21st March) in St Lukes that I can't use anymore if anyone would like it?

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

UK friends! Tonight Birdsong makes its UK TV debut on BBC4 at 9pm. It will also be available on BBC Player thereafter. Please spread the word! Extract taken from The Times.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

For any UK followers, our documentary Birdsong airs on BBC4 next Wednesday!

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Currently have mics running at three sites here in Catalunya. The lack of human noise at each is astounding. Can’t wait to see what I’ve captured!

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Tour almost ready to go! Lots of new sounds & stories as well as new threads & elements to others. The first two gigs are sold out with most others heading that way. I can’t wait! I have a few mics to collect here before coming home from Catalunya so hope to add even more sounds.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Following on from a sold out Live at St. Luke's, I'll be speaking at the Cork Opera House, March 26th! Tickets: www.irishwildlifesounds.com/irish-tour/ The sound system there is just incredible and I am so excited to showcase the best of what I've captured over the years. See you there!

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The Irish tour is growing! Shows in Clare, Limerick, Galway, Leitrim, Kerry, Kildare & Longford announced! tinyurl.com/mu9bx8kp It looks like we are headed for a lot of full houses - absolutely buzzing. Thank you everyone for your kindness & support. More to announce in coming days!

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

An Irish tour of talks will be starting soon. Hope to see you there! Note that this is just a fraction of venues. I am awaiting on contracts before I announce the remainder. For tickets and details please visit my website: www.irishwildlifesounds.com

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Just a gorgeous lemon-yellow Brimstone moth. A blast from the past from one of my many early teenage nocturnal garden safaris.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

1/6🧵 It was around this time last year that I was given this chance to talk about the thing that means the most to be on what is a huge national platform (thank you RTE and thank you Tommy Tiernan and team)

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Two song types from a Wood Warbler in an Irish Sessile Oak Woodland. Now both sadly very rare. This bird was a real treat to sit with and listen to. I'd imagine this was once a much more common sound, in the very distant past, when oak woodlands were more common.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

This fast flowing water was almost singing to me. I heard it from afar and tracked it down the the exact source. I just had to record it. I was searching for Dippers again, but I always get distracted. But that's what makes the day - these beautiful distractions.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

1/3🧵 Setting up my mics one night, I glanced at, but took no particular notice of, a large slug (not the individual in photo - this one I saw in SE Asia!) right by my kit. I finally solved the mystery of the odd scratchy sounds I sometimes heard in my recordings!

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Want to learn about Irish bogs? Jamie is your guy. He shares incredibly detailed posts here. A page well worth following.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Another gorgeous morning out soaking up nature and placing/collecting mics in East Cork. The highlight for this trip was seeing the delicate and rather scarce (in these parts) Tunbridge Filmy-fern for the first time ever. Now to analyse sounds…

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Clicking sounds from many brown shrimp (crangon crangon), recorded from a small pier in West Cork with a hydrophone (an underwater microphone). If you listen very closely you will hear a distant limpet grazing on algae. It's another world down there and I'm looking forward to exploring it!

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Just a dinky, submarine-yellow periwinkle going about its business to the sound of a lapping Cork Harbour sea.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Gently lapping waves, very low levels of anthropogenic noise, no wind, and ten displaying black guillemots right below me. This was a perfect recording scenario - bliss.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Just collected this unit after a week-long deployment from its ethereal, misty, dripping, gorgeous, Irish Atlantic rainforest hiding place. Analysis tonight. What will it have heard and captured? These units are my absolute favourite - sturdy, long-lived, waterproof and with pin-sharp sound.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

A grey seal snorts and loafs around amidst a sunny, bustling seafood festival at Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford, presumably hoping for fish scraps from the numerous fishing boats tied up.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Short-eared owl wing-clapping and calling, with the company of some whooper swans in the background. Recorded with an SM4 at a then long-term, listening station on the Wexford coast, on the 17th Jan' 2022. This is possibly my favourite ever recording, of this seldom-heard migratory owl.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

**Spoken extract from 'Nature Boy' - available in full on Audible. Wet woodlands are real magical places. There's something ethereal about them. They're wild places full of life, mystery and character.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Saleen Creek, Co. Cork - 16/01/22 A mixed group of teal, redshank, dunlin and black-tailed godwits feed and take advantage of the last of the exposed mud as the tide rapidly advances. Calls echo through the stillness.

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

My current obsession is dipper. A wonderful semi-aquatic songbird which sings with liquid grace but does so in fast flowing rivers. White noise is the problem. I just need to find a still point with a song-rock. I’ll get there. But it means we get to explore woods and rivers! Happy Xmas!

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Calls from a colony of Little Terns at Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow. This colony holds approximately 40% of the entire Irish population and is expertly managed each year by Birdwatch Ireland volunteers. Amazing work. Listen to the energetic calls of our smallest tern with lovely surf sounds!

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

The sonic world of nocturnal migration is fascinating. It shines a light on the unknown & lets you hear birds in an out of place context. Here is a Coot migrating along the rugged Ballycotton cliffs @ 00:25am last May. Hear the crashing waves & echo of its calls bounce off the cliffs as it goes.

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