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Catherine Duigan

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Environmental consultant, researcher & non-fiction writer; water & nature; heritage & natural history; women in science; biographer of Dr. Kathleen Carpenter; Ireland & Wales connections; accepts commissions. https://catherineduigan.co.uk/

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · Nov 14

Researching the life of Dr. Kathleen Carpenter, pioneering #freshwater ecologist in Wales and North America.
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Who was... Kathleen Carpenter?

A biography of Kathleen Carpenter, a pioneering freshwater ecologist.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 3h

Is Ireland’s most iconic manuscript truly Irish? A new study points to Pictish monks and a monastery in northern Scotland ✍️Rachel Moss, Trinity College Dublin wp.me/p8Mk4U-16Ko

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

A new museum dedicated to the life of the explorer Ernest Shackleton opens in Athy in Co Kildare today.

New museum on life of Ernest Shackleton opens in Kildare

A new museum dedicated to the life of the explorer Ernest Shackleton opens in Athy in Co Kildare today.

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Mark Rothko @markrothko.bsky.social · 4d

Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/1135440

Bequest of Mrs. Mark Rothko through The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 4d

10/7/1858 — b. Rosa Smith Eigenmann, American ichthyologist, author. Internationally renowned ichthyologist; the first noted female authority on fish, the first woman to discover new fish species. The first librarian, San Diego Society of Natural History #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistSci #OTD

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 2d

Irish Foreign Ministry is supporting specific funding stream for Irish early career researchers to travel and collaborate with colleagues under the themes of the Ireland-Wales Shared Statement 2030.
#Research #ECR

The Ireland-Wales Shared Statement can be read here: www.ireland.ie/en/greatbrit...

Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 2d

Women, #peace and history - New permanent exhibition at
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru - National Library of Wales
#Wales #USA

www.library.wales/news/article...

Women, Peace, History: New Permanent Exhibition Opened at the National Library

On 2 October 2025, the National Library of Wales will open a new permanent exhibition - a powerful space that celebrates one of the most inspiring peace camp...

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 2d

Of course Kathleen Carpenter, #freshwater ecologist, signed The Welsh Womens #Peace Appeal, clearly & confidently with her best fountain pen, as a testament to her loyalty & humanity.
New permanent exhibition at Llfrygell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales
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Background of handwritten names, with inset photograph of young woman in Edwardian clothing; white blouse; patterned neck scarf; coils of hair on her head

Large wooden chest with background image of 4 well dressed women in early 1900s coats and hats; one woman holding open a document.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 2d

Chowder for breakfast, and chowder for dinner, and chowder for supper, till you began to look for fish-bones coming through your clothes.

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Julian Hughes @penrhynbirder.bsky.social · 3d

Lovely piece about visitors to @rspbcymru.bsky.social Cors Ddyga's new wetland pools, "slivers of liquid light, their margins still mottled dark with freshly turned mud and root, harbouring long-buried organic treasure, waiting to be snatched".

A @naturambyth.bsky.social project for Curlews

Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 3d

Country diary: The marshes are graced with a little catwalk glamour | Nigel Brown

Ynys Môn (Anglesey): What a pleasure it is to watch a pair of glossy ibis – true head-turners, and an increasingly common sight

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 3d

A real but almost surreal #Antarctic sea #anemone by Thomas Alan Stephenson @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social from Terra Nova Expedition 1910 #historyofscience #Wales #taxonomy #sciart #envhist 🎨
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Morphological drawing with water colours of Antarctic sea anemone

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 3d

#OfficeToday
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
The National Library of Wales
- a cathedral to Welsh literature, language & culture.
#histenv #historyofscience #Wales #Aberystwyth

Library reading room with three levels of bookcases.

Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 4d

Under Cadair Idris - plant pigments change and breakdown creating a tapestry of rich colours to enjoy 🍂
#Wales #autumn #Colours #landscapes #Valley #Uplands #mountains #nature

Rocky dark blue mountain ridge above grey scree and layer of rich brown bracken; foreground of green fields and yellowing oak tree along hedge line. Overcast sky.

Rocky dark blue mountain ridge above grey scree and layer of rich brown bracken; intruding block of dark green coniferous trees on left; overcast sky.

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North Wales Wildlife Trust / Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gogledd Cymru @northwaleswt.bsky.social · 5d

Rare insect thought extinct in Britain discovered at our Cors Goch Nature Reserve on Anglesey! The Limnephilus pati, a species of caddisfly, was found during a recent biodiversity survey.
Read all about it here 👉 www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/news/rare-in...

📷Robin Sutton, Ian Wallace

Limnephilus pati, a species of caddisfly on plain white background

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 5d

A Welsh university will host an international conference celebrating more than 25 years of research into the ancient Celtic languages of Europe later this month

University to host conference marking 25 years of ancient Celtic language studies

Aberystwyth University will host an international conference celebrating more than 25 years of research into the ancient Celtic languages of Europe later this month. Although today Celtic languages ar...

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 8d

Images available to browse on the new platform include galleries of artworks by Van Gogh, Monet and Renoir, historic photographs of people and places, and images of objects from the national collection, all of which have special relevance to Wales

Thousands of images from Amgueddfa Cymru now available to access online

Amgueddfa Cymru has released over 2000 images into the public domain making them freely available on a new platform. It puts Wales at the forefront of open access and on par with global museums such a...

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North Wales Wildlife Trust / Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gogledd Cymru @northwaleswt.bsky.social · 8d

Great news! The Welsh Government is to recognise beavers as a native species and award them full legal protection. This is great news for this wonderful mammal, which can help us restore our river and freshwater habitats 💚💙💚

Read more here:
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/news/beavers...

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 8d

Fordwich #Trout: "the rarest of fish; many of them near the bigness of #salmon, but known by their different colour; and in their best season they cut very white…”
Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, 1653

At the Beaney Museum #Canterbury

#RiverStour #FishFriday #Kent #envhist #fishing #rivers

Simple painting of fish; brown dorsal surface and fins; silvery ventral surface, with informative text above and below image.

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 8d

Very, very sad news for #Ireland - Manchán Magan is a huge loss to Irish heritage, culture and nature. His beautiful writing will be much missed.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 8d

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 9d

Beavers are set to be legally recognised as a native species in Wales, the Welsh Government has confirmed, paving the way for their managed reintroduction

Ministers eager to protect ‘eco-engineer’ beavers

Chris Haines, ICNN Senedd reporter Beavers are set to be legally recognised as a native species in Wales, the Welsh Government has confirmed, paving the way for their managed reintroduction. Climate c...

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 10d

Visitors to Irish lighthouses have more than doubled since 2018 - attracting 350,000 visitors annually and lighthouse tourism is generating more than €33 million per year

Lighthouse tourism worth €33m annually, new report states

Visitors to Irish lighthouses have more than doubled since 2018 - attracting 350,000 visitors annually and lighthouse tourism is generating more than €33 million per year.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 10d

A shared #heritage - constructed circa 1400 from Irish #Oak, the Wagon Roof of the Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral #Ireland #England #religion #architecture #wood #envhist #colonisation #history #nature #botany #Quercus
@cburycathedral.bsky.social

www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk/wagon-roof

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 10d

The weeping brook without #Ophelia - The Great Stour

#chalkstream #nature #Canterbury #aquatic #macrophyte #rivers #plants #Shakespeare #envhist

Range of green submerged plants in flowing clear water

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Friends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social · 14d

“…built for people who believe and argued not for people who believed and sang or shouted praise.” This was John Betjeman’s reflection upon the simplicity of the design of non-conformist chapels.

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 11d

Ghost Feed by John Gerrard - The scene draws on real footage of forests burning in places like the Amazon and California, connecting the virtual to the very real environmental crises happening today.
#CreativeFolkestone

www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/artists/john...

john gerrard - Creative Folkestone