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Ecologist and botanist/Eiceolaí agus luibheolaí neamhspleách - interested in vascular plants, bryophytes, conservation and invasive species.
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The confirmation that 100ac of forestry adjacent to the Glen of the Downs has been bought by the NPWS is great news for Nature Restoration.
The opportunity to double the size of Irelands oldest nature reserve is a once in a limetime opportunity.
www.greystonesguide.ie/100-acres-of...
The opportunity to double the size of Irelands oldest nature reserve is a once in a limetime opportunity.
www.greystonesguide.ie/100-acres-of...
The Greystones Guide | This Bellevue Land Is Finally Our Land
National Parks & Wildlife Service snap up 100 acres…
www.greystonesguide.ie
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The confirmation that 100ac of forestry adjacent to the Glen of the Downs has been bought by the NPWS is great news for Nature Restoration.
The opportunity to double the size of Irelands oldest nature reserve is a once in a limetime opportunity.
www.greystonesguide.ie/100-acres-of...
The opportunity to double the size of Irelands oldest nature reserve is a once in a limetime opportunity.
www.greystonesguide.ie/100-acres-of...
Thuidium assimile from a fixed dune relevé at Dogs Bay, Conamara. Last recorded in H16 in 1966 (& perhaps 68). First time I have come across (knowingly) the species
T. assimile ag fás sa dumhcha socra in san Iorras beag thiar. Suíomh nua don speiceas agus an chéad cuntas dhó le haghaidh píosa fada
T. assimile ag fás sa dumhcha socra in san Iorras beag thiar. Suíomh nua don speiceas agus an chéad cuntas dhó le haghaidh píosa fada
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Thuidium assimile from a fixed dune relevé at Dogs Bay, Conamara. Last recorded in H16 in 1966 (& perhaps 68). First time I have come across (knowingly) the species
T. assimile ag fás sa dumhcha socra in san Iorras beag thiar. Suíomh nua don speiceas agus an chéad cuntas dhó le haghaidh píosa fada
T. assimile ag fás sa dumhcha socra in san Iorras beag thiar. Suíomh nua don speiceas agus an chéad cuntas dhó le haghaidh píosa fada
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First record of Daltonia splachnoides for Co. Armagh (H37) from plantation on Camlough Mountain. Epiphytic on willow, associates were Lejeunea patens & Metzgeria consanguinea. Algal gloop a big issue though.
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#bryophytes #moss #Ireland
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#bryophytes #moss #Ireland
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
First record of Daltonia splachnoides for Co. Armagh (H37) from plantation on Camlough Mountain. Epiphytic on willow, associates were Lejeunea patens & Metzgeria consanguinea. Algal gloop a big issue though.
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#bryophytes #moss #Ireland
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#bryophytes #moss #Ireland
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I visited Abbey Wood in Killarney National Park over the weekend where a massive job of rhododendron removal has been undertaken in the last year or so with the help of Killarney Moutain Meitheal. The area is now deer fenced to allow recovery - very impressive work!
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I visited Abbey Wood in Killarney National Park over the weekend where a massive job of rhododendron removal has been undertaken in the last year or so with the help of Killarney Moutain Meitheal. The area is now deer fenced to allow recovery - very impressive work!
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Missed the outing as out of action but the team marches on against Conamara rhodo!
Great turnout for our monthly outing today, and nice to see some new faces!
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November 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Missed the outing as out of action but the team marches on against Conamara rhodo!
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Great turnout for our monthly outing today, and nice to see some new faces!
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Great turnout for our monthly outing today, and nice to see some new faces!
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
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We're excited to welcome Dr. David Styles from the University of Galway as the speaker for our December Green Drinks! He'll discuss pathways to a climate neutral agriculture and land sector in Ireland. Register @ eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1973157098999?aff=oddtdtcreator
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
We're excited to welcome Dr. David Styles from the University of Galway as the speaker for our December Green Drinks! He'll discuss pathways to a climate neutral agriculture and land sector in Ireland. Register @ eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1973157098999?aff=oddtdtcreator
Mo chéad uair an speiceas seo a fheiceáil - Fontinalis squamosa, ag fás i sruthán sna mám toirce. Rud álainn, fada agus caol
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Mo chéad uair an speiceas seo a fheiceáil - Fontinalis squamosa, ag fás i sruthán sna mám toirce. Rud álainn, fada agus caol
A confirmed sample of Trichostomum littorale growing in a short sward upland grassland around 500m with Thalictrum alpinum etc. - Leic na bhfearr, Conamara. Possibly new to the county (since T.brachydontium recent split into 3 species). It was the dominant moss here but midges prevent a full relevé
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A confirmed sample of Trichostomum littorale growing in a short sward upland grassland around 500m with Thalictrum alpinum etc. - Leic na bhfearr, Conamara. Possibly new to the county (since T.brachydontium recent split into 3 species). It was the dominant moss here but midges prevent a full relevé
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Delighted that a rabbit burrow at Broughton Sanctuary, Skipton, produced 2 nice finds (6/11/25):
Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold; with highly reflective protonema, shoots with leaves in 2 ranks and long leaf insertions
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Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold; with highly reflective protonema, shoots with leaves in 2 ranks and long leaf insertions
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November 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Delighted that a rabbit burrow at Broughton Sanctuary, Skipton, produced 2 nice finds (6/11/25):
Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold; with highly reflective protonema, shoots with leaves in 2 ranks and long leaf insertions
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Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold; with highly reflective protonema, shoots with leaves in 2 ranks and long leaf insertions
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1/2
Don't believe I have seen Juncus inflexus growing in Conamara before, very widespread species nationally but not so much here. Growing near Maam cross
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Don't believe I have seen Juncus inflexus growing in Conamara before, very widespread species nationally but not so much here. Growing near Maam cross
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Other cool Fermanagh/Cavan finds included Saxifraga hypnoides, Sticta limbata and slime mould Badhamia utricularis.
Also visited Shannon Pot, the source of the River Shannon in west Cavan
#botany #lichens #slimemould #ireland
Also visited Shannon Pot, the source of the River Shannon in west Cavan
#botany #lichens #slimemould #ireland
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Other cool Fermanagh/Cavan finds included Saxifraga hypnoides, Sticta limbata and slime mould Badhamia utricularis.
Also visited Shannon Pot, the source of the River Shannon in west Cavan
#botany #lichens #slimemould #ireland
Also visited Shannon Pot, the source of the River Shannon in west Cavan
#botany #lichens #slimemould #ireland
Cuid go sean coillte Conamara le feiceál ó bharr (nó garr dhó) Lios uachtair. Bhfuil tú in ann ceann acab a ainmniú?
(agus freisin) Saxifraga oppositifolia ag fás ar aill ar cnoc Lios uachtair
(agus freisin) Saxifraga oppositifolia ag fás ar aill ar cnoc Lios uachtair
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Cuid go sean coillte Conamara le feiceál ó bharr (nó garr dhó) Lios uachtair. Bhfuil tú in ann ceann acab a ainmniú?
(agus freisin) Saxifraga oppositifolia ag fás ar aill ar cnoc Lios uachtair
(agus freisin) Saxifraga oppositifolia ag fás ar aill ar cnoc Lios uachtair
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Another successful Green Drinks tonight, with Ananda Geluk discussing Active Hope. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Another successful Green Drinks tonight, with Ananda Geluk discussing Active Hope. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
Views from An Chnapach today - looking out at Inis Eirc, salt marsh and exposed/preserved old tree stumps in the intertidal zone
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Views from An Chnapach today - looking out at Inis Eirc, salt marsh and exposed/preserved old tree stumps in the intertidal zone
Some provisional results from an invasive species survey of ceantar na noilean in conamara. I really think islands and geographical edge zones are the place to start if we think eradication of certain species is possible, or at least are the place to try and achieve such a thing (1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Some provisional results from an invasive species survey of ceantar na noilean in conamara. I really think islands and geographical edge zones are the place to start if we think eradication of certain species is possible, or at least are the place to try and achieve such a thing (1/2)
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Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) in Slieve Aughty, Co. Clare. New hectad record for this species which is greatly quite rare in the county.
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) in Slieve Aughty, Co. Clare. New hectad record for this species which is greatly quite rare in the county.
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Donegal farmers launch wild venison snacks venture - In many parts of Ireland deer numbers will need to be reduced to restore and re-establish native woodlands. Expanding the market for wild venison is only a good thing.
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Donegal farmers launch wild venison snacks venture
Two Co. Donegal-based farmers who run a regenerative organic farm have formed a new food company specialising in wild Irish venison snacks
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November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Donegal farmers launch wild venison snacks venture - In many parts of Ireland deer numbers will need to be reduced to restore and re-establish native woodlands. Expanding the market for wild venison is only a good thing.
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Has anyone experience with a software for recovering photos from a corrupted SD card? Its after happening to me for the second time (in less than 2 years) so I'm wondering if my camera is the issue or SD cards. Regardless would like to recover some photos I have taken
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Has anyone experience with a software for recovering photos from a corrupted SD card? Its after happening to me for the second time (in less than 2 years) so I'm wondering if my camera is the issue or SD cards. Regardless would like to recover some photos I have taken
During a week I am flying to and from Teneriffe (for a wedding/holiday) I share this
Conor Pope argues that an air-travel tax would be unfair.
We would like to remind him that the vast majority of people on Earth will never take a flight. It is a wealthy minority (read: us) who pollute, while others around the world bear the consequences.
So we ask: is that fair, Conor?
We would like to remind him that the vast majority of people on Earth will never take a flight. It is a wealthy minority (read: us) who pollute, while others around the world bear the consequences.
So we ask: is that fair, Conor?
The Debate: Should we introduce an air-travel tax to aid climate efforts?
Is a levy on the aviation industry a necessary corrective or just another tax on consumers? An environmental campaigner debates Conor Pope
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
During a week I am flying to and from Teneriffe (for a wedding/holiday) I share this
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First record of large leafy liverwort Bazzania trilobata for co Derry (H40) since 1834! Also growing alongside it was Hymenophyllum tunbrigense which is a new county site too.
Ness Country Park, Co. Derry.
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#bryophytes #ferns #botany
Ness Country Park, Co. Derry.
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#bryophytes #ferns #botany
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
First record of large leafy liverwort Bazzania trilobata for co Derry (H40) since 1834! Also growing alongside it was Hymenophyllum tunbrigense which is a new county site too.
Ness Country Park, Co. Derry.
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#bryophytes #ferns #botany
Ness Country Park, Co. Derry.
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#bryophytes #ferns #botany
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Anyone who thinks the invasive species problem is exaggerated, that it's "all just nature", should experience the cemetery that is a native Irish rainforest choked by rhododendron, as so many are.
Invasives are a *human* impact, and one of the top causes of biodiversity loss on Earth.
Invasives are a *human* impact, and one of the top causes of biodiversity loss on Earth.
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Anyone who thinks the invasive species problem is exaggerated, that it's "all just nature", should experience the cemetery that is a native Irish rainforest choked by rhododendron, as so many are.
Invasives are a *human* impact, and one of the top causes of biodiversity loss on Earth.
Invasives are a *human* impact, and one of the top causes of biodiversity loss on Earth.
Farming side by side with nature in an upland region of Teneriffe, although this type of farming is clearly on the decline.
Curaíocht traidisiúnta i sléibhte Teneriffe. Cuireann sé i gcuimhne dhom sléibhte Conamara beagán, tá fiú raithneach ag fás sna áiteanna nach bhfuil curtha níos mó...
Curaíocht traidisiúnta i sléibhte Teneriffe. Cuireann sé i gcuimhne dhom sléibhte Conamara beagán, tá fiú raithneach ag fás sna áiteanna nach bhfuil curtha níos mó...
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Farming side by side with nature in an upland region of Teneriffe, although this type of farming is clearly on the decline.
Curaíocht traidisiúnta i sléibhte Teneriffe. Cuireann sé i gcuimhne dhom sléibhte Conamara beagán, tá fiú raithneach ag fás sna áiteanna nach bhfuil curtha níos mó...
Curaíocht traidisiúnta i sléibhte Teneriffe. Cuireann sé i gcuimhne dhom sléibhte Conamara beagán, tá fiú raithneach ag fás sna áiteanna nach bhfuil curtha níos mó...
Love the sweeping method the council use in teneriffe, very eco friendly and sean style
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Love the sweeping method the council use in teneriffe, very eco friendly and sean style
Was very pleased to have Sphagnum skyense confirmed growing above Líonán in Conamara. A first for me and na Mám toirce.
Bhí mé an-sásta Sphagnum skyense a aimsiú sna Mám Toirce ar cnoic Líonán ag fás ag thart ar 400m. Buíochas go Rory Hodd don comhairle.
Bhí mé an-sásta Sphagnum skyense a aimsiú sna Mám Toirce ar cnoic Líonán ag fás ag thart ar 400m. Buíochas go Rory Hodd don comhairle.
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Was very pleased to have Sphagnum skyense confirmed growing above Líonán in Conamara. A first for me and na Mám toirce.
Bhí mé an-sásta Sphagnum skyense a aimsiú sna Mám Toirce ar cnoic Líonán ag fás ag thart ar 400m. Buíochas go Rory Hodd don comhairle.
Bhí mé an-sásta Sphagnum skyense a aimsiú sna Mám Toirce ar cnoic Líonán ag fás ag thart ar 400m. Buíochas go Rory Hodd don comhairle.