Heather Bothwell
@heatherbothwell.bsky.social
Back on Bluesky for 2025. Found in the Natural world especially Cavan, Leitrim, even venture into Monaghan
April 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yes I do look at sepals , early dog violet I think , thanks to #wildflowerhour flowering in Co Cavan #Gartnanoul peninsula , lough Oughter system
March 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Yes I do look at sepals , early dog violet I think , thanks to #wildflowerhour flowering in Co Cavan #Gartnanoul peninsula , lough Oughter system
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Every spring, Sand Martins return from Africa to carve tiny tunnels into riverbanks across Europe. They chatter, dive, and skim low over water, never far from their colony. ✨
Their journey connects ecosystems across continents, linking breeding and wintering grounds through migration.🤍
Their journey connects ecosystems across continents, linking breeding and wintering grounds through migration.🤍
March 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Every spring, Sand Martins return from Africa to carve tiny tunnels into riverbanks across Europe. They chatter, dive, and skim low over water, never far from their colony. ✨
Their journey connects ecosystems across continents, linking breeding and wintering grounds through migration.🤍
Their journey connects ecosystems across continents, linking breeding and wintering grounds through migration.🤍
Co Cavan wood anemones, Derrygid and Innishmore #wildflowerhour
March 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Co Cavan wood anemones, Derrygid and Innishmore #wildflowerhour
Snipe in the Flow Bog , Co Cavan . Camaflague , blink and you’ll miss it @communitywetlands.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Snipe in the Flow Bog , Co Cavan . Camaflague , blink and you’ll miss it @communitywetlands.bsky.social
Reposted by Heather Bothwell
Why is hunting #Redlist woodcocks still legal in ireland?
"These are one of our most cryptic native birds, hiding away by day in the tangle of the woodland floor, becoming active during the hours of darkness, from dusk to dawn." @miseanja.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
"These are one of our most cryptic native birds, hiding away by day in the tangle of the woodland floor, becoming active during the hours of darkness, from dusk to dawn." @miseanja.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Anja Murray: Shy — and red-listed — woodcock still on legal hunting list
In 2023, the Government reviewed which birds can legally hunted in Ireland and when. The review resulted in four species of duck being removed from the quarry list — birds that can be shot during open...
www.irishexaminer.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Why is hunting #Redlist woodcocks still legal in ireland?
"These are one of our most cryptic native birds, hiding away by day in the tangle of the woodland floor, becoming active during the hours of darkness, from dusk to dawn." @miseanja.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
"These are one of our most cryptic native birds, hiding away by day in the tangle of the woodland floor, becoming active during the hours of darkness, from dusk to dawn." @miseanja.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Reposted by Heather Bothwell
In August 2017, Mariecia Fraser @uplandresources.bsky.social wrote a #blog on the #grassland #LongTermExperiment #LTE she manages in #Wales: Brignant Plots.
Read it here: bit.ly/2N7e6Cf
@ibers.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
#Ecology #Environment #Pwllpeiran 🌎
Read it here: bit.ly/2N7e6Cf
@ibers.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
#Ecology #Environment #Pwllpeiran 🌎
Brignant stands the test of time — ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY TRUST -
Mariecia Fraser from the University of Aberystwyth writes a blog about the Welsh long-term experiment (LTE)- the Brignant Plots at Pwllpeiran that is registered with the Ecological Continuity Trust.
bit.ly
February 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In August 2017, Mariecia Fraser @uplandresources.bsky.social wrote a #blog on the #grassland #LongTermExperiment #LTE she manages in #Wales: Brignant Plots.
Read it here: bit.ly/2N7e6Cf
@ibers.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
#Ecology #Environment #Pwllpeiran 🌎
Read it here: bit.ly/2N7e6Cf
@ibers.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
#Ecology #Environment #Pwllpeiran 🌎
Reposted by Heather Bothwell
What do deer eat in the winter? In the UK a common assumption is that they subsist on over-wintering crops or grazing land. In our new paper led by Amy Gresham we overturn that story. 1/7 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
February 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
What do deer eat in the winter? In the UK a common assumption is that they subsist on over-wintering crops or grazing land. In our new paper led by Amy Gresham we overturn that story. 1/7 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Sap rising in February, a Sycamore , Co Cavan today. I pruned off some branches on a young sapling .
February 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sap rising in February, a Sycamore , Co Cavan today. I pruned off some branches on a young sapling .
Marvellous jelly ears I think in woods today Killeshandra on elder
February 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Marvellous jelly ears I think in woods today Killeshandra on elder
Reposted by Heather Bothwell
Jan 29: Feast of Dallán Forgaill (†598) of Maigen / Moynehall, Cavan, a famous professional poet; once believed to be the author of an elegy for St Columba of Iona; scholars now believe the poem is a later composition that gained authority from Dallán's name
RIA MS 23 E 25 (Lebor na hUidre), p5
RIA MS 23 E 25 (Lebor na hUidre), p5
January 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Jan 29: Feast of Dallán Forgaill (†598) of Maigen / Moynehall, Cavan, a famous professional poet; once believed to be the author of an elegy for St Columba of Iona; scholars now believe the poem is a later composition that gained authority from Dallán's name
RIA MS 23 E 25 (Lebor na hUidre), p5
RIA MS 23 E 25 (Lebor na hUidre), p5
I am supposing these are slime moulds , on dead wood today. Not as soft as they look
February 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I am supposing these are slime moulds , on dead wood today. Not as soft as they look