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Health librarian. Ní neart go cur le chéile. Beatha teanga í a labhairt. Fáilte roimh chách! Sos cogaidh anois - Ceasefire now. Stop an cinedhíothú. Éiceolaíocht, Gaeilge, evidence synthesis, leabharlanna, medlibs.
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An Cailleach Dhubh á thriomú í féin ag an gCanáil Ríoga i gCo Chill Dara. The cormorant drying off at the Royal Canal in Kildare
A cormorant standing at the edge of the Royal Canal towpath, wings outstretched, beak tilted up
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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For #WildflowerHour, a hearty Sow Thistle of some sort - can't ID the dandelion spp!!! :-)
A Sow Thistle in bloom, showing pale yellow petals
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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For #WildflowerHour, some Lady's Mantle I think (Alchemilla vulgaris), doing its best to shine in the drizzle. Do TráthNamBláthanna, seo Dearna Mhuire (Alchemilla vulgaris), loinnir bheag sa cheobhrán
The yellow-green tiny star-shaped clusters of Lady's Mantle flowers, with some green palmate leaves of the plant in the background
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Slam-mhúscán: Didymium spongiosum ar an bhféar i gContae Luimní inné (dog-sick slime mould - slam-mhúscán sceith mhadra bhféidir??!) Ní fhaca mé riamh cheana é. #FungiFriends #SlimeMould #Fungi
A cream-coloured slime mould on grass that looks like regurgitated soft food
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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A fungi query - we found these white fungi growing down along a hedgerow, covering ~2x1 metres of the slope. A funnel species maybe? The caps appear scalloped at the edge in some but not others. Cap diam 10cm approx. Gills cream/white. Tough stem. Spore print didn't show much! #FungID #FungiFriends
White mushrooms growing on top of each other down the slope of a hedgerow. S allowed wavy edges. Caps approx 10 cm in diameter. In the background, fuschia twigs, ivy, etc. An upside down mushroom on a white card, showing creamy white gills seeming to run down the stem a bit, a tough stem of approx 5-6 cm length, can't see a ring on it. Found beside the mushrooms in the previous photos, fluffy white fibrous mycelium covering a wide area
October 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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For #WildflowerHour, some rosy-looking Yarrow still valiantly blooming in Maynooth! Achillea millefolium/ Athair thalún/ Lus na fola: www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail... Athair thalún bándearg faoi bhláth i Maigh Nuad inné www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/tran... @duchas-ie.bsky.social
A yarrow plant in flower, with lots of pink florets
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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When all fruit fails,welcome haws. A good year for the the Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna/ Sceach gheal) #WildflowerHour
A Hawthorn tree covered in red haw berries Close shot of bright shiny red Hawthorn berries or haws
September 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Possibly the last of the lovely St. John's Wort (perforate I think? Hypericum perforatum/ Lus na Maighdine Muire) flowering in North Kildare today for #WildflowerHour
Bright yellow flowers of (perforate) St John's Wort - 5 petals and lots of stamens
September 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis or Cab an ghasáin in Irish) in bloom on the Royal Canal in Kildare today. #WildflowerHour
The blue flower of a Field Scabious
September 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Met a plume moth yesterday. Chas mé ar plume moth (leamhan chleiteach??? :-) ) inné, n'fheadar cén sórt nó speiceas. Ar thóir ainm an gcréatúr, bhíos ar www.tearma.ie is tá ainmneacha an-chuid leamhain ann, an-áisiúil. www.tearma.ie/q/Moth/
A plume moth on a blade of grass. A strange looking moth, the wings fold perpendicular to the body do it looks like a little T. The wings are brown with small pale patches, and the moth was approx 4cm in length
August 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Yellow-wort/ Blackstonia perfoliata/ Dréimire buí growing at the side of a mountain road in County Limerick #WildflowerHour
Yellow wort plant, bright yellow flowers with 8 petals, on top of a strong stem and leaves fused so they look like a series of rubbery saucers down the stem
July 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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For #WildflowerHour #HairyPlants here's Marsh Cudweed (Gnaphalium uliginosum) or Gnamhlus corraigh in Irish, fluffy little things! From Co. Limerick.
Marsh cudweed, with browny yellow florets and fluffy leaves
July 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Amuigh faoin aer
Comma butterfly, black and orange wings, scalloped edges, sitting on briar leaves
July 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Gáil ar chrainn nach bhfaca mé riamh! Céad cheann ar sceach gheal, an dara cheann ar, measaim, crann coill? Galls new to me, one on hawthorn, the other on what might be hazel. #LeafGalls
A furry looking brown gall growing on a small slender hawthorn twig, seems to have bent the twig at an angle A pink and green gall, almost tubular, maybe an inch long on what I think is a hazel leaf, with one end opened - the fly has hatched? A yellow gall attached to a hazel leaf, bean- shaped. Seems not to be hatched yet
July 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The Irish pyramids - Gaelphirimid. Anacamptis pyramidalis. #Orchids
The warm pink blooms of a pyramidal orchid, an inflorescence of 50 or 60 little flowers in a pyramid shape
July 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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For #WildflowerHour tonight, aquatic-adjacent #AquaticPlants - bog residents Lesser Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera bifolia or, in Irish: Magairlín beag an fhéileacáin) in Co. Kildare. Do #TráthnamBláth anocht, seo Magairlín Beag an Fhéileacáin, ina chónaí ar an bportaigh i gCo. Chill Dara.
Photo of the flowers of the Lesser Butterfly Orchid. Approx ten greenish white flowers on a short stem ( maybe 15-20 cm). Grasses and sedges in the background.
June 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Inniu an lá - Taispeáin Do Stríoca! Seo an íomha do athrú teocht i mBÁC go dtí 2024, táimid i dtrioblóid. #AthrúAeráide #ShowYourStripes @edhawkins.org showyourstripes.info/faq
A Show Your Stripes image, showing the temperature change in Dublin relative to the average of 1961-2010 in degrees Celsius. It shows the temperature is increasing to 1.5 degrees above that average.
June 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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For #UrbanPlants, here's the ever-lovely red valerian (Centranthus ruber or Slán iomaire) in Dublin city centre #WildflowerHour Seo Slán iomaire, áille na háille, i mBaile Átha Cliath
Red valerian in 3 variants -red, pink and white, growing on a quiet corner of a street
June 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Cuileog, beach nó rud eile? Fly, bee, or something else? #NatureID
Insect on white bramble flowers. Relatively long antennae, green legs and body, black see through wings folded over back
June 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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I guess possibly but it would be v uncommon in Ireland, I think. I've added another less close-up pic below where it looks way less upright and more laid back! The photography isn't great but this plant was pretty low growing and tangled among the other hedgerow plants.
Some pink and white restharrow flowers and stems, low growing in the hedgerow
June 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Common Restharrow (Ononis repens/
Fréamhacha tairne) is brightening the hedgerow with delicate pink blooms #WildflowerHour #TráthnamBláth #PeaFamily
Common resthartow flowers, delicate pale pink and white flowers (like a pea flower) with small Vetch leaves
June 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Common Twayblade is out, green merging into green. Listera ovata/Dédhuilleog Leixlip, Co Kildare. #WildflowerHour #TráthnamBláth
The flowers of the Common Twayblade, many small green flowers ( with the two loves on the flowers) on a central stall.
June 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Cat's-ear gone wild. A stem of cat's-ear (Hypochaeris radicata, Cluas chait) that seems to have fascinated, started a bloom and then turned it into about 10 new stems, all of which bloomed! Leixlip, Co Kildare. #WildflowerHour #TráthnamBláth
A cat's-ear plant, similar to a dandelion, with a thick main stem, a fasciated flower half way up, out of which have grown another 10 stems and flowers out of that section
June 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Mystery moth - do any bluesky moth folk know this wee style icon? On bramble approx 5mm long and not inclined to stay put for photos. #MothID Leamhan beag ina shuí ar driseog, dubh &bán, n'fheadar cén t-ainm atá air ach tá sé galánta!
A small moth, maybe 5mm black near the head and at end of wings, and with black spot mid length of wing. Sitting briefly on bramble.
June 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Do Lá Domhanda na bPortaigh (inné!)- seo Portach Fionniúr (eanach atá ann!) i Co Phort Láirge. For World Peatlands Day, here's Fenor Bog (a fen) in Co. Waterford. #WorldPeatlandsDay #LáDomhandaNaBPortaigh 🐸🦎🪲💚
A pond in the centre of the photo, with reeds growing in it. Surrounded by vegetation - reeds, sedges, grasses, mosses, small trees like willow and hawthorn. Bright blue sky. Lochán i lár an ghrianghraif, le sraith ghiolcach ag fás ann. Timpeall an lochán, tá plandaí ag fás - giolcach, cíb, roinnt saighead féir, caonach, crainn beaga cosúil le saileach is sceach gheal. Spéir gheal ghorm!
June 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM