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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · 1d

🌿 Celebrate 100 years of the Irish Naturalists’ Journal! Join Dr Rory Hodd & the Irish Bryophyte Group for a bryophyte walk/talk in Killarney NP, Sun 12 Oct 2025, 10:30–13:30. Free but booking essential: [email protected]

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · 2d

Volume 41 – Joshua Clarke shares notes on two recently-established non-native harvestmen in Ireland: Platybunus pinetorum and Opilio canestrinii. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Invasives

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · 9d

Volume 41 – Rosell et al. report an observation of predation of the invasive New Zealand Flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus) by a larva of the Black Snail Beetle (Phosphuga atrata). For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Invasives

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · 16d

Volume 41 – Power and Doherty report on Bilobella braunerae, a springtail new to Ireland from Counties Wicklow and Tipperary. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Springtails

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · 18d

🌿 Celebrate 100 years of the Irish Naturalists’ Journal! Join Dr Rory Hodd & the Irish Bryophyte Group for a bryophyte walk/talk in Killarney NP, Sun 12 Oct 2025, 10:30–13:30. Free but booking essential: [email protected]

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · 23d

Volume 41 – Ciarán Flynn reports Sphagnum platyphyllum and Sarmentypnum sarmentosum in a flush on the Cooley Mountains, Co. Louth. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Botany

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Sep 12

Volume 41 – Daunt et al. examine a Historic algal herbarium at University College Cork, part of the of the original Queen’s College Cork (QCC)/University College Cork (UCC) herbarium. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Marine #Algae #Seaweed

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Volume 41 – Patrick Smiddy looks at the Thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) in the East Cork flora. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Botany

Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Sep 1

🌿 Calling all naturalists! The Irish Naturalists’ Journal 2025 Grant offers funding up to €2,500 for fieldwork, research, publications & more. Apply by 5 pm, Monday 13 October 2025. Full details & application form: irishnaturalistsjournal.org/inj-grant/

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Volume 41 – Thomas Ennis reports the presence of A bee orchid Ophrys apifera forma chlorantha at a site in Co. Down. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Botany #Orchids

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Aug 22

Volume 41 – James Fox investigates the presence of Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) in newly sown commercial grass crops. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Botany #Grasses

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Aug 18

🌿 Join Irish Wildlife Trust Kerry on Aug 19, 6:30–7:30pm at Killarney Library for a talk by Ger Scollard marking 100 years of the Irish Naturalist’s Journal. Explore Kerry’s historic records & early botanical explorers. Info 👉 www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin... #INJCentenary

Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Aug 16

Discover Donegal’s early natural historians! 🌿 Join us Sat 23 Aug 2025 for short talks on D. Stewart (geology), H. Hart (botany), & M. Delap (zoology). Part of the #INJCentenary. Free event -book here: www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...

Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Aug 15

Volume 41 – Eoin Mc Greal reports on Large-flowered Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora) and Green-flowered Helleborine (Epipactis phyllanthes) in Co. Mayo . For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Botany

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Aug 8

Volume 41 – Aidan O Hanlon reviews Historical records of ant species from the Killarney Region, and additional Irish ant records from the entomological collections of Edwin F. Bullock (1879 – 1965). For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Jul 25

Volume 41 – Devery and Lucey look at Lanceolate Pondweed (Potamogeton × lanceolatus Sm.) in Offaly and Tipperary. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #AquaticPlants #PlantHybrids

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Jul 18

Volume 41 – Nelson et al. provide a critical update to the checklist of Irish bees, with the corrected checklist containing 103 species. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #IrishBees #AllIrelandPollinatorPlan

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Jul 15

On June 28, B.N.F.C. celebrated the Irish Naturalists’ Journal’s centenary with an orchid hunt in Co. Antrim. Judy Meharg spotted the first Bee Orchid! Five orchid species and some hybrids were recorded on a great day in the field. #INJCentenary

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Jul 11

Volume 41 – Patrick Smiddy examines the distribution of the invasive seaweed Agarophyton vermiculophyllum (Gracilaria vermiculophylla) in Cork and Waterford. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #InvasiveSpecies

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Jul 4

Volume 41 – Darren Ellis looks at Vegetation community classification to infer protected habitat extent in a turlough Special Area of Conservation in the West of Ireland. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Turlough #NPWS

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Jun 27

Volume 41 – Richard Nairn explores the life and many achievements Richard John Ussher (1841-1913): ornithologist and speleologist. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Ornithology #Speleology #IrishNaturalHistory

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Jun 25

Join Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club & the INJ this Saturday to mark 100 yrs since the first Antrim Bee Orchid record and the first volume of INJ!

📅 10:30am, 28th June
📍 Coast Road Car Park, Glenarm
🔎 Led by BSBI’s - David McNeil

📩 Bookings: [email protected]

#INJCentenary

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Jun 20

Volume 41 – Ryan et al. explore Twentieth-century whaling of Minke Whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) around Ireland until 1977. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal # MinkeWhale # Whaling #Cetaceans #SAMS

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Jun 14

🌸 Bee Orchid Hunt 🌸

Join Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club & the INJ to mark 100 yrs since the first Antrim record in 1925.

📅 10:30am, 28th June 2025
📍 Coast Road Car Park, Glenarm
🔎 Led by BSBI’s Antrim Recorder - David McNeil

📩 Bookings: [email protected]

#INJ100 #BeeOrchid

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Irish Naturalists Journal @injournal.bsky.social · Jun 13

Volume 41 – Ratnieks et al. present the results of a Follow-On Survey of the Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) in the East Coast of Ireland, Autumn 2023. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Entomology #UniversityofSussex #UCD

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