CEDaR
@cedar-ni.bsky.social
Centre for Environmental Data and Recording📝🦇🐝🐋🌺
📍Northern Ireland
Partnership with NIEA , National Museums NI & the recording community
https://www2.habitas.org.uk/records/home
📍Northern Ireland
Partnership with NIEA , National Museums NI & the recording community
https://www2.habitas.org.uk/records/home
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CEDaR
@cedar-ni.bsky.social
· Jun 2
CEDaR’s Guide to Biological Recording🎥📝
We've created a fun video for you! Enjoy & share with anyone interested in recording species🔎🌼🦀🐝🌿🐬🍄
More questions: cedar.info@nationalmuseumsni.org 📧
Thanks to the Museum’s Digital Content Team for putting together this video👏
We've created a fun video for you! Enjoy & share with anyone interested in recording species🔎🌼🦀🐝🌿🐬🍄
More questions: cedar.info@nationalmuseumsni.org 📧
Thanks to the Museum’s Digital Content Team for putting together this video👏
February 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Juveniles are particularly vulnerable too due to the weaker suction of their suckers, making it easier for large waves to transport them. 🌊
February 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Juveniles are particularly vulnerable too due to the weaker suction of their suckers, making it easier for large waves to transport them. 🌊
They are weak swimmers however and also become confused after their only breeding event, undergoing senescence where they may behave strangely such as moving to shallower areas without proper hiding places.
February 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
They are weak swimmers however and also become confused after their only breeding event, undergoing senescence where they may behave strangely such as moving to shallower areas without proper hiding places.
They can live at a wide range of ocean depths from 0-500m and are found all around the coasts of Britain and Ireland. 📏
February 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
They can live at a wide range of ocean depths from 0-500m and are found all around the coasts of Britain and Ireland. 📏
Adults are reddish with a white ventral surface and measure up to 50cm in length, though they often hide their true size by curling their arms up, hiding the single row of suckers on each arm.
February 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Adults are reddish with a white ventral surface and measure up to 50cm in length, though they often hide their true size by curling their arms up, hiding the single row of suckers on each arm.
CEDaR recently received six records of strandings following Storm Chandra, these included records of the curled octopus (𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘢). 🐙
February 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
CEDaR recently received six records of strandings following Storm Chandra, these included records of the curled octopus (𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘢). 🐙
With Valentine’s Day approaching , let us introduce you to @lovedataweek.bsky.social ! 💝
A celebration of all things data, this year’s theme asks “Where’s the Data?”🌱
When you submit sightings, they travel a long way to help protect NI’s wildlife!
#LoveData26 #citizenscience #Conservation
A celebration of all things data, this year’s theme asks “Where’s the Data?”🌱
When you submit sightings, they travel a long way to help protect NI’s wildlife!
#LoveData26 #citizenscience #Conservation
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
With Valentine’s Day approaching , let us introduce you to @lovedataweek.bsky.social ! 💝
A celebration of all things data, this year’s theme asks “Where’s the Data?”🌱
When you submit sightings, they travel a long way to help protect NI’s wildlife!
#LoveData26 #citizenscience #Conservation
A celebration of all things data, this year’s theme asks “Where’s the Data?”🌱
When you submit sightings, they travel a long way to help protect NI’s wildlife!
#LoveData26 #citizenscience #Conservation
CEDaR's Surveillance Officer worked with colleagues at the NIEA on their Habitat Regulations Reporting.
It reviews the conservation status of 32 species & 50 habitats across NI.
Read the overview report: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
It reviews the conservation status of 32 species & 50 habitats across NI.
Read the overview report: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
February 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
CEDaR's Surveillance Officer worked with colleagues at the NIEA on their Habitat Regulations Reporting.
It reviews the conservation status of 32 species & 50 habitats across NI.
Read the overview report: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
It reviews the conservation status of 32 species & 50 habitats across NI.
Read the overview report: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
Happy National Hedgehog Day 2026 🦔
If you are lucky enough to see a hedgehog, be sure to record your sighting and upload it to our NI Mammal Recording Project, available on our website or via the iRecord app! 📲
We accept camera trap footage! 📸
If you are lucky enough to see a hedgehog, be sure to record your sighting and upload it to our NI Mammal Recording Project, available on our website or via the iRecord app! 📲
We accept camera trap footage! 📸
February 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Happy National Hedgehog Day 2026 🦔
If you are lucky enough to see a hedgehog, be sure to record your sighting and upload it to our NI Mammal Recording Project, available on our website or via the iRecord app! 📲
We accept camera trap footage! 📸
If you are lucky enough to see a hedgehog, be sure to record your sighting and upload it to our NI Mammal Recording Project, available on our website or via the iRecord app! 📲
We accept camera trap footage! 📸
🌊These cases may then be washed ashore, recording these can help us map areas that are important for the species which lay them!
Don’t forget to record your sightings on our website or the iRecord app!
#BiologicalRecording #CEDaR #sharks #skates #elasmobranchs
Don’t forget to record your sightings on our website or the iRecord app!
#BiologicalRecording #CEDaR #sharks #skates #elasmobranchs
January 30, 2026 at 2:46 PM
🌊These cases may then be washed ashore, recording these can help us map areas that are important for the species which lay them!
Don’t forget to record your sightings on our website or the iRecord app!
#BiologicalRecording #CEDaR #sharks #skates #elasmobranchs
Don’t forget to record your sightings on our website or the iRecord app!
#BiologicalRecording #CEDaR #sharks #skates #elasmobranchs
🥚Mermaid’s purses are actually the egg cases laid by oviparous shark & skate species!
🦈Inside the purse, the embryo develops for up to 15 months depending on species before emerging & discarding its protective case.
🦈Inside the purse, the embryo develops for up to 15 months depending on species before emerging & discarding its protective case.
January 30, 2026 at 2:46 PM
🥚Mermaid’s purses are actually the egg cases laid by oviparous shark & skate species!
🦈Inside the purse, the embryo develops for up to 15 months depending on species before emerging & discarding its protective case.
🦈Inside the purse, the embryo develops for up to 15 months depending on species before emerging & discarding its protective case.
#WhatExactlyIs
Have you ever walked along the beach & noticed a piece of seaweed that looks like a small pouch? Well, its not actually seaweed at all! 👛
Have you ever walked along the beach & noticed a piece of seaweed that looks like a small pouch? Well, its not actually seaweed at all! 👛
January 30, 2026 at 2:46 PM
#WhatExactlyIs
Have you ever walked along the beach & noticed a piece of seaweed that looks like a small pouch? Well, its not actually seaweed at all! 👛
Have you ever walked along the beach & noticed a piece of seaweed that looks like a small pouch? Well, its not actually seaweed at all! 👛
Database update ❕
Our terrestrial & freshwater data team have recently surpassed 3 million records uploaded to our Recorder6 database! 🌱
Thank you to everyone who has submitted records to us and helped us achieve this milestone, here’s to the next 3 million! 🎉
Our terrestrial & freshwater data team have recently surpassed 3 million records uploaded to our Recorder6 database! 🌱
Thank you to everyone who has submitted records to us and helped us achieve this milestone, here’s to the next 3 million! 🎉
January 29, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Database update ❕
Our terrestrial & freshwater data team have recently surpassed 3 million records uploaded to our Recorder6 database! 🌱
Thank you to everyone who has submitted records to us and helped us achieve this milestone, here’s to the next 3 million! 🎉
Our terrestrial & freshwater data team have recently surpassed 3 million records uploaded to our Recorder6 database! 🌱
Thank you to everyone who has submitted records to us and helped us achieve this milestone, here’s to the next 3 million! 🎉
⚠️Hazardous conditions can persist after a storm event, if you participate in recording efforts you are doing so at your own risk. Continue to check weather warnings, & please stay safe.
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
⚠️Hazardous conditions can persist after a storm event, if you participate in recording efforts you are doing so at your own risk. Continue to check weather warnings, & please stay safe.
⚠️An NI wide amber warning for ice will come into effect tomorrow morning, Wednesday 28th from 3am until 10am.
⚠️Storms are dangerous and can pose a serious risk. Do not go to the coast or travel whilst weather warnings are in place!
⚠️Storms are dangerous and can pose a serious risk. Do not go to the coast or travel whilst weather warnings are in place!
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
⚠️An NI wide amber warning for ice will come into effect tomorrow morning, Wednesday 28th from 3am until 10am.
⚠️Storms are dangerous and can pose a serious risk. Do not go to the coast or travel whilst weather warnings are in place!
⚠️Storms are dangerous and can pose a serious risk. Do not go to the coast or travel whilst weather warnings are in place!
⚠️The Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for wind and rain NI wide until midnight tonight.
⚠️There is an amber warning for wind in the east, in place until 9pm.
⚠️There is an amber warning for wind in the east, in place until 9pm.
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
⚠️The Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for wind and rain NI wide until midnight tonight.
⚠️There is an amber warning for wind in the east, in place until 9pm.
⚠️There is an amber warning for wind in the east, in place until 9pm.
If you’re on the coast when conditions calm, you may see species washed to shore that are normally found deep below the waves! 🌊 🦀🐚
Found something? Please submit your records to our #StormWatch submission page: www2.habitas.org.uk/records/stor...
Found something? Please submit your records to our #StormWatch submission page: www2.habitas.org.uk/records/stor...
Storm Watch | CEDaR Online Recording
www2.habitas.org.uk
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
If you’re on the coast when conditions calm, you may see species washed to shore that are normally found deep below the waves! 🌊 🦀🐚
Found something? Please submit your records to our #StormWatch submission page: www2.habitas.org.uk/records/stor...
Found something? Please submit your records to our #StormWatch submission page: www2.habitas.org.uk/records/stor...
Strong easterly winds & heavy rain have arrived in Northern Ireland as #StormChandra passes over. 60-70mph winds are expected, possibly up to 75mph by the coasts and 50mm of rainfall is also predicted in many areas, this has already caused some flooding & disruption.
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Strong easterly winds & heavy rain have arrived in Northern Ireland as #StormChandra passes over. 60-70mph winds are expected, possibly up to 75mph by the coasts and 50mm of rainfall is also predicted in many areas, this has already caused some flooding & disruption.
Our outreach volunteer role is now open - see the link for more details!
volunteer.nationalmuseumsni.org/volunteers/o...
@volunteernow.bsky.social
#citizenscience #NationalMuseumsNI #biologicalrecording
volunteer.nationalmuseumsni.org/volunteers/o...
@volunteernow.bsky.social
#citizenscience #NationalMuseumsNI #biologicalrecording
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Our outreach volunteer role is now open - see the link for more details!
volunteer.nationalmuseumsni.org/volunteers/o...
@volunteernow.bsky.social
#citizenscience #NationalMuseumsNI #biologicalrecording
volunteer.nationalmuseumsni.org/volunteers/o...
@volunteernow.bsky.social
#citizenscience #NationalMuseumsNI #biologicalrecording
Records should be submitted to CEDaR in NI (or the National Biodiversity Data Centre in RoI): www2.habitas.org.uk/records/uw-s...
Records submitted to CEDaR in NI will also contribute to our mammal recording scheme! www2.habitas.org.uk/records/mamm...
Happy recording! 😊
Records submitted to CEDaR in NI will also contribute to our mammal recording scheme! www2.habitas.org.uk/records/mamm...
Happy recording! 😊
All-Ireland Squirrel and Pine Marten Survey | CEDaR Online Recording
www2.habitas.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Records should be submitted to CEDaR in NI (or the National Biodiversity Data Centre in RoI): www2.habitas.org.uk/records/uw-s...
Records submitted to CEDaR in NI will also contribute to our mammal recording scheme! www2.habitas.org.uk/records/mamm...
Happy recording! 😊
Records submitted to CEDaR in NI will also contribute to our mammal recording scheme! www2.habitas.org.uk/records/mamm...
Happy recording! 😊
🆕Want to help improve understanding of the distribution of squirrels and pine martens? Join in with the new All-Ireland Squirrel & Pine Marten Survey! The survey is a collaboration between @universityofgalway.bsky.social, @vincentwt.bsky.social and @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social!
January 21, 2026 at 11:17 AM
🆕Want to help improve understanding of the distribution of squirrels and pine martens? Join in with the new All-Ireland Squirrel & Pine Marten Survey! The survey is a collaboration between @universityofgalway.bsky.social, @vincentwt.bsky.social and @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social!
Its red squirrel appreciation day! 🎉
January 21, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Its red squirrel appreciation day! 🎉
Records should be submitted to CEDaR in NI (or National Biodiversity Data Centre in RoI). Link in our bio!
Records submitted to CEDaR in NI will also contribute to our mammal recording scheme (link in bio)!
Happy recording! 😊
Records submitted to CEDaR in NI will also contribute to our mammal recording scheme (link in bio)!
Happy recording! 😊
January 21, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Records should be submitted to CEDaR in NI (or National Biodiversity Data Centre in RoI). Link in our bio!
Records submitted to CEDaR in NI will also contribute to our mammal recording scheme (link in bio)!
Happy recording! 😊
Records submitted to CEDaR in NI will also contribute to our mammal recording scheme (link in bio)!
Happy recording! 😊
🆕Want to help improve understanding of the distribution of squirrels and pine martens? Join in with the new All-Ireland Squirrel & Pine Marten Survey! The survey is a collaboration between @universityofgalway.bsky.social, @vincentwt.bsky.social and @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social!
January 21, 2026 at 11:08 AM
🆕Want to help improve understanding of the distribution of squirrels and pine martens? Join in with the new All-Ireland Squirrel & Pine Marten Survey! The survey is a collaboration between @universityofgalway.bsky.social, @vincentwt.bsky.social and @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social!