@cianoceallaigh.bsky.social
Ecologist and botanist/Eiceolaí agus luibheolaí neamhspleách - interested in vascular plants, bryophytes, conservation and invasive species @rhodorangers.bsky.social
Tá Gaeilge agam
Tá Gaeilge agam
Likely Rhabdoweisia crenulata growing at high altitude on a NE rock face. Another first for me and the maamturks/Mám toirce records it seems. Thanks @nimbosaecology.bsky.social for ID help
December 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Likely Rhabdoweisia crenulata growing at high altitude on a NE rock face. Another first for me and the maamturks/Mám toirce records it seems. Thanks @nimbosaecology.bsky.social for ID help
Scapania ornithopoides. Céad uair agam an speiceas seo a fheiceail agus an chéad suíomh dhó sna Mám Toirce cé go bhfuil roinnt maith cuntais dhó ó na beanna beola. Rud aláinn a bhfaca mé fhéin agus @timoceallaigh.bsky.social lá oíche nollaig
December 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Scapania ornithopoides. Céad uair agam an speiceas seo a fheiceail agus an chéad suíomh dhó sna Mám Toirce cé go bhfuil roinnt maith cuntais dhó ó na beanna beola. Rud aláinn a bhfaca mé fhéin agus @timoceallaigh.bsky.social lá oíche nollaig
Glue Crust (Hydnoporia corrugata) I suspect from coill Seanna gurrán @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social nature reserve. Seems to be no records for the species in Conamara and not something I have ever seen around
Also some riverside Huperzia at fairly low altitude and suspect sparrowhawks dinner table
Also some riverside Huperzia at fairly low altitude and suspect sparrowhawks dinner table
December 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Glue Crust (Hydnoporia corrugata) I suspect from coill Seanna gurrán @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social nature reserve. Seems to be no records for the species in Conamara and not something I have ever seen around
Also some riverside Huperzia at fairly low altitude and suspect sparrowhawks dinner table
Also some riverside Huperzia at fairly low altitude and suspect sparrowhawks dinner table
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Fontinalis squamosa from Bavan, Cooley Mountains, Co. Louth in upland boulder stream
Doesn’t seem to be previously recorded from this region
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
Doesn’t seem to be previously recorded from this region
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Fontinalis squamosa from Bavan, Cooley Mountains, Co. Louth in upland boulder stream
Doesn’t seem to be previously recorded from this region
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
Doesn’t seem to be previously recorded from this region
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
A nice day out in north Conamara today with my friend Rud to revisit a population of Braunia imberbis and do a bit of recording. Hedwigia stellata and Glyphomitrium daviesii were particularly nice looking also. Thanks to @nimbosaecology.bsky.social for the heads up on seeing G. daviesii
December 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A nice day out in north Conamara today with my friend Rud to revisit a population of Braunia imberbis and do a bit of recording. Hedwigia stellata and Glyphomitrium daviesii were particularly nice looking also. Thanks to @nimbosaecology.bsky.social for the heads up on seeing G. daviesii
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Small acorns ✅️
Mighty oaks 🔳
Massive woodlands 🔳
Mighty oaks 🔳
Massive woodlands 🔳
Y'day was our last visit to coill Gleann dá loch for 2025 which we wrapped up nicely with a few well earned pints and meal
2025 in summary: 2.7ha of Rhodo cleared (6.67 acres) over 12 days with an average of 7 volunteers each outing. Not to mention our follow up work at two other local sites (1/2)
2025 in summary: 2.7ha of Rhodo cleared (6.67 acres) over 12 days with an average of 7 volunteers each outing. Not to mention our follow up work at two other local sites (1/2)
December 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Small acorns ✅️
Mighty oaks 🔳
Massive woodlands 🔳
Mighty oaks 🔳
Massive woodlands 🔳
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Nice day out on the islands of Derryclare Lough on Tuesday. We were out to collect Yew berries & cuttings for propagation for further planting locally. We were also hoping to collect some Rock Whitebeam berries as well but didn't find any unfortunately. Quite a rare species away from Killarney.
September 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Nice day out on the islands of Derryclare Lough on Tuesday. We were out to collect Yew berries & cuttings for propagation for further planting locally. We were also hoping to collect some Rock Whitebeam berries as well but didn't find any unfortunately. Quite a rare species away from Killarney.
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Took a trip up to Tully Mountain SAC/Letter Hill about a fortnight ago. It's designated for it's European dry, Alpine & Boreal heaths. Unusually for an upland site in Connemara, it's in good condition due to low numbers of sheep present. Juniper & Bearberry were frequent at the higher elevations.
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Took a trip up to Tully Mountain SAC/Letter Hill about a fortnight ago. It's designated for it's European dry, Alpine & Boreal heaths. Unusually for an upland site in Connemara, it's in good condition due to low numbers of sheep present. Juniper & Bearberry were frequent at the higher elevations.
Tá mé an-bhródúil a bheith pairteach don ghrúpa iontach seo i nGaillimh. Dream díocasach agus daoine álainn freisin
Y'day was our last visit to coill Gleann dá loch for 2025 which we wrapped up nicely with a few well earned pints and meal
2025 in summary: 2.7ha of Rhodo cleared (6.67 acres) over 12 days with an average of 7 volunteers each outing. Not to mention our follow up work at two other local sites (1/2)
2025 in summary: 2.7ha of Rhodo cleared (6.67 acres) over 12 days with an average of 7 volunteers each outing. Not to mention our follow up work at two other local sites (1/2)
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Tá mé an-bhródúil a bheith pairteach don ghrúpa iontach seo i nGaillimh. Dream díocasach agus daoine álainn freisin
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Turns out a combination of not using That Other Site and the economic landscape at the moment in general does, in fact, makes fulfilling the whole "starving artist" stereotype a whole lot more achievable 😅
First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
December 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Turns out a combination of not using That Other Site and the economic landscape at the moment in general does, in fact, makes fulfilling the whole "starving artist" stereotype a whole lot more achievable 😅
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To round up my year of biological recording, here are my favourite finds from each month of 2025!
January - Jubula hutchinsiae
I re-found this colony recorded in 2004 in the Glen Stream, co. Down. A v interesting & unmistakable oceanic liverwort of humid wooded stream valleys
January - Jubula hutchinsiae
I re-found this colony recorded in 2004 in the Glen Stream, co. Down. A v interesting & unmistakable oceanic liverwort of humid wooded stream valleys
December 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
To round up my year of biological recording, here are my favourite finds from each month of 2025!
January - Jubula hutchinsiae
I re-found this colony recorded in 2004 in the Glen Stream, co. Down. A v interesting & unmistakable oceanic liverwort of humid wooded stream valleys
January - Jubula hutchinsiae
I re-found this colony recorded in 2004 in the Glen Stream, co. Down. A v interesting & unmistakable oceanic liverwort of humid wooded stream valleys
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Thanks to everyone who braved the weather to join us tonight! We had a fantastic talk about the future of food and land use in Ireland by Dr. David Styles, Associate Professor in Agri-sustainability at the
University of Galway.
University of Galway.
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thanks to everyone who braved the weather to join us tonight! We had a fantastic talk about the future of food and land use in Ireland by Dr. David Styles, Associate Professor in Agri-sustainability at the
University of Galway.
University of Galway.
Anyone familiar with Rumex crispus subsp. littoreus and if so I wonder is this it? I think I remember someone telling me ages back that its tubercles are big and fat like this
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Anyone familiar with Rumex crispus subsp. littoreus and if so I wonder is this it? I think I remember someone telling me ages back that its tubercles are big and fat like this
Summer flashbacks of this orache dominated vegetation at Gurteen bay (A. laciniata and A. prostrata, I thought!) where I first seen the beautiful Ray's knotweed Polygonum oxyspermum
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Summer flashbacks of this orache dominated vegetation at Gurteen bay (A. laciniata and A. prostrata, I thought!) where I first seen the beautiful Ray's knotweed Polygonum oxyspermum
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Great to attend and have a chance to present an update on project at Irish Entomologists’ Meeting in UCD earlier this week.
Data starting to come in now, with hope to start sharing in new year
#LoveIrishResearch
@royentsoc.bsky.social
@atu-ie.bsky.social
@researchireland.ie
Data starting to come in now, with hope to start sharing in new year
#LoveIrishResearch
@royentsoc.bsky.social
@atu-ie.bsky.social
@researchireland.ie
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Great to attend and have a chance to present an update on project at Irish Entomologists’ Meeting in UCD earlier this week.
Data starting to come in now, with hope to start sharing in new year
#LoveIrishResearch
@royentsoc.bsky.social
@atu-ie.bsky.social
@researchireland.ie
Data starting to come in now, with hope to start sharing in new year
#LoveIrishResearch
@royentsoc.bsky.social
@atu-ie.bsky.social
@researchireland.ie
In relation to an old post of mine there is a lichen I seen here and at least another couple of hyper-oceanic situations elsewhere (where the bryoflora is particularly nice) which I would like to identify. Anyone familiar with the species? Always on rock and quartzite usually @averisben.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In relation to an old post of mine there is a lichen I seen here and at least another couple of hyper-oceanic situations elsewhere (where the bryoflora is particularly nice) which I would like to identify. Anyone familiar with the species? Always on rock and quartzite usually @averisben.bsky.social
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Possible signs of progress at Killarney National Park?
This is the Derrycunnihy area of the Park which is being targeted for deer culling and where there are signs of a positive response from the vegetation. Good news...
This is the Derrycunnihy area of the Park which is being targeted for deer culling and where there are signs of a positive response from the vegetation. Good news...
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Possible signs of progress at Killarney National Park?
This is the Derrycunnihy area of the Park which is being targeted for deer culling and where there are signs of a positive response from the vegetation. Good news...
This is the Derrycunnihy area of the Park which is being targeted for deer culling and where there are signs of a positive response from the vegetation. Good news...
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Our newest Irish Wildlife Manual has been published by @npwsireland.bsky.social and deals with the Habitats Directive Annex I whorl snails (Vertigo angustior, V. geyeri and V. moulinsiana).
#NatureConservation #IrishWildlifeManual #Vertigo #Mollusca
www.npws.ie/sites/defaul...
#NatureConservation #IrishWildlifeManual #Vertigo #Mollusca
www.npws.ie/sites/defaul...
www.npws.ie
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our newest Irish Wildlife Manual has been published by @npwsireland.bsky.social and deals with the Habitats Directive Annex I whorl snails (Vertigo angustior, V. geyeri and V. moulinsiana).
#NatureConservation #IrishWildlifeManual #Vertigo #Mollusca
www.npws.ie/sites/defaul...
#NatureConservation #IrishWildlifeManual #Vertigo #Mollusca
www.npws.ie/sites/defaul...
Nice weekend with friends in Wales this weekend. A short, random walk up a steep, rocky trail towards Gylder Fawr had a number of very nice species I have rarely/never seen previously, which included - Silene acaulis, Saxifraga hypnoides and Asplenium viride
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Nice weekend with friends in Wales this weekend. A short, random walk up a steep, rocky trail towards Gylder Fawr had a number of very nice species I have rarely/never seen previously, which included - Silene acaulis, Saxifraga hypnoides and Asplenium viride
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Kenny's Bookshop and Art Gallery in Galway city is celebrating 85 years as a family business this weekend.
Kenny's celebrates 85 years of selling books
Kenny's Bookshop and Art Gallery in Galway city is celebrating 85 years as a family business this weekend.
www.rte.ie
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Kenny's Bookshop and Art Gallery in Galway city is celebrating 85 years as a family business this weekend.
Seans go b'sheod Sphagnum divinum ag fás ar portach ina raibh móin báinte sna 1960idí (nó thart ar sin - ó cuimhne mo dhaide) i lár oileán Gharamna garr go tobar Naomh Anna. Deirtear go bhfuil S.divinum níos cotianta i gcásanna mar seo i gcomparáid le S.medium...
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Seans go b'sheod Sphagnum divinum ag fás ar portach ina raibh móin báinte sna 1960idí (nó thart ar sin - ó cuimhne mo dhaide) i lár oileán Gharamna garr go tobar Naomh Anna. Deirtear go bhfuil S.divinum níos cotianta i gcásanna mar seo i gcomparáid le S.medium...
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"This is the first time we can say with certainty that European wildcats lived in prehistoric Ireland"
A stunning discovery and more evidence that there's a lot left to discover about Ireland's ecology!
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
A stunning discovery and more evidence that there's a lot left to discover about Ireland's ecology!
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Wildcat bones found in Co Clare dated to 5,500 years ago
The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago.
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"This is the first time we can say with certainty that European wildcats lived in prehistoric Ireland"
A stunning discovery and more evidence that there's a lot left to discover about Ireland's ecology!
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
A stunning discovery and more evidence that there's a lot left to discover about Ireland's ecology!
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
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Fantastic inaugural @cclguk.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Network day in Birmingham today. Great projects presented by ECRs as well as career talks from established leaders. Huge thanks to everyone who has supported this work, inc the peer-led ECR network committee
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Fantastic inaugural @cclguk.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Network day in Birmingham today. Great projects presented by ECRs as well as career talks from established leaders. Huge thanks to everyone who has supported this work, inc the peer-led ECR network committee
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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