Patrick Gleeson
@patrickgleeson.bsky.social
Woodland Ecologist | Iveragh Woodlands EIP | All Ireland Wood Ant Network
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How much temperate rainforest could there be in the UK and Ireland, and where? Despite campaigns calling for restoration in both countries, these questions have been difficult to answer. In our new paper we assess the evidence base 🌏🧪🌐🌳🌲 1/9
Comparison of three temperate rainforest climate envelopes for Britain and Ireland: Where could our rainforest be?
There are multiple methods for creating climate envelopes for temperate rainforest, and these climate envelopes result in different extents across Ireland and Britain. An awareness of these differenc...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:32 AM
How much temperate rainforest could there be in the UK and Ireland, and where? Despite campaigns calling for restoration in both countries, these questions have been difficult to answer. In our new paper we assess the evidence base 🌏🧪🌐🌳🌲 1/9
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January 30, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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Very pleased to share #OpenAccess paper, which we think is important to understand woodland bird declines and impact of forestry on native ancient woodland in Britain.
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology @ukceh.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @mizpas.bsky.social
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January 23, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Very pleased to share #OpenAccess paper, which we think is important to understand woodland bird declines and impact of forestry on native ancient woodland in Britain.
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology @ukceh.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @mizpas.bsky.social
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1/4 Photos from El Pijeral - 'The Enchanted Forest', Tenerife. Laurisilva forests in Canary Islands are ancient subtropical cloud forests formed in the Tertiary period. Sustained by trade-wind moisture they host many endemic species and relic biodiversity lost elsewhere in Europe
January 8, 2026 at 1:11 AM
1/4 Photos from El Pijeral - 'The Enchanted Forest', Tenerife. Laurisilva forests in Canary Islands are ancient subtropical cloud forests formed in the Tertiary period. Sustained by trade-wind moisture they host many endemic species and relic biodiversity lost elsewhere in Europe
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Big day
First Iveragh Woodlands EIP operational group meeting.
Farmer- hunter - forester - ecologist dream team!!
First Iveragh Woodlands EIP operational group meeting.
Farmer- hunter - forester - ecologist dream team!!
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Big day
First Iveragh Woodlands EIP operational group meeting.
Farmer- hunter - forester - ecologist dream team!!
First Iveragh Woodlands EIP operational group meeting.
Farmer- hunter - forester - ecologist dream team!!
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New site record of Hymenophyllum tunbrigense for Co. Louth (H31) growing in a rocky woodland on a minor hill. Happy to find this one today. A very scarce species in the county.
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#ferns #botany #filmyferns
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#ferns #botany #filmyferns
December 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New site record of Hymenophyllum tunbrigense for Co. Louth (H31) growing in a rocky woodland on a minor hill. Happy to find this one today. A very scarce species in the county.
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#ferns #botany #filmyferns
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#ferns #botany #filmyferns
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Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Calling all #woodant researchers and stakeholders in Ireland !
🐜 Join the All Ireland Wood Ant Network
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Patrick Gleeson @patrickgleeson.bsky.social with poster 'The Future of Wood Ants in Ireland' at the Irish Entomologist's Meeting
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Patrick Gleeson @patrickgleeson.bsky.social with poster 'The Future of Wood Ants in Ireland' at the Irish Entomologist's Meeting
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Calling all #woodant researchers and stakeholders in Ireland !
🐜 Join the All Ireland Wood Ant Network
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Patrick Gleeson @patrickgleeson.bsky.social with poster 'The Future of Wood Ants in Ireland' at the Irish Entomologist's Meeting
🐜 Join the All Ireland Wood Ant Network
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Patrick Gleeson @patrickgleeson.bsky.social with poster 'The Future of Wood Ants in Ireland' at the Irish Entomologist's Meeting
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Looking up into the crown of a much-loved ancient Small-leaved Lime coppice stool in Old Sulehay Forest on a gloomy grey day, the remaining leaves gradually changing from green to clear-yellow.
@wildlifebcn.org #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
@wildlifebcn.org #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Looking up into the crown of a much-loved ancient Small-leaved Lime coppice stool in Old Sulehay Forest on a gloomy grey day, the remaining leaves gradually changing from green to clear-yellow.
@wildlifebcn.org #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
@wildlifebcn.org #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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I am really looking forward to the new radio documentary being aired at 3.00pm today, Monday 27th Oct, on RTÉ Radio1. The ‘Silent Valley - the last Irish Ring Ouzels’, it examines the plight of our Ring Ouzels (down to just one known pair in 2024) and asks if they can be saved?
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I am really looking forward to the new radio documentary being aired at 3.00pm today, Monday 27th Oct, on RTÉ Radio1. The ‘Silent Valley - the last Irish Ring Ouzels’, it examines the plight of our Ring Ouzels (down to just one known pair in 2024) and asks if they can be saved?
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Sorbus scannelliana, S. anglica & S. rupicola from Killarney National Park recently
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October 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Sorbus scannelliana, S. anglica & S. rupicola from Killarney National Park recently
##WildflowerHour
##WildflowerHour
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I have so much respect for Greta Thunberg because she easily could have coasted on speaking gigs and Davos appearances for the rest of her life
October 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I have so much respect for Greta Thunberg because she easily could have coasted on speaking gigs and Davos appearances for the rest of her life
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Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
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Our group of rewilders and river runners from the U.S., Mexico, and Argentina traveled away from the international border and into the #wild ahead.
October 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Our group of rewilders and river runners from the U.S., Mexico, and Argentina traveled away from the international border and into the #wild ahead.
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An insatiable thirst for cheap, ready-to-build furniture has been linked to illegal logging of protected areas and assassinations of forest defenders.
atmos.earth/political-la...
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Bounties, Mafias, and the Climate Cost of IKEA’s Fast Furniture | Atmos
An insatiable thirst for cheap, ready-to-build furniture has been linked to illegal logging and assassinations of forest defenders.
atmos.earth
September 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
An insatiable thirst for cheap, ready-to-build furniture has been linked to illegal logging of protected areas and assassinations of forest defenders.
atmos.earth/political-la...
atmos.earth/political-la...
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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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Sequoia sempervirens (redwood; world's tallest tree) is well adapted to high-intensity crown fires (eg 2020), but Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; world's most massive tree) is adapted to surface fires only!
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September 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Sequoia sempervirens (redwood; world's tallest tree) is well adapted to high-intensity crown fires (eg 2020), but Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; world's most massive tree) is adapted to surface fires only!
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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UK is well on course for losing Willow Tit, Spotted Flycatcher & Wood Warbler as breeding species in our lifetime. Wood Warbler already virtually gone from England. I think Willow Tit would be first extinction of a resident bird since Capercaillie in 1700s or White-tailed Eagle in 1918. #ornithology
3. The Woodland indicator has shown worrying recent short-term declines, but shows signs of stabilising. Favourable climatic conditions may explain this, favouring species like Blackcap. Nightingale too is shows a recent increase. But Willow Tit and migrants like Spotted Flycatcher are in decline.
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
UK is well on course for losing Willow Tit, Spotted Flycatcher & Wood Warbler as breeding species in our lifetime. Wood Warbler already virtually gone from England. I think Willow Tit would be first extinction of a resident bird since Capercaillie in 1700s or White-tailed Eagle in 1918. #ornithology
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Fitzgerald Ecology is hiring a Consultant Ecologist and Graduate Ecologists! www.greenjobs.ie/jobs/1134654...
September 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Fitzgerald Ecology is hiring a Consultant Ecologist and Graduate Ecologists! www.greenjobs.ie/jobs/1134654...
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translucent Light Emerald moth Campaea margaritata resting on underside of Ash leaf, Buckfastleigh, Devon
September 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
translucent Light Emerald moth Campaea margaritata resting on underside of Ash leaf, Buckfastleigh, Devon
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What would Orwell think about a huge face on a gigantic screen telling a crowd of people they should wage war on foreigners and dissidents? No way of knowing, I guess.
When speaking to Tommy Robinson at the far right demonstration in London today, Elon Musk wore a t-shirt saying "What would Orwell think?"
So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵
So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵
September 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
What would Orwell think about a huge face on a gigantic screen telling a crowd of people they should wage war on foreigners and dissidents? No way of knowing, I guess.
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Leaves from three species of endemic whitebeam, all from Arran. Top left is Arran Whitebeam, top right is Arran Service-tree, bottom is Catacol Whitebeam, arguably one of the rarest trees on the planet with only a single mature individual left in the wild. Plant Atlas: share.google/1KLV7i0QyxC7...
September 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Leaves from three species of endemic whitebeam, all from Arran. Top left is Arran Whitebeam, top right is Arran Service-tree, bottom is Catacol Whitebeam, arguably one of the rarest trees on the planet with only a single mature individual left in the wild. Plant Atlas: share.google/1KLV7i0QyxC7...
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Shining Guest Ant, Formicoxenus nitidulus, a tiny (less than 3mm) ant which lives in Wood Ant nests. Another top find by @lancefly.bsky.social from our trip to the Wyre on Tuesday. The 2nd pic shows one top left with a Wood Ant btm right. @exmoormothman.bsky.social @pilning.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Shining Guest Ant, Formicoxenus nitidulus, a tiny (less than 3mm) ant which lives in Wood Ant nests. Another top find by @lancefly.bsky.social from our trip to the Wyre on Tuesday. The 2nd pic shows one top left with a Wood Ant btm right. @exmoormothman.bsky.social @pilning.bsky.social