Aoife
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Plant Ecologist/Botanist 🌳
Easily distracted by passing butterflies 🦋
Easily distracted by passing butterflies 🦋
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I was quite excited by this today – it seems to be the second global record of a Peronospora on Potentilla erecta. Peronospora potentillae-reptantis is known from some related species.
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August 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I was quite excited by this today – it seems to be the second global record of a Peronospora on Potentilla erecta. Peronospora potentillae-reptantis is known from some related species.
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A few nice species from some recent fieldwork in Kerry- all new to me which has been exciting 🌸
Sibthorpia europaea (Cornish moneywort)
Micranthes stellaris (Starry saxifrage)
Rhodiola rosea (Roseroot)
Salix herbacea (Dwarf willow)
Sibthorpia europaea (Cornish moneywort)
Micranthes stellaris (Starry saxifrage)
Rhodiola rosea (Roseroot)
Salix herbacea (Dwarf willow)
August 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A few nice species from some recent fieldwork in Kerry- all new to me which has been exciting 🌸
Sibthorpia europaea (Cornish moneywort)
Micranthes stellaris (Starry saxifrage)
Rhodiola rosea (Roseroot)
Salix herbacea (Dwarf willow)
Sibthorpia europaea (Cornish moneywort)
Micranthes stellaris (Starry saxifrage)
Rhodiola rosea (Roseroot)
Salix herbacea (Dwarf willow)
A selection from a Galway adventure this week;
Spiranthes romanoffziana (Irish Ladies Tresses)
Sambucus ebulus (Dwarf Elder)
Asplenium septentrionale (Forked Spleenwort)
Centaurea scabiosa (Greater knapweed)
Spiranthes romanoffziana (Irish Ladies Tresses)
Sambucus ebulus (Dwarf Elder)
Asplenium septentrionale (Forked Spleenwort)
Centaurea scabiosa (Greater knapweed)
July 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A selection from a Galway adventure this week;
Spiranthes romanoffziana (Irish Ladies Tresses)
Sambucus ebulus (Dwarf Elder)
Asplenium septentrionale (Forked Spleenwort)
Centaurea scabiosa (Greater knapweed)
Spiranthes romanoffziana (Irish Ladies Tresses)
Sambucus ebulus (Dwarf Elder)
Asplenium septentrionale (Forked Spleenwort)
Centaurea scabiosa (Greater knapweed)
Some time exploring uplands the last few days has brought some tiny tiny delights; Bistorta vivipara (Alpine bistort) known from just 4 hectads in Ireland, it enjoys an altitude of around 660m at this location. Very much the quiet and inconspicuous type- my favorite 🌿
July 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Some time exploring uplands the last few days has brought some tiny tiny delights; Bistorta vivipara (Alpine bistort) known from just 4 hectads in Ireland, it enjoys an altitude of around 660m at this location. Very much the quiet and inconspicuous type- my favorite 🌿
Delighted to find Epipactus atrorubens (Dark red helleborine) in the Burren last Sunday, one I'd been hoping to see for a while. Epipactus palustris (Marsh helleborine) also made a surprise appearance when out at work last week 🌸
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July 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Delighted to find Epipactus atrorubens (Dark red helleborine) in the Burren last Sunday, one I'd been hoping to see for a while. Epipactus palustris (Marsh helleborine) also made a surprise appearance when out at work last week 🌸
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O'Kelly's Spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii var. okellyi), Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala), Biting Stonecrop (Sedum Acre) and Adders Tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum) from the Burren yesterday 🌿
June 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
O'Kelly's Spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii var. okellyi), Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala), Biting Stonecrop (Sedum Acre) and Adders Tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum) from the Burren yesterday 🌿
Butterflies and bees of the Burren 🦋🐝
June 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Butterflies and bees of the Burren 🦋🐝
An unbelievably small bucket lister; Botrychium lunaria (Moonwort)
The books tell me they should be between 3-8cm, my eyes tell me they're between tiny and minute! 🌿
The books tell me they should be between 3-8cm, my eyes tell me they're between tiny and minute! 🌿
June 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
An unbelievably small bucket lister; Botrychium lunaria (Moonwort)
The books tell me they should be between 3-8cm, my eyes tell me they're between tiny and minute! 🌿
The books tell me they should be between 3-8cm, my eyes tell me they're between tiny and minute! 🌿
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I am starting a PhD and am looking for grassland restoration/rewilding sites in Northern Ireland! Please forward this flier to anyone who might be interested in having their land surveyed for fungi!
June 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I am starting a PhD and am looking for grassland restoration/rewilding sites in Northern Ireland! Please forward this flier to anyone who might be interested in having their land surveyed for fungi!
A day out with the fritillaries. I don't think I've ever managed to see them in May before- almost certainly more related to recorder effort than phenology!
Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) 🦋
Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) 🦋
May 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A day out with the fritillaries. I don't think I've ever managed to see them in May before- almost certainly more related to recorder effort than phenology!
Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) 🦋
Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) 🦋
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum - Yellow Archangel 🌼
May 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum - Yellow Archangel 🌼
Bog Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) Had never realised quite what a 'midlands' distribution it has 🌿
April 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Bog Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) Had never realised quite what a 'midlands' distribution it has 🌿
My first time seeing Trichocolea tomentella (Handsome Woollywort) at the weekend. Unbelievably fluffy under the hand lens, and totally deserving of the name 📷
April 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My first time seeing Trichocolea tomentella (Handsome Woollywort) at the weekend. Unbelievably fluffy under the hand lens, and totally deserving of the name 📷