Fraoch na haon chose / St Dabeoc's Heath brightening up the day in North Connemara in County Galway for #WildflowerHour
October 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Fraoch na haon chose / St Dabeoc's Heath brightening up the day in North Connemara in County Galway for #WildflowerHour
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September 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Got to be Guelder-rose #fruits as a companies by such gorgeously rusty leaves #wildflowerhour
August 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Got to be Guelder-rose #fruits as a companies by such gorgeously rusty leaves #wildflowerhour
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Rosehips after rain, Co Leitrim.
Rose ID is 'thorny', but start with this riddle:
Q: Mrs Rose has five sons: two have beards, two don't, and one couldn't decide and has half a beard.
A: a dog rose, Rosa canina agg.(look at the lobes on the sepals) @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #fruits
Rose ID is 'thorny', but start with this riddle:
Q: Mrs Rose has five sons: two have beards, two don't, and one couldn't decide and has half a beard.
A: a dog rose, Rosa canina agg.(look at the lobes on the sepals) @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #fruits
August 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Rosehips after rain, Co Leitrim.
Rose ID is 'thorny', but start with this riddle:
Q: Mrs Rose has five sons: two have beards, two don't, and one couldn't decide and has half a beard.
A: a dog rose, Rosa canina agg.(look at the lobes on the sepals) @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #fruits
Rose ID is 'thorny', but start with this riddle:
Q: Mrs Rose has five sons: two have beards, two don't, and one couldn't decide and has half a beard.
A: a dog rose, Rosa canina agg.(look at the lobes on the sepals) @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #fruits
Caithne / Arbutus #fruit for #WildflowerHour brightening up a rainy day in #Killarney National Park in County Kerry
August 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Caithne / Arbutus #fruit for #WildflowerHour brightening up a rainy day in #Killarney National Park in County Kerry
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1st Irish record of the newly described bryophilous ascomycete Endoantria benetecta on its host Lejeunea patens from the temperate rainforest at Correl Glen, West Fermanagh
Known only from Scotland & Wales; this marks the first for Ireland - our rainforests support untold diversity
#fungifriends
Known only from Scotland & Wales; this marks the first for Ireland - our rainforests support untold diversity
#fungifriends
July 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
1st Irish record of the newly described bryophilous ascomycete Endoantria benetecta on its host Lejeunea patens from the temperate rainforest at Correl Glen, West Fermanagh
Known only from Scotland & Wales; this marks the first for Ireland - our rainforests support untold diversity
#fungifriends
Known only from Scotland & Wales; this marks the first for Ireland - our rainforests support untold diversity
#fungifriends
Ailleann Pheadair/ golden samphire, Luibh bhléine/ sea aster along with the tiny Peasair arbhair/ hairy tare #ByTheSea in Rosscarbery County Cork. The raspberry sorbet ice-cream there is well worth it #WildflowerHour
August 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Ailleann Pheadair/ golden samphire, Luibh bhléine/ sea aster along with the tiny Peasair arbhair/ hairy tare #ByTheSea in Rosscarbery County Cork. The raspberry sorbet ice-cream there is well worth it #WildflowerHour
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Can I sneak in an Irish plant for #WildflowerHour? The extreme rarity Cottonweed, Achillea (=Otanthus) maritima, from its only British Isles site in dunes in SE Ireland. Incredible silver colour, looks more like a desert plant! One more species to add to namethatplant.org.
July 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Can I sneak in an Irish plant for #WildflowerHour? The extreme rarity Cottonweed, Achillea (=Otanthus) maritima, from its only British Isles site in dunes in SE Ireland. Incredible silver colour, looks more like a desert plant! One more species to add to namethatplant.org.
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Lesser Butterfly Orchid with a background of Heather and Bell Heather in #Galway #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Lesser Butterfly Orchid with a background of Heather and Bell Heather in #Galway #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
A joy to see hocas tae buí/ yellow bartsia in a very wet #Killarney National Park today. Many times I've passed this field and failed to notice #WildflowerHour
July 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A joy to see hocas tae buí/ yellow bartsia in a very wet #Killarney National Park today. Many times I've passed this field and failed to notice #WildflowerHour
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Hembra de Amegilla ochroleuca visitando flores de Stachys officinalis para libar néctar, haciendo gala de su vertiginosa velocidad habitual. En promedio se detiene en cada flor un poco menos de un segundo. El polen que lleva cargado es de Hypericum perforatum, que está en flor en los alrededores.
July 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Hembra de Amegilla ochroleuca visitando flores de Stachys officinalis para libar néctar, haciendo gala de su vertiginosa velocidad habitual. En promedio se detiene en cada flor un poco menos de un segundo. El polen que lleva cargado es de Hypericum perforatum, que está en flor en los alrededores.
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Ivy-leaved Bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea in the New Forest, Hampshire today. Thankfully, in a shady spot, otherwise these fragile flowers would probably be toast. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ivy-leaved Bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea in the New Forest, Hampshire today. Thankfully, in a shady spot, otherwise these fragile flowers would probably be toast. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Hemp-agrimony, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. #hairyplants #wildflowerhour
July 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hemp-agrimony, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. #hairyplants #wildflowerhour
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Lus na Tríonóide / great willowherb in the sunshine in Castleisland, #Kerry for #Hairyplants #WildflowerHour
July 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Lus na Tríonóide / great willowherb in the sunshine in Castleisland, #Kerry for #Hairyplants #WildflowerHour
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This Loggerhead Turtle was found by a tourist on Lettergesh beach, Rinvyle today. I collected her & brought her half the way down to Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium who specialise in the rehabilitation of sea turtles. 7th Loggerhead to be found in Ireland this year.🤞for a successful recovery.
July 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This Loggerhead Turtle was found by a tourist on Lettergesh beach, Rinvyle today. I collected her & brought her half the way down to Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium who specialise in the rehabilitation of sea turtles. 7th Loggerhead to be found in Ireland this year.🤞for a successful recovery.
July 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Large-scale, illegal commercial extraction of peat is decimating vital ecosystems, according to the Environmental Protection Agency
www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...
Illegal peat extraction causing catastrophic damage -EPA
The large-scale, illegal commercial extraction of peat is widespread in Ireland and the sector does not operate within planning or environmental laws.
www.rte.ie
June 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Large-scale, illegal commercial extraction of peat is decimating vital ecosystems, according to the Environmental Protection Agency
www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...
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June 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Invasive Alien Species in Europe: "the greatest opportunities to reduce regional species extinction risk by mitigating threats from IAS come from managing feral goats (12.4%), mouflons (8.1%), rabbits (5.3%) and rats (4.6%)." neobiota.pensoft.net/article/1483...
Guiding action on invasive alien species towards meeting the EU's Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a major threat to global biodiversity. The total cost of biological invasions across all European Union member states has been estimated at 129.9 billion US dollars be...
neobiota.pensoft.net
June 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Invasive Alien Species in Europe: "the greatest opportunities to reduce regional species extinction risk by mitigating threats from IAS come from managing feral goats (12.4%), mouflons (8.1%), rabbits (5.3%) and rats (4.6%)." neobiota.pensoft.net/article/1483...
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Lesser Marshwort (Apium inundatum) can exist on muddy lakeshores or submerged, but it definitely fit the #AquaticPlants bill today, after all the rain🌧. Tricky to photograph too! Lower leaves are filamentous, like water-crowfoot @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Lesser Marshwort (Apium inundatum) can exist on muddy lakeshores or submerged, but it definitely fit the #AquaticPlants bill today, after all the rain🌧. Tricky to photograph too! Lower leaves are filamentous, like water-crowfoot @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Bladder Sedge, Water-pepper, Water-plantain, Lesser Marshwort and Cyperus Sedge: #AquaticPlants at Lough Allen, Co Leitrim this evening @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #LoveLeitrim #wetlandplants @communitywetlands.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Bladder Sedge, Water-pepper, Water-plantain, Lesser Marshwort and Cyperus Sedge: #AquaticPlants at Lough Allen, Co Leitrim this evening @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #LoveLeitrim #wetlandplants @communitywetlands.bsky.social
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For #WildflowerHour tonight, aquatic-adjacent #AquaticPlants - bog residents Lesser Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera bifolia or, in Irish: Magairlín beag an fhéileacáin) in Co. Kildare. Do #TráthnamBláth anocht, seo Magairlín Beag an Fhéileacáin, ina chónaí ar an bportaigh i gCo. Chill Dara.
June 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
For #WildflowerHour tonight, aquatic-adjacent #AquaticPlants - bog residents Lesser Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera bifolia or, in Irish: Magairlín beag an fhéileacáin) in Co. Kildare. Do #TráthnamBláth anocht, seo Magairlín Beag an Fhéileacáin, ina chónaí ar an bportaigh i gCo. Chill Dara.
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Leser Bladderwort, Utricularia minor, in a Dorset bog. #aquaticplants #wildflowerhour
June 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Leser Bladderwort, Utricularia minor, in a Dorset bog. #aquaticplants #wildflowerhour
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