@cianoceallaigh.bsky.social
Ecologist and botanist/Eiceolaí agus luibheolaí neamhspleách - interested in vascular plants, bryophytes, conservation and invasive species.
Tá Gaeilge agam
Tá Gaeilge agam
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
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First record of Daltonia splachnoides for Co. Armagh (H37) from plantation on Camlough Mountain. Epiphytic on willow, associates were Lejeunea patens & Metzgeria consanguinea. Algal gloop a big issue though.
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
#bryophytes #moss #Ireland
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
#bryophytes #moss #Ireland
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
First record of Daltonia splachnoides for Co. Armagh (H37) from plantation on Camlough Mountain. Epiphytic on willow, associates were Lejeunea patens & Metzgeria consanguinea. Algal gloop a big issue though.
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
#bryophytes #moss #Ireland
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
#bryophytes #moss #Ireland
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I visited Abbey Wood in Killarney National Park over the weekend where a massive job of rhododendron removal has been undertaken in the last year or so with the help of Killarney Moutain Meitheal. The area is now deer fenced to allow recovery - very impressive work!
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I visited Abbey Wood in Killarney National Park over the weekend where a massive job of rhododendron removal has been undertaken in the last year or so with the help of Killarney Moutain Meitheal. The area is now deer fenced to allow recovery - very impressive work!
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Missed the outing as out of action but the team marches on against Conamara rhodo!
Great turnout for our monthly outing today, and nice to see some new faces!
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Missed the outing as out of action but the team marches on against Conamara rhodo!
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Great turnout for our monthly outing today, and nice to see some new faces!
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Great turnout for our monthly outing today, and nice to see some new faces!
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
@hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social
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We're excited to welcome Dr. David Styles from the University of Galway as the speaker for our December Green Drinks! He'll discuss pathways to a climate neutral agriculture and land sector in Ireland. Register @ eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1973157098999?aff=oddtdtcreator
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
We're excited to welcome Dr. David Styles from the University of Galway as the speaker for our December Green Drinks! He'll discuss pathways to a climate neutral agriculture and land sector in Ireland. Register @ eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1973157098999?aff=oddtdtcreator
Mo chéad uair an speiceas seo a fheiceáil - Fontinalis squamosa, ag fás i sruthán sna mám toirce. Rud álainn, fada agus caol
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Mo chéad uair an speiceas seo a fheiceáil - Fontinalis squamosa, ag fás i sruthán sna mám toirce. Rud álainn, fada agus caol
A confirmed sample of Trichostomum littorale growing in a short sward upland grassland around 500m with Thalictrum alpinum etc. - Leic na bhfearr, Conamara. Possibly new to the county (since T.brachydontium recent split into 3 species). It was the dominant moss here but midges prevent a full relevé
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A confirmed sample of Trichostomum littorale growing in a short sward upland grassland around 500m with Thalictrum alpinum etc. - Leic na bhfearr, Conamara. Possibly new to the county (since T.brachydontium recent split into 3 species). It was the dominant moss here but midges prevent a full relevé
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Delighted that a rabbit burrow at Broughton Sanctuary, Skipton, produced 2 nice finds (6/11/25):
Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold; with highly reflective protonema, shoots with leaves in 2 ranks and long leaf insertions
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
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Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold; with highly reflective protonema, shoots with leaves in 2 ranks and long leaf insertions
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
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November 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Delighted that a rabbit burrow at Broughton Sanctuary, Skipton, produced 2 nice finds (6/11/25):
Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold; with highly reflective protonema, shoots with leaves in 2 ranks and long leaf insertions
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
1/2
Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold; with highly reflective protonema, shoots with leaves in 2 ranks and long leaf insertions
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
1/2
Don't believe I have seen Juncus inflexus growing in Conamara before, very widespread species nationally but not so much here. Growing near Maam cross
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Don't believe I have seen Juncus inflexus growing in Conamara before, very widespread species nationally but not so much here. Growing near Maam cross
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Other cool Fermanagh/Cavan finds included Saxifraga hypnoides, Sticta limbata and slime mould Badhamia utricularis.
Also visited Shannon Pot, the source of the River Shannon in west Cavan
#botany #lichens #slimemould #ireland
Also visited Shannon Pot, the source of the River Shannon in west Cavan
#botany #lichens #slimemould #ireland
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Other cool Fermanagh/Cavan finds included Saxifraga hypnoides, Sticta limbata and slime mould Badhamia utricularis.
Also visited Shannon Pot, the source of the River Shannon in west Cavan
#botany #lichens #slimemould #ireland
Also visited Shannon Pot, the source of the River Shannon in west Cavan
#botany #lichens #slimemould #ireland
Cuid go sean coillte Conamara le feiceál ó bharr (nó garr dhó) Lios uachtair. Bhfuil tú in ann ceann acab a ainmniú?
(agus freisin) Saxifraga oppositifolia ag fás ar aill ar cnoc Lios uachtair
(agus freisin) Saxifraga oppositifolia ag fás ar aill ar cnoc Lios uachtair
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Cuid go sean coillte Conamara le feiceál ó bharr (nó garr dhó) Lios uachtair. Bhfuil tú in ann ceann acab a ainmniú?
(agus freisin) Saxifraga oppositifolia ag fás ar aill ar cnoc Lios uachtair
(agus freisin) Saxifraga oppositifolia ag fás ar aill ar cnoc Lios uachtair
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Another successful Green Drinks tonight, with Ananda Geluk discussing Active Hope. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Another successful Green Drinks tonight, with Ananda Geluk discussing Active Hope. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
Views from An Chnapach today - looking out at Inis Eirc, salt marsh and exposed/preserved old tree stumps in the intertidal zone
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Views from An Chnapach today - looking out at Inis Eirc, salt marsh and exposed/preserved old tree stumps in the intertidal zone
Some provisional results from an invasive species survey of ceantar na noilean in conamara. I really think islands and geographical edge zones are the place to start if we think eradication of certain species is possible, or at least are the place to try and achieve such a thing (1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Some provisional results from an invasive species survey of ceantar na noilean in conamara. I really think islands and geographical edge zones are the place to start if we think eradication of certain species is possible, or at least are the place to try and achieve such a thing (1/2)
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Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) in Slieve Aughty, Co. Clare. New hectad record for this species which is greatly quite rare in the county.
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) in Slieve Aughty, Co. Clare. New hectad record for this species which is greatly quite rare in the county.