Martine🦋Brennan🍄
@martinebrennan.bsky.social
Sharing the joy of nature: especially butterflies, moths, hoverflies, garden birds, fungi, wildflowers. Most sightings from Laois, (mid ROI), some in Dublin, Ireland.
PhD Food Microbiology UoR
#teammoth #wildflowerhour #fungifriday
PhD Food Microbiology UoR
#teammoth #wildflowerhour #fungifriday
Annual Mercury flowering by the Royal Canal, Dublin 1 this week for #wildflowerhour
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Annual Mercury flowering by the Royal Canal, Dublin 1 this week for #wildflowerhour
I found a new location in Dublin 1, by the Royal Canal, for Black Nightshade.
#wildflowerhour @bsbiireland.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#wildflowerhour @bsbiireland.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I found a new location in Dublin 1, by the Royal Canal, for Black Nightshade.
#wildflowerhour @bsbiireland.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#wildflowerhour @bsbiireland.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A real surprise to see Bog Rosemary flowering today in Abbeyleix Bog; it is in the Ericaceae family and typically flowers in early Summer. Bush Vetch was also seen. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A real surprise to see Bog Rosemary flowering today in Abbeyleix Bog; it is in the Ericaceae family and typically flowers in early Summer. Bush Vetch was also seen. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Roundhead /Stropharia sp. in Abbeyleix I’d forgotten just how slimy they are! #mushroommonday #fungifriends
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Roundhead /Stropharia sp. in Abbeyleix I’d forgotten just how slimy they are! #mushroommonday #fungifriends
Blistered Cup Fungus (Peziza vesiculosa), or similar, growing on horse dung for #MushroomMonday #fungifriends
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Blistered Cup Fungus (Peziza vesiculosa), or similar, growing on horse dung for #MushroomMonday #fungifriends
Field Blewits fruiting in my field in a ring / arc. #MushroomMonday #fungifriends
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Field Blewits fruiting in my field in a ring / arc. #MushroomMonday #fungifriends
Purple Jellydisc fungi (Ascocoryne sarcoides), anamorphic stage, on the bark of a log in Abbeyleix for #MushroomMonday #fungifriends
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Purple Jellydisc fungi (Ascocoryne sarcoides), anamorphic stage, on the bark of a log in Abbeyleix for #MushroomMonday #fungifriends
Pineapple Weed looking as fresh aa a Daisy today for #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Pineapple Weed looking as fresh aa a Daisy today for #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
I was surprised to see Feverfew flowering in Abbeyleix earlier this week, it’s a plant I rarely see. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I was surprised to see Feverfew flowering in Abbeyleix earlier this week, it’s a plant I rarely see. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Great, here are few more recent ones:
October 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Great, here are few more recent ones:
Did you notice this bit then?!
October 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Did you notice this bit then?!
Palpita vitrealis near Des’s trap locally in Laois on Monday night. Delighted to see and photograph it. First for Laois - the Laois team have done well for migrant moths this year considering we are in an inland midland county! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Palpita vitrealis near Des’s trap locally in Laois on Monday night. Delighted to see and photograph it. First for Laois - the Laois team have done well for migrant moths this year considering we are in an inland midland county! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Black fungi at Ballacolla: Earth Tongues and Elfin Saddles (Helvella lacunosa), for #MushroomMonday and #fungifriends
October 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Black fungi at Ballacolla: Earth Tongues and Elfin Saddles (Helvella lacunosa), for #MushroomMonday and #fungifriends
So good to have some moths again! 17 of 10 spp. in Laois with Green Brindled Crescent x2 and November Moth agg x4 both NFY, and excitingly my 2nd ever Merveille du Jour. Here it is showing its size against Pink-barred Sallow and GBC. #teammoth
October 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
So good to have some moths again! 17 of 10 spp. in Laois with Green Brindled Crescent x2 and November Moth agg x4 both NFY, and excitingly my 2nd ever Merveille du Jour. Here it is showing its size against Pink-barred Sallow and GBC. #teammoth
Hawthorn Shieldbug on blackberries this evening.
October 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hawthorn Shieldbug on blackberries this evening.
Narrow-leaved Ragwort / Senecio inaequidens on Dublin quays today. #wildflowerhour #urbanbotany
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Narrow-leaved Ragwort / Senecio inaequidens on Dublin quays today. #wildflowerhour #urbanbotany