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Plagiochila carringtonii found in the sléibhte Mhám Toirce (Maamturks) at numerous locations yesterday on a Wild Atlantic Nature survey with @timoceallaigh.bsky.social + Adelanthus lindenbergianus's now 2nd site in same Mt. range Go raibh míle maith ag @nimbosaecology.bsky.social for verifying

Spear-leaved Willowherb has been recorded in Ireland for the first time! Spotted by top botanist & former BSBI Ireland Officer, Paul Green, in Co. Wexford @bsbiireland.bsky.social But how did it arrive on Irish shores? That's what we'll be trying to find out. Find out more: bsbi.org/about/news/p...

🌳 Volunteers recently cleared back Cherry Laurel along the laurel tunnel at Ballinakelly Wood. By the end of the day the path was once again easily walkable, with a noticeable increase in light reaching the woodland floor. A great day's progress against one of the reserve's biggest challenges. 🌿

Just back from the @bbsbryology.bsky.social meeting in Co. Waterford. Great fun and some fabulous species seen including a new moss for Ireland (the rare Dialytrichia saxicola) and new sites for Sphagnum skyense. Thank you @joannedenyer.bsky.social and Rory Hodd for organising a brilliant week!

Mighty progress by 6 volunteers this weekend at coill gleann dá loch between digging of lighter infested areas and stem treatment in denser stands. We march on!

'Open to anyone' - More hunters needed to cull booming deer population. A shame the image shows native red deer, rather than sika or other alien invasives, but good to see this message finally starting to gain traction. share.google/GB8nZPtNnH3L...

A worthy cause, great group of people and good workout

It is 7 years since Coillte committed to removing the plantation surrounding the Derryclare forest in Galway but still not a single conifer has been removed. We now have national restoration targets for 2030 but we'll need get a lot quicker if these are to be met www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Make a difference! £42.6K-£46.6K Send your application by 19/10! South & Mid: swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor... North & Mid: swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor... 1 post requires Welsh speaking skills. @natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social

Nice surprise Straminergon stramineum stem from within a Sphagnum sample I collected during a bryophyte survey this week in Sligo

Recorded some very nice species at the @bbsbryology.bsky.social meeting in Waterford. I had a great time learning from experts & visited some beautiful sites. Highlights of this meeting were: 1: Sphagnum skyense 2: Daltonia splachnoides 3: Bartramia ithyphylla 4: Antitrichia curtipendula

I'm running 5k in October & hoping to raise a few bob for Croí (Registered Charity Number: 20016616) to help fight heart disease and stroke Beidh mé ritheacht 5km i ndeireadh fómhár i Ros a Mhíl don carthanacht Croí Link below if you would like to donate :) croinightrun.ie/fundraiser/c...

Great work by our volunteers to date at coill gleann dá loch, about 3.5ha cleared of rhododendron primarily by digging out. A lot more to be done at a site and landscape level If you are in Galway and interested in helping get in touch @dermotbreen.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social

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Potentially Sphagnum divinum growing in a very nice and quaking bog in Coolvoy bog SAC, Donegal. Can't say I am certain as I find the field characteristics tricky but based on pore sizes in the branch leaves I would place my bet on S. divinum

Adelanthus lindenbergianus(new site) recorded with @timoceallaigh.bsky.social, Ciaran & Shane in Connemara. This very rare liverwort is a member of hepatic mat community which includes Bazzania tricrenata, B. pearsonii, Herbertus hutchinsiae(2). Thanks for confirming @nimbosaecology.bsky.social

Hypericum canadense, Irish St. John's wort, growing in a soakway/flush in na hUilinní, Conamara, a decent extension to its current distribution and a new species for me Lus Naomh Eoin Gaelach (?) ag fás in uisceadán i ngaeltacht Chonamara - na hUilinní, suíomh nua dhó agus rud nua dhomsa

Nogopterium gracile found with both moist and dry shoots today in Úraid, Conamara (H16). Quiet a distinctive moss

Bhí mé sásta daonra nua Braunia imberbis a aimsiú sna Doiriú i gConamara (H16) agus daonra beag magairlín móna a fheiceail arís garr go maith dhó Was pleased to find a new population of Braunia and re-visit known Hammarbya population on Wild Atlantic Nature surveys le @timoceallaigh.bsky.social

The speaker for our next Green Drinks is Dr. Axel Leahy from the the University of Galway. He will discuss his research on effective ways to engage the public and other stakeholders in the design & implementation of climate change adaptation strategies in Ireland. Register @ bit.ly/4eAMgqV

Join myself on the 15th July for an intermediate training course on sand dune plants at the stunning Murlough NR, Co. Down, one of the country’s best sand dune systems!! We will cover the plant ecology of sand dunes but also look at the rarer plants on Murlough too! bsbi.org/take-part/ev...

Confirmed Sphagnum affine growing in a transition mire with Carex lasiocarpa and other Carex spp. in na Monga, Conamara a month ago. New species for me and looks like the second record for H16 Gailliamh thiar. Thanks for ID help @pilkyplant.bsky.social

Happy Summer Solstice - the sun has just about set here in NE Ireland. A beautiful but solitary Greater Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) helped mark this bittersweet day. Common blue taking a rest in the long sun and lovely views of my beautiful home. Go mbeirimid beo ar an am seo aríst

Great to help out Lettergesh national school with their Rhododendron problem, cleared the entire site for them in one day and then went on to the lovely oakwoods of Gleann dá loch @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social

Another great turnout for Green Drinks earlier this week! Thanks to Dr. Frias for speaking about his research, and to all those who joined us.

Six different tree species clumped together in an area of natural regeneration on the edge of Coill Sheanadh Gharráin in Connemara. No forester would plant Oak, Birch, Willow, Rowan, Holly & Hazel like this. Rewilding is crucial, because we can neither predict nor replicate what nature will do.

Was lovely to be invited by NPWS to give a talk in Laragh for biodiversity week. Always lovely to talk moss and people stayed and looked at some samples afterwards :-)

Reminder that our next Green Drinks is fast approaching! Register @ bit.ly/4tXdbTu

Day two of the BBS meeting in Slovenia. First a visit to the Juliana Botanic Gardens and then a walk down the Soca valley where we saw many interesting plants including Mannia triandra, seen here with Marchantia quadrata.

We had a great turnout for our bat walk last night in Terryland Forest Park! Big thanks to ecologist @scottbastow.bsky.social for leading the walk and helping the local community learn more about our winged neighbours

Platanthera bifolia, Selaginella selaginoides and Pedicularis sylvatica subsp. hibernica and Pinguicula vulgaris from the Cooley Mountains, Co. Louth (H31) I suspect there are many lesser butterfly-orchids on upland wet heath and blanket bogs lurking out there!

Another species from the Ailnack gorge in haven't seen before, Pseudoleskeella catenulata, a montane species that forms cylindrical shoots ,here a lovely yellow colour ,but can be brownish or olive green ,here on a Crag ledge a hundred yards upstream from the Castle,nice @bbsbryology.bsky.social

A new site for Drepanocladus trifarius in the Roundstone bogs, na Monga, Conamara growing in lakeside fen vegetation with Schoenus, Scorpidium scorpioides etc. Bhí mé an-sásta é seo a fheiceail, ceann a raibh an-dúil agam a fheiceail (arís) le fada

Five years on & my gardens are an absolute paradise - 100s of orchids, 1000s of grasshoppers and so much more! All I did was plant native wildflowers plus mow ot twice a year, removing clippings each time. Low maintenance ✅ Amazing for wildlife ✅ What’s not to love?! 🌱❤️

Sphagnum platyphyllum growing in a Schoenus - Scorpidium lake edge fen in Tulach Lomáin Bheag (Roundstone bogs) yesterday

The most worrying aspect of this article on illegal selling of alien invasive plants is the attitude of this nursery owner: “Nurseries throughout the country have been growing plants ... the damage has already been done. If you call it damage.” #conservation #SpeirGorm www.rte.ie/news/2026/05...

I was thrilled to find a new population of Adelanthus lindenbergianus in the Mám Toirce, Conamara last week. It instantly stood out as being something exciting. Three separate patches found with the help of @timoceallaigh.bsky.social. Thanks to @nimbosaecology.bsky.social for confirming

Another great day of work over the weekend! Thanks to all who joined us.

We had a great turnout for last night's Green Drinks! Thanks to Dr. Swift for speaking to us about the health impacts of the climate crisis, and the great work being done by @irishdocsenv.bsky.social !

Amazing what a tree can grow out of and the winds it must withstand Aisteach an áit a bhfuil an caorthann seo ag fás agus an fórsa ón ghaoth a bhfuil sé in ann a sheasamh. Corcóg, Mám Toirce Possibly my favourite individual tree

Came across a new aquatic today. I think it is Myriophyllum alterniflorum but am open to being corrected. Growing on a river near Mám

Tá mé ceapadh go ba sheo'd Polytrichastrum alpinum ar a mbealach suas go Corcóg sna Mám toirce. This seems likely to be P. alpinum judging by the round capsules and branching of this plant. Nice to finally find its capsules

Some more highlights from the Spring Bryophyte Meeting in the Trossachs Part 2: Liverworts 1: Barbilophozia barbata 2: Aneura mirabilis 3: Plagiochila heterophylla 4: Tritomaria quinquedentata Thank you to Philippa Thompson & @bbsbryology.bsky.social for organising this meeting!

Odontoschisma elongatum growing in a Schoenus - Scorpidium flush with a blanket bog area in Both Íseal, Conamara theas. Thanks to @nimbosaecology.bsky.social for bringing this species to my attention (from another photo) and confirming