National Biodiversity Data Centre

First Inventory of Ireland's Biodiversity Launched

Report entitled 'State of Knowledge, Ireland's Biodiversity 2010' launched.....read more

BioBlitz is a scientific race against time....read more

Ireland's top wildlife experts celebrated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre....read more

Crop wild relatives have contributed many useful genes to crop plants.....read more

Irish Freshwater Oligochaetes Identification Key launched....read more

A wealth of information on Ireland's mollusc fauna....read more

19 May - 09:20 AM : Out of season duck (Pochard) recorded at Lough Boora made the birders very excited!
19 May - 09:15 AM : 17 mammals recorded at Lough Boora
19 May - 08:46 AM : More moth traps out than moths recorded at Phoenix Park!
19 May - 08:45 AM : Long eared owl the highlight of Glengarriff dawn chorus
19 May - 00:13 AM : Everywhere activity has stopped for the night, except at Lough Boora where some are still working at the microscopes well past midnight!
18 May - 23:40 PM : Lamping for mammals still on going at the Phoenix Park despite the rain.
18 May - 23:40 PM : Two very interesting records from Phoenix Park - a previously unrecorded species of bog cotton and the rare Orange Sallow moth.
18 May - 23:38 PM : News of an 'insect love hotel' established at Lough Boora. The mind boggles!
18 May - 23:37 PM : 7 moth traps out in the Phoenix Park
18 May - 23:37 PM : The badger watch in the Phoenix Park was unsuccessful. The badgers has more sense than to venture out into the rain!