First Inventory of Ireland's Biodiversity Launched
Report entitled 'State of Knowledge, Ireland's Biodiversity 2010' launched.....read more
Ireland's BioBlitz 2012
BioBlitz is a scientific race against time....read more
Distinguished Recorder's Award 2011
Ireland's top wildlife experts celebrated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre....read more
Mapping Ireland's Crop Wild Relatives
Crop wild relatives have contributed many useful genes to crop plants.....read more
Oligochaete Identification Key
Irish Freshwater Oligochaetes Identification Key launched....read more
Mollusc Ireland
A wealth of information on Ireland's mollusc fauna....read more
BioBlitz 2012 Latest News
- Early Morning Recording at Lough Boora
- Record set already in the Phoenix Park
- Early morning bird walk at Phoenix Park
- Early morning in the Phoenix Park
- Pictures From Friday at Glengarriff
- Update from Phoenix Park
- Update from Lough Boora
- Update from Glengarriff
- Update from Crawfordsburn
- Lough Boora’s ‘insect love hotel’
Latest News
- President Michael D. Higgins to launch Ireland’s BioBlitz 2012 (8th May 2012 - 12:42 PM)
- Irish vascular plant data – pulling it all together (12th Apr 2012 - 8:53 AM)
- Biodiversity events in Kerry (23rd Mar 2012 - 9:42 AM)
- Pine marten training event (22nd Mar 2012 - 9:56 AM)
- Tracking Irish Mammals (MISE) – additional workshop (15th Mar 2012 - 1:01 PM)
- Mollusc Ireland (9th Mar 2012 - 10:11 AM)
- MISE workshop – Tracking Irish Mammals (1st Feb 2012 - 10:27 AM)
- 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!















