Here are some of the species recorded at Fota Wildlife Park – different to those you would usually associate with Fota.

Phylum Arthropoda - order Decapoda - Crangon vulgaris

Phylum Arthropoda - order Amphipoda - Corophium volutator

Pomatoschistus minutus (sand goby)

All hands/hooves on deck!

Wicklow Mountains National Park are disappointed with their poor progress over the last couple of hours. It calls for desperate measure – all hands on deck!

Identifying aquatic invertebrates at Coole Park

“Experts are not recording as much as expected – our insects are hiding on this very hot day”

The penultimate update is just after 3.00pm.

Master Tally Update 1pm

Wicklow Tally Update 1pm

Newbridge Tally Update 1pm

Glenveagh Tally Update 1pm

Coole Park Tally Update 1pm

Connemara Tally Update 1pm

Fota Tally Update 1pm

Kildare 6th Cub Pack

The Butterfly walk with John has just begun with a group including Kildare 6th. cub pack (Pictured below).

At Wicklow Mountains National Park there is a fantastic display on diatoms and biodiversity by Leszek Wolnik – a poorly understood but vital aspect of our biodiversity. Angus Tyner is still sorting through his moth catch from last night. On his second last trap now. His work is attracting great attention from visitors.

Diatoms and Biodiversity Display

Angus Tyner sorting the moth catch

A few pictures of the goings on at the BioBlitz in Connemara National Park.

What's in the pond?

Identifying moths

Claire keeping a close eye on the tally

Micahel Gadaloff releasing moth

Smooth Newt - spotted by James

Ireland’s only newt, the Smooth Newt has been recorded in Connemara national park.

Bat recording at Coole Park 21st of May 2010

Pictured are interested participants during the bat recording session at Coole park last night.

The tally of species recorded and logged at 10.00hrs is now complete. The early leader is Connemara National Park with 194 species followed by Coole Park on 151. Both sites have benefitted from focussing their efforts on recording plants.

Glenveagh National Park and Wicklow Mountains National Park are very close with 136 and 127 species recorded respectively. That position may change when the moth species are added to the Wicklow tally.

Fota has done very well so far on recording the most bird and mammal species. Newbridge Demense is lagging behind early on, but we know they have a very impressive list of lichens and fungi that have not yet been logged.

Master Tally 10AM

Connemara 10AM Update

Wicklow 10AM Update

Glenveagh 10AM Update

Coole 10AM Update

Fota 10AM Update

Newbridge 10AM Update