Congratulations go to Laois for the 2nd year running for coming top of the table of counties recording butterflies during this the 2019 Butterfly Bash. As you’ll see from the top 10 table below, across counties support for the Butterfly … Continued
A big THANK YOU to everyone who submitted records for our second Dragonfly Dash of 2019 as part of National Heritage Week. We had an amazing response, with 488 records of 21 species from 28 counties submitted during the week. … Continued
A very significant milestone was reached over the weekend when the number of records submitted to Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal in 2019 passed the 100,000th mark. The 100,000th records was of heather (Calluna vulgaris) from Valentia Island [grid ref. V387774] … Continued
Dragonfly Dash & Butterfly Bash National Heritage Week Recording Challenges National Heritage Week runs from tomorrow Saturday 17th to Sunday 25h of August, a celebration of Ireland’s rich natural and cultural heritage. To support National Heritage Week, celebrate Ireland’s natural … Continued
It was a full house at the Ballybay Wetland Centre for our second #DragonflyIreland workshop of 2019, when we were hosted (and fed & watered!) by Monagahan Co Co Heritage Officer, Shirley Clerkin. Attendees literally travelled from the four corners … Continued
Dr Úna FitzPatrick, Senior Ecologist with the National Biodiversity Data Centre, explains the appeal of finding rare plants for the Rare Plant Monitoring Scheme Some people know I really like wild bees. Here’s a secret: I like wild plants even … Continued
A really fun and informative day was had yesterday at the first #DragonflyIreland workshop at Brackagh Bog run by Robert Thompson and our colleagues at the Centre for Environmental Data and Recording. The weather stayed fine and species recorded included … Continued
After a bit of a hiatus while we downloaded and validated the results, the final results of the National Biodiversity Week 2019 Dragonfly Dash are in! We had a total of 125 valid records submitted during the week, with Offaly … Continued
Dr. Tomás Murray, Senior Ecologist with the National Biodiversity Data Centre explores our understanding of global insect losses What’s happening globally? Fundamentally, insects are “the little things that run the world”, (E.O. Wilson, 1987) and this is why the … Continued
As part of Dragonfly Ireland 2019-2024, our colleagues at the Centre for Environmental Data and Recording are running a workshop at Brackagh Bog in Co. Armagh on Wednesday 24th July. Location: Oxford Island Site visit: Brackagh Bog Mr Robert Thompson … Continued
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