Species Alert for: Asian hornet (Vespa velutina). Issued by: the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). Press release issued 7th of May 2021. Reason for issue: to notify of the first verified sighting in Ireland of a single specimen of … Continued
Tá an-áthas orainn a fhógairt gur foilsíodh ár gcéad eolaí aitheantais i nGaeilge riamh, atá ar fáil anois ón Ionad Náisiúnta le Sonraí Bithéagsúlachta, anseo: https://www.biodiversityireland.ie/shop/ Tá sé seo ar an deichiú heolaí i sraith eolaithe aitheantais ar Bhithéagsúlacht na … Continued
For the month of May, the National Biodiversity Data Centre is hosting a virtual Festival of Farmland Biodiversity. Here Dr. Liam Lysaght, Centre Director, introduces the event and explains what we hope to achieve by running the Festival. The National … Continued
Thanks to the generous support of Bord Bia, the National Biodiversity Data Centre is looking to employ an Officer on a 7-month Fixed Term Contract to support Origin Green companies in identifying and implementing biodiversity targets in 2021. This is … Continued
The National Biodiversity Data Centre have developed an eCourse for the Garden Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. The Garden Butterfly Monitoring Scheme provides recorders with an opportunity to record butterflies in their gardens. Ireland has 32 resident and 3 common migrant butterfly … Continued
The National Biodiversity Data Centre have developed an online eCourse in butterfly identification. This course is suitable for those who are completely new to butterfly identification and those who want to brush up on their skills as another season of … Continued
Today, we are delighted to launch a new All-Ireland Pollinator Plan for 2021-2025. This is the second phase of this very successful project, a new five-year roadmap that aims to help bees, other pollinating insects and our wider biodiversity. … Continued
The National Biodiversity Data Centre works to make biodiversity data and information more freely available to better understand and protect Ireland’s biodiversity. However, we are completely reliant on the generosity of our recording community to dedicate their time to take … Continued
Our latest county reports are now out and freely available to view in both English and Irish. Overall 2020 was a phenomenal year for biological recording, there was huge surge in recording activity which was noticed around April of last … Continued
On February 11th 2021, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan launched a new publication to mark the conclusion of the first phase of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2015-2020. ‘Working Together for Biodiversity: Tales from the All-Ireland … Continued
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