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Ireland
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I started Ireland's most ambitious camera trap project in Wicklow as part of Snapshot Europe.
Since 2021, I partnered with @UCD_Wildlife + @ReWildWicklow deploying 150 cameras, collecting ~400,000 photos, and ~31 years worth of survey effort.
2024's highlights below! 🧵👇
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A wintery morning today in SW part of Białowieża Forest. -10°C throughout the night froze all the waterbodies including rivers, yet still Pygmy Owls & Hazel Grouses were vocally active in the sunshine.
Still the most interesting was two Red Deer stags rutting! Exceptionally late!
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Nativeness as Gradient?
Beyond the Native/Alien Binary...
Towards a More Complete Value Assessment of Species in a Rapidly Changing World 🌎🌍🌏
doi.org/10.1007/s10806-024-0…
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EXTRAORDINARY
One of the most extreme events in 3 centuries of European climatic history.
Hundreds of stations with Tmins above summer averages, up to 7/8C above JULY averages
Unbelievable MINIMUMS up to 23C in Asturias ,Northern Spain.
Max >28C France,updates later
ALT Map by Meteociel
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Independent Ireland pledges a Luas for every county and subsidised rent for front-line workers
jrnl.ie/6550052t
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15°C in southern England tomorrow—just 4 weeks before Christmas. Most of England will be ~8°C above the seasonal norm. 🌍 The wild climate swings we’re seeing will only intensify as the planet continues to warm.
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Like rivers overhead, the branches of this tree bring life where they wander.
Growing for centuries in our Ancient Wood reserve in Ballinakelly, the entire area was probably named after this wood. In the Irish language Ballinakelly is "Baile na coille", the townland of the woods
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I am extremely happy to share my first paper (‼️), a joint effort between my PhD project at @MfrcATU and mesopelagic research at the @MarineInst
If you want to know more about how #eDNA 🧬 can help us study mesopelagic fish 🐟, give it a read! doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae…
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Why are these scenarios so commonplace here in Ireland? When will these people realise that all of this ends badly? Why is it allowed? Nature in Ireland is under constant attack in the name of ‘progress’. We need to protect it. Restore it. Cherish it.
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My personal record-breaking herd of European Bisons seen yesterday in the eastern part of Knyszyn Forest 🇵🇱- an impressive 154 animals resting on farmland near Krynki town.
Also one of the largest herds recorded ever in Poland & probably in Europe as well...
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Marine snails (Littorina saxatilis) were reintroduced after a toxic algal bloom wiped them out from a smal island. While the researchers introduced a distinct population of the same species, these evolved to resemble the ecotype lost over 30 years prior. phys.org/news/2024-10-evolut…
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Our new research published today in #Nature shows that natural forest regeneration in tropical regions—without costly interventions—can restore over 215 million hectares of forest, an area larger than Mexico #COP16 #COP16Colombia #COP16EnCali nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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It breaks my heart that @Groundwork9, THE most successful ecological restoration programme ever seen in Ireland, with 1,000s of volunteers from all over the world working free for decades, was sunk by authorities.
And I wasn't even there: imagine how those who were must feel?
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"We propose...that insect invasions are being driven by the proliferation of nonnative plants, which create niches for insect specialists and facilitate their establishment outside their native ranges where their hosts are planted or are invasive." academic.oup.com/bioscience/…
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"We conclude that a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation cannot be considered a low-probability event anymore." - Prof. Sybren Drijfhout et al.
#ClimateEmergency
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Crows are often associated with the supernatural and spooky time of #Halloween . Discover the Irish links between crows and Halloween, and learn about the real animal behaviour behind the superstitions! #Biodiversity youtube.com/live/v8Bi6_cOeZM
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Awesome, massive news!
We are now the proud guardians of Ballinakelly Wood in Co. Carlow, an ancient native woodland, including this 600 year old yew tree!
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Our latest edition of our magazine Woodland has just arrived. This edition has our newest woodland in it. To get your copy join as a member for €35 per year and receive 4 copies of our magazine. Go to nativewoodlandtrust.ie
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Here's some more photos of the old Scots pines and birches in their autumn colours in the Caledonian Forest remnant on Trees for Life's Dundreggan Conservation Estate in Glenmoriston.
