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Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal – Recording Summary 2024

Another year has passed and it was another great recording season with 152,711 records submitted through Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal in 2024. Records were received from 8,301 individual recorders across

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Newly discovered insects in Ireland

Insects encompass some of our most familiar and well recorded species. Many people will be familiar with the Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) or the 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata), which are

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100,000th record through Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal 2024

We have seen some great recording activity in 2024, particularly considering how changeable and sometimes unsuitable the weather has been for recording of many taxonomic groups and just earlier in

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100,000th record through Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal 2022

With another year of very strong recording activity, it's not surprising that we have passed the milestone of 100,000th record to be submitted through Ireland's Citizen Science Portal. The 100,000th

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Protecting Farmland Pollinators – A Farmer’s Perspective

Tom Tierney, one of the 40 participating farmers shares his perspective of the Protecting Farmland Pollinators EIP. Tom owns and manages a family farm at Ballinafagh, Prospereous. He is currently

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Farmers working together to help biodiversity

Dr Saorla Kavanagh, Project Manager with the National Biodiversity Data Centre, discusses some of the successes of the Protecting Farmland Pollinators EIP Project.   I started managing the Protecting Farmland

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Managing Invasive Species at Belvedere Gardens and Park

Many woodlands and park areas across Ireland are under demise due to the presence of invasive alien plants.  In this guest blog, Heritage Officer Melanie McQuade outlines the response Westmeath

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Spring Flowers Project 2021

Spring Flowers Project 2021 Newsletter What is it? This project is a joint initiative between the BSBI and the National Biodiversity Data Centre which was kicked off in 2017 and

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Farmland Biodiversity Guest Blog – Shane McAuliffe on how he is helping biodiversity on his farm

Shane McAuliffe is a well known pig farmer who also farms beef & tillage across Kerry and Offaly. He has a wide range of habitats on his farms including upland

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Farmland Biodiversity Guest Blog No. 3 – Thomas Duffy shares his views on the new CAP

Thomas Duffy, outgoing President of Macra na Feirme, shares his views on how to make CAP policy work for biodiversity and farmers Agricultural Policy has been a significant driver of

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