Does the lockdown bring any silver linings?
Does the national lockdown have any silver linings? Well, one was seeing the motorway verges covered in Dandelions and Cowslips on a recent trip to Newbridge. The delay in routine
Protecting Farmland Pollinators Newsletter for Kids!
A free pollinator newsletter for children has been produced by the Protecting Farmland Pollinators EIP Project Team. Learn about pollinator science, history and geography. Games and art are included too!
2019 Local Authority Pollinator Award newsletter published!
Our newsletter on the 2019 Local Authority Pollinator Award has just been published. The Local Authority Pollinator Award is a special award in the Tidy Towns competition, funded by the
The Data Centre is employing EIP ecological survey team members!
Job Announcement Protecting Farmland Pollinators EIP Ecological Survey Team Member (3 positions available) Background The National Biodiversity Data Centre is a national centre that collates, manages, analyses and disseminates
Press Release: As World Bee Day, May 20th, approaches, new research shows Irish Bumblebee populations are still in decline
PULL QUOTE: Irish Bumblebee populations recorded in 2017 are the lowest they’ve been since monitoring began in 2012. The All-Ireland Bumblebee Monitoring Scheme, coordinated by Dr Tomás Murray, Senior
Free beginners guide to Irish hoverflies now available
A beginners guide to the 180 species of Irish hoverflies is now available to freely download. It is a comprehensive guide, 100 pages in length and 5MB in size. It is NOT
Osmia aurulenta behaving strangely
Osmia aurulenta is a solitary bee that is found along our east and south coasts. It nests in empty snail shells, and we have always assumed it is restricted to
Update on the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2015-2020
A final version of the Pollinator Plan is currently being agreed by all supporting organisations The final version of the Plan has 5 objectives, 21 targets and 81 actions. More than
Updated species accounts for all 97 Irish bees & 180 Irish hoverflies
Species accounts are available for all 97 Irish bee species and all 180 Irish hoverfly species. These have been fully updated and include additional photographs.
Pdf guide to identifying Irish bumblebees is available
A pdf guide to identifying Irish bumblebees is now available. It can be freely downloaded from the ID guides page. This page also has access to a series of other free