Oisín Duffy

Surveys and Records Officer

Oisín has responsibility for the management of Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal and overseeing the delivery of the Data Centre’s data validation processes with partners. He provides active support to the recording network to improve the quality and quantity of data submitted. He also leads the Centre’s work on the development of new surveys to address existing knowledge gaps.

Articles by Oisín Duffy

No Mow May

#NoMowMay is an annual campaign asking everyone to put away the lawnmower during the month of May to help our native wildlife. Native Irish wildflowers like Dandelions, Clover, and Birds-foot trefoil provide the best source of pollen and nectar for our hungry wild pollinators. By mowing less, we can give them a chance to appear read more
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One Millionth Record – Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal

Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal developed and hosted by the National Biodiversity Data Centre recently had its one millionth record submitted through the system. This is a true milestone for the Citizen Science Portal and shows the deep level of recording effort, which is carried out by our recorder network. Levels of biological recording have been read more
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Backyard Biodiversity is Back for Heritage Week 2022

The National Biodiversity Data Centre is running the ‘Backyard Biodiversity’ project to record distinctive species commonly found in gardens. The project seeks to obtain sightings of 20 recognisable species that can be found in urban and rural gardens, and is focused on those people who are new to biodiversity recording. The project will be launching read more
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