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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.

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100,000th record through Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal 2023

29/08/2023
Throughout 2023 there has been a great level of recording activity across a wide range of various taxonomic groups. During July we passed a major annual milestone of 100,000th records being submitted through Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal. The 100,000th record this year was of Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) or Aimiréal Dearg as Gaeilge and was read more
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No Mow May

28/04/2023
#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

28/10/2022
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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