Delighted to hear Margaret Tallott, PhD on Mooney Goes Wild talking about the beautiful bilingual children's book ‘An Bhumbóg Mór Bhuí ar Strae’ written by Margaret and Katherine Mangan. You can listen the clip below

To get the wonderful bilingual children's book 'An Bhumbóg Mhór Bhuí ar Strae - The Great Yellow Bumblebee Goes Astray' written by Margaret Tallott, PhD and Katherine Mangan and illustrated by Jean Beard click on link below
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Delighted to get a video from Dave Suddaby on the Mullet today of the first Great Yellow Bumblebee of the season feeding on apple blossom, nearly three weeks earlier than last year

We don't need much persuading to celebrate the humble Dandelion for #wildflowerhour

@biodatacentre records show this native wildflower was the most popular food source for bees on the island of Ireland in 2023

#DandelionChallenge #InternationalDayoftheDandelion
📷Cathal Noonan

It was lovely to celebrate #OchardBlossomDay Irish Seed Savers

Nice to see this busy Common Carder Bumblebee pollinating apple blossom, helping to ensure a good crop later in the year 🌸🐝🍎🍏

🎥 Ruth Wilson

#farmlandbiodiversity

The far right. Ugh

Wild Marram Grass Seed. Hand threshed #Ammophilaarenaria .

This farm field along the river Bann, is a wonderful sight every April. #wildflowers

Andrena bicolor female 🇮🇪☘️

Spring mining solitary bees, totally awesome.

An orange tip butterfly on a cuckoo flower beside our pond.
I wanted to photograph his beautiful orange tip wings but due to the cold weather he just wasn't moving. His inside wings are stunning too though.
Note to self! Must sow more cuckoo flowers! 💚

A gooseberry sawfly. The little bollox.

Seán Keane Arterial drainage played a big part too - straightening and dredging rivers destroyed a large chunk of aquatic habitat and removed substrate, vital for the development of so many insects. Many fish, birds and mammals depended on those insects and we dug them out of the rivers.

After a few days of dry weather it's time to set the hills ablaze, during the bird breeding season. Following decades of overgrazing the few ground nesting species clinging on to existence (red listed meadow pipit, skylark) are likely toast.....

Choosing sobriety in your 40s isn't about regretting the past. It's about celebrating the present and creating a brighter, healthier future. #TherapyWorks #SoberLife

Help restore native meadows by reducing mowing to just once a month

You don't need a big garden. You don't need to buy wildflower seed mixes. Real, native wildflowers are already in the soil, waiting for a chance to grow 🐝

More here➡️ tinyurl.com/mr36mz25

#EarthDay

A nice surprise on saturday was finding Andrena rosae at another Irish site, also in Co. Carlow. Two females were found, one was a dark specimen, the other was more typical-looking. The 'redder' female was busily foraging on Hawthorn and wasn't in the mood for being photographed!

Boats in Dungarvan Harbour, Co. Waterford and the view towards Abbeyside.

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Waterford Festival of Food is already warming up. This is just Main Street 🤯

#BSBISpringConference
Collection of main dandelion groups. Now is the time to get out and learn some