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I missed #wildflowerhour but have to share these characters from my walk in Co. Meath! Cow parsley, herb robert, forget-me-not, bush vetch, sun spurge, dandelion, ribwort plantain, bluebell (hybrid) speedwell and black medic

Small things matter: check out this amazing display of nature photography. The exhibition has a mix of wetland and grassland natural superstars! TinaClaffeyPhoto President of Ireland Community Wetlands Forum UN Environment Programme

We're back! Our next presenter is one of our very own members @ZioElena - Elena will be presenting her work on pesticide residues and their effects on bees #pollination #EntoSoc Really looking forward to this one, it is not to be missed! Zoom details below.

Amazing drone footage of a massive school of rays off Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Credit: dronesharkapp

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Stone age flowers ~ these plants (Silene stenophylla) were successfully generated from 30,000-year-old seeds & fruit material that had been stored by ancient squirrels in their burrows, preserved in the Siberian permafrost pnas.org/content/109/10…

The Four Faced Liar is officially open for submissions! 🎉 Shares and Retweets appreciated the4facedliar.com/submissions #SubmissionsOpen #LitMags #IrishWriters #Poetry #Prose #VisualArt #WritersCommunity

Amazing! Comparing #Arabidopsis growing in rock dust from the Moon, and ground volcanic ash from the Earth. Both lack the biological things of soil on Earth - humus, #fungi, bacteria, nematodes, other things. Not so happy in the Moon dust. But #plants will grow!!

Some ribwort plantain appreciation on one of my last walks around this fine stretch of Cork 🌿 #Plantaginaceae

My last countryside ramble in Cork & some from Meath. Ransoms, 3-cornered leek, white campion, red clover, black medic, bush vetch, germander speedwell, cut-leaved cranesbill & bluebells #wildflowerhour

Did you know there are no regulations covering the contents of wildflower seed mixes in Ireland? Studies have shown these mixes can contain non-native species & potentially invasive species. In our latest guest blog, botanist Noeleen Smyth tells us more: bit.ly/3wP2at0

Missed #wildflowerhour last night but here's this weeks star of the show: a wild iris brightening up this stream in lovely Donegal 💛 #donegal

wildflowerhour a first for me, grass of parnassus up in lovely Donegal #wildflowerhour

Huge 🎉 to the Applied Plant Biology class of 2024 👩‍🎓#graduations SEFSUCC Ireland Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC @UCC Keep in touch with us as you embark on next stage of your journey 🎓

Congrats Grace Lynch, first Applied Plant Biology student to be awarded QuercusUCC scholarship, graduated today. Grace will pick up another prize (Butler prize) this afternoon, more pics will follow. Very proud of you Grace, keep in touch with us @uccbees UCC Ireland SEFS@UCC

Congrats to all our Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC UCC BEES Society UCC IrelandBEESGeo SEFS@UCC @UCC students who picked up more prizes for academic excellence this afternoon. Very proud of all of you. Wishing you every success as you embark on next stage of your journey 👏👏👏👏