Bee and Butterfly Bonanza at Slievenacloy
Join Katy Bell, our Senior Conservation Officer, to find out more about the amazing array of bees and butterflies found at our Slievenacloy Nature Reserve.
Join Katy Bell, our Senior Conservation Officer, to find out more about the amazing array of bees and butterflies found at our Slievenacloy Nature Reserve.
The Greater butterfly-orchid is a tall orchid of hay meadows, grasslands and ancient woodlands. It has whitish-green flowers that have spreading petals and sepals - a bit like the wings of a…
Following on from James’ adventure on the AFBI Nephrops survey, on 29 August I joined the scientists and crew of the RV Corystes for ten days of the herring stock assessment in the Irish Sea.
“Call me Ishmael.” Like Moby-Dick, this is half a story about my time aboard a ship and half about marine biology. Unlike Moby-Dick, the ship in this story doesn’t sink and there are no insane…
Volunteers invited to take part and help survey Northern Ireland’s hedgehogs
Members of the public are invited to participate in a Citizen Science survey, and record their sightings of red squirrels, grey squirrels and pine martens.
Researchers from NUI Galway, with help from Ulster Wildlife in Northern Ireland, are encouraging people across Ireland to report hedgehog sightings or conduct surveys in their gardens or local…
This bumpy shell lives up to its name and lives partly buried in the seabed along the west coast of Great Britain.
Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months.