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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The essence of an Irish rainforest is best appreciated in ... the rain. Join myself and John Ross MacMathuna @ceanncait.bsky.social in a rainy rainforest. Volume up for the captivating sound of raindrops.

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Saw my first frog orchids today at killard Point in Co down

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Early purple orchid, butterfly orchids and possible marsh orchid? At local site today!

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

@ceanncait.bsky.social An magairlín meidhreach - bit early but can confirm they are still there along the Moygannon Path. Only this one nearly in flower

A purple orchid growing among mossy rocks

The flower head of an orchid with vegetation behind

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Visited the beautiful killard Point today! Stunning and special place

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Spring in the woodland. No garden can compete with this

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Common spotted orchid protocorns I've grown from seed. Not easy to photograph. I have two other species growing. Growing native orchids from seed is something I've wanted to do for a long time

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Meadow season has begun! Yellow rattle starting to grow 😊

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

There is something timeless about collecting a basket of sticks for the fire

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Storm eowin felled hundreds of non native western hemlock that were planted in this oak wood nearly a century ago but thankfully left the remaining oaks unscathed

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Looking over the bridge near hilltown at the very headwaters of the river bann, northern irelands longest river flowing through lough neagh. A mess of burnt and dumped tyres

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

There are only two reasons our mountains are treeless. Grazing and burning.

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The early purple orchid in the jar on the left was sown a month after the jar on the right. The only difference is that on the right I sterilised the seed with 10% bleach, the left with 70% alcohol.

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

All growing from a stone wall under drooping branches

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Final orchid sowing of the season today. Some early purple orchids, common spotted orchids and bee orchids. Hoping to try some new species next year

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I planted this wood in the year 2000. Hard to believe it is only 24 years old.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Great to see @calfraser.bsky.social on Bluesky! She's the author of 'Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution' (2009), the first book I ever read on the subject, and one that I often refer back to. Please give her a follow!

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The three types of bread I made yesterday.. Sourdough, multi grain and wheaten

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Josh McGiff @joshtheoptimist.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

For all the Gaeilgeoirí out there, you can search "lang:ga" to find all Bluesky posts as Gaeilge 😎 I think this platform could truly foster a strong Irish community 🤞

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Beautiful wintery scenes in the Mournes

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I have been attempting to grow some native orchids from seed this year. Early days but I'm learning alot. I'm about to start my third sowing of the season

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

If you want yellow rattle in your meadow next year you will need to have it sown very soon. Ideally already. It needs a period of cold to germinate for next year.

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Ben Crom, Mournes today Spotting so many mountain streams which could be perfect sites for upland woodland restoration What are we waiting for?

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Thinking of some of the beautiful wild orchids I saw last summer on this cold winters day

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Bee orchid rosette gathering energy to flower next summer!

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Israeli soldiers have blown up whole villages in southern Lebanon, one after the other. They are making it impossible for people to return. Make no mistake, this is ethnic cleansing. Zionists have long fantasized about Lebanon as their Lebensraum and they are trying to enact it

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

my.actnowni.org/petitions/st... Although I have reservations about the Mournes being described as ‘pristine’ here, this project is beyond unnecessary. Please sign.

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Sign Now: Stop the Mourne Mountain Gondola Project

I've signed the petition demanding that @nmdcouncil scraps the environmentally damaging and costly Mourne Mountains Gondola Project - will you sign too?

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Some beautiful bog plant communities within the forestry at Rostrevor. I would love to see some peatland restoration here.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I'll be participating in this discussion on Tuesday evening at 7pm along with some great people, if you're interested in learning more about rewilding, and our brand new book on the subject: 'Great Misconceptions'. 🌏

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John Ross Mac Mathúna @ceanncait.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Just arrived on this side from the dark side. Hoping to find some of the crowd from over there

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