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Patrick Gleeson

@patrickgleeson.bsky.social
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Woodland Ecologist | Iveragh Woodlands EIP | All Ireland Wood Ant Network | Interested in woodland dynamics, phytosociology, and classification. 🌳 🐜

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Great work by our volunteers to date at coill gleann dá loch, about 3.5ha cleared of rhododendron primarily by digging out. A lot more to be done at a site and landscape level If you are in Galway and interested in helping get in touch @dermotbreen.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social
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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Should you wish to indulge your love of beetles (and why wouldn’t you) this brilliant and scholarly website will certainly help. It’s a work of art by a human. www.rosspiper.net/2020/01/10/s...
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Saproxylic beetles - Dr. Ross Piper
This is an intro and visual guide to the extraordinary diversity of beetle species associated with dead and decaying wood in the UK. Numbering some 650 species, this habitat supports the greatest dive...
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We can be as certain as you can be to prove a negative: there is zero evidence of Beavers being in Ireland, despite extraordinarily rich archeology. Like Iceland, the island ecology evolved without Beavers. Introducing any species is a valid question, but it's currently against IUCN guidelines.
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
New in #BirdStudy Edge of extinction: Ring Ouzels found in just 9 sites in all-Ireland survey, all in County Donegal. Decline to near extinction of a mountain passerine: the status of the Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus in the Republic of Ireland in 2021 doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology
Ring Ouzel
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Ring_Ouzel_male.jpg
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Tara Dirilgen @taradirilgen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
📣 Funded* #PhD position (4 years) Wood #Ant #conservation project in Ireland🐜 @maynoothuniversity.ie Application close: 3 June 2026 More info: dirilgenecology.com/contact/ - @muresearch.bsky.social | @mu-gra25.bsky.social | @maynooth-bgs.bsky.social | * @npwsireland.bsky.social #findaphd
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Join the Terrestrial Ecology Lab VacanciesOPEN [closing 3 June 2026] PhD: Irish wood ant conservation project (4 years) Postdoctoral ResearchersReach out to me if you are interested in pursuing sup…
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BEC Consultants @bececology.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The Irish Vegetation Classification (IVC) is the product of many years of work by BEC Consultants' Dr Philip Perrin. You can now download the 'Handbook for the Irish Vegetation Classification' from the NBDC website. #NatureConservation #IVC biodiversityireland.ie/app/uploads/...
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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The Pine Hunters is now available to watch online 📽️ This short film tells the story of two #ecologists as race to record the last of our ancient wild #Caledonian forest fragments. Watch for free on YouTube 👉 youtu.be/tHupftkYdZs?... #InternationalDayofForests
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Several male Goshawks breeding deep in Poland's Białowieża Forest 'routinely travelled up to 20 km to hunt feral pigeons in a town' with the authors concluding that 'urban environments shape the foraging behaviour of raptors even within primeval forests' #ornithology 🌍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Main foraging areas (75% AKDE) of male Goshawks foraging
exclusively in forest (A), in forest and farmland (B), and in forest and
town (C). Foraging areas of individual birds are indicated by different
colours. The town of Hajnówka is shown in grey. White dots indicate
known active Goshawk nests.
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
People and large mammals are known to coppice hazel etc, but they're not essential to the process. Hazel can self-coppice in 2 ways: first, the big old stems simply fall over, and new growth emerges to replace them. 1/2
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The Voyageurs Wolf Project of Northern Minnesota tags & documents grey wolf ecology & behavior: www.voyageurswolfproject.org The video you see here is confirmatory proof: Wolves. Love. Blueberries. As much as 83% of a wolf's calories in summer months comes from eating berries.
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
6) Britain (and Ireland) is an island, we have unique species and unique species interactions, continentalising our biota could lead to net unique biodiversity loss. Yes there are lots of alien species here already, no that is not a justification to add some more 20/
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Ranger Matt @tamranger.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Aspens, glacial erratics, and lateral moraines at Green Creek #monocounty #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #easternsierra #sierra #sierranevada
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"the Białowieża Forest becomes more than just a conservation object. It's a point of reference that allows us to think about the future of European forests. This isn't a nostalgic look back." Where the warbler still sings. Professor Maziarz on the limits of change: academia.pan.pl/tam-gdzie-sw...
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Tam, gdzie świstunka jeszcze śpiewa. Prof. Maziarz o granicach zmiany - Academia PAN
Od ponad 20 lat dr hab. Marta Maziarz, profesor Muzeum i Instytutu Zoologii PAN, prowadzi długoterminowe obserwacje ptaków leśnych w Puszczy Białowieskiej. Od ponad dekady bada je również w Wielkiej B...
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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
How much temperate rainforest could there be in the UK and Ireland, and where? Despite campaigns calling for restoration in both countries, these questions have been difficult to answer. In our new paper we assess the evidence base 🌏🧪🌐🌳🌲 1/9
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Comparison of three temperate rainforest climate envelopes for Britain and Ireland: Where could our rainforest be?
There are multiple methods for creating climate envelopes for temperate rainforest, and these climate envelopes result in different extents across Ireland and Britain. An awareness of these differenc...
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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Now available on youtube! #FungiFriends #WildPlantDisease m.youtube.com/watch?v=RKek...
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Plant-pathogenic fungi and oömycetes, with Jake Dalzell
YouTube video by Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Very pleased to share #OpenAccess paper, which we think is important to understand woodland bird declines and impact of forestry on native ancient woodland in Britain. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology @ukceh.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @mizpas.bsky.social 🧵1/n
marsh tit, www.garthpeacock.co.uk
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Donncha Ó Catháin @donncha-oc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
1/4 Photos from El Pijeral - 'The Enchanted Forest', Tenerife. Laurisilva forests in Canary Islands are ancient subtropical cloud forests formed in the Tertiary period. Sustained by trade-wind moisture they host many endemic species and relic biodiversity lost elsewhere in Europe
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rayofoghlu.bsky.social @rayofoghlu.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Big day First Iveragh Woodlands EIP operational group meeting. Farmer- hunter - forester - ecologist dream team!!
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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
New site record of Hymenophyllum tunbrigense for Co. Louth (H31) growing in a rocky woodland on a minor hill. Happy to find this one today. A very scarce species in the county. @bsbiireland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #ferns #botany #filmyferns
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Tara Dirilgen @taradirilgen.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Calling all #woodant researchers and stakeholders in Ireland ! 🐜 Join the All Ireland Wood Ant Network - Patrick Gleeson @patrickgleeson.bsky.social with poster 'The Future of Wood Ants in Ireland' at the Irish Entomologist's Meeting
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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Looking up into the crown of a much-loved ancient Small-leaved Lime coppice stool in Old Sulehay Forest on a gloomy grey day, the remaining leaves gradually changing from green to clear-yellow. @wildlifebcn.org #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Robert Vaughan @robertvaughani.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I am really looking forward to the new radio documentary being aired at 3.00pm today, Monday 27th Oct, on RTÉ Radio1. The ‘Silent Valley - the last Irish Ring Ouzels’, it examines the plight of our Ring Ouzels (down to just one known pair in 2024) and asks if they can be saved?
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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Sorbus scannelliana, S. anglica & S. rupicola from Killarney National Park recently ##WildflowerHour
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I have so much respect for Greta Thunberg because she easily could have coasted on speaking gigs and Davos appearances for the rest of her life
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
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TG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Manchán 🕯️
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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 02/10/2025
Our group of rewilders and river runners from the U.S., Mexico, and Argentina traveled away from the international border and into the #wild ahead.
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Francis Sealey @globalnet21.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
An insatiable thirst for cheap, ready-to-build furniture has been linked to illegal logging of protected areas and assassinations of forest defenders. atmos.earth/political-la...
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Bounties, Mafias, and the Climate Cost of IKEA’s Fast Furniture | Atmos
An insatiable thirst for cheap, ready-to-build furniture has been linked to illegal logging and assassinations of forest defenders.
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Dermot Breen @dermotbreen.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Nice day out on the islands of Derryclare Lough on Tuesday. We were out to collect Yew berries & cuttings for propagation for further planting locally. We were also hoping to collect some Rock Whitebeam berries as well but didn't find any unfortunately. Quite a rare species away from Killarney.
Aspen, restricted to just two islands on the lough. Haven't recorded it on any other lough islands but occurs very sparingly on some mainland coastal cliff sites.Yew berry.Rock Whitebeam with Derryclare conifer plantation and hill in the background. The species seems to favour the western, more exposed sides of islands. Probably doesn't tolerate too much shading from bigger trees but as a result is often quite wind-burnt and stunted.Mature Yew tree. Red Deer are starting to have a negative effect on vegetation structure and tree regeneration. They happily swim out to these little oasises for shelter and productive feeding.
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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Sequoia sempervirens (redwood; world's tallest tree) is well adapted to high-intensity crown fires (eg 2020), but Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; world's most massive tree) is adapted to surface fires only! bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪🌍🔥🌿🌳🔥🪴 @botsocamerica.bsky.social
Sequoia sempervirens (Coast redwood) resprouting epicormically after a high-intensity fireSequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia) with a fire scar in the base from a surface fire
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
UK is well on course for losing Willow Tit, Spotted Flycatcher & Wood Warbler as breeding species in our lifetime. Wood Warbler already virtually gone from England. I think Willow Tit would be first extinction of a resident bird since Capercaillie in 1700s or White-tailed Eagle in 1918. #ornithology
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EcoCareers.ie @ecocareers.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Fitzgerald Ecology is hiring a Consultant Ecologist and Graduate Ecologists! www.greenjobs.ie/jobs/1134654...
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Jack Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
What would Orwell think about a huge face on a gigantic screen telling a crowd of people they should wage war on foreigners and dissidents? No way of knowing, I guess.
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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Leaves from three species of endemic whitebeam, all from Arran. Top left is Arran Whitebeam, top right is Arran Service-tree, bottom is Catacol Whitebeam, arguably one of the rarest trees on the planet with only a single mature individual left in the wild. Plant Atlas: share.google/1KLV7i0QyxC7...
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David W. Williams @vc40orthops.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Shining Guest Ant, Formicoxenus nitidulus, a tiny (less than 3mm) ant which lives in Wood Ant nests. Another top find by @lancefly.bsky.social from our trip to the Wyre on Tuesday. The 2nd pic shows one top left with a Wood Ant btm right. @exmoormothman.bsky.social @pilning.bsky.social
Shining Guest Ant. This one has lost part of its right hind leg. It measures 2.85mm long excluding antennae. Shining Guest Ant top left, with Wood Ant bottom right, not happy about me crouching over its nest!
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Patrick Gleeson @patrickgleeson.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Lowland beech forest in the Forest Reserve Joseph Zwaenepoel in Belgium on a recent visit. Appreciating beech in its native range and great to see so much standing and fallen deadwood. Nice also to see some unfamiliar continental fauna like Roe Deer, Marsh Tit, Nuthatch, and Short-toed treecreeper.
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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Crab apple at the foot of na beanna beola, first time for me seeing it in Conamara and what a beauty of an example
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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Tree seed collecting by kayak 🛶 Volunteers on Harris and Lewis paddled out to an inland island to gather native tree seeds from surviving fragments of ancient woodland. 🚣♀️🌳 We’re working in partnership with @wtscotsocial.bsky.social to enhance the availability of native trees 👉 bit.ly/4ni57d2
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 04/09/2025
The first confirmed birth of a white-tailed eagle in Co Waterford for over 150 years has taken place
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First white-tailed eagle born in Waterford in 150 years
The first confirmed birth of a white-tailed eagle in Co Waterford for over 150 years has taken place.
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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
One of the most famous Dracaena spp is D. cinnabari, the dragon’s blood tree, endemic to Socotra, a tiny island off the Horn of Africa. The species epithet & common name refer to the red resin. 📷: James Bailey CCBYNC4. #Dracaena #Asparagaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a shrubby landscape dominated by umbrella-shaped Dracaena trees. Rugged mountains are in the foggy background.
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Shona Murray @shonamurray.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
This is an absolutely must-read by Justine McCarthy. Catherine Connolly’s continuing association with Clare Daly and Mick Wallace is troubling www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Justine McCarthy: Catherine Connolly must unhitch her presidential wagon from Clare Daly and Mick Wallace
Idealists are not naive by definition but, when they are, they are ripe for exploitation as propaganda stooges
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Marta Maziarz @martamaziarz.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
1/ 🧵 How to protect declining forest birds? Studies from near-pristine habitats can help us answer this question. My keynote talk #BOUatEOU presents findings from our long-term bird studies in the primeval Białowieża Forest (BF) 🇵🇱 #openaccess paper👉 doi.org/10.3161/0001... #ornithology
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Patrick Gleeson @patrickgleeson.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
After spending some time in East Mayo back in May, a highlight was exploring some of the woodland along the shore of Lough Cullin. It was very uplifting to wander along this wild shoreline and see Bilberry above knee height and even the most palatable tree species regenerating.
An Aspen (Populus tremula) sucker free from herbivore pressure.Cirsium dissectum (Meadow Thistle) on the shore of Lough Cullin.
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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The main barriers to nature restoration are a lack of political leadership & a lack of vision. Denmark lack neither. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Ambitious Denmark project starts farm-to-forest conversion
In December 2024, Denmark embarked on an ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions and restore 250,000 hectares (617,763 acres) or almost 6% of the country into forested area. One local initiative is aff...
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Patrick Gleeson @patrickgleeson.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
A wild and structurally diverse island in contrast to the surrounding land.
Lobelia dortmanna (Water Lobelia) in the shallows
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Patrick Gleeson @patrickgleeson.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
A Hairy Wood Ant (Formica lugubris) nest under Juniper in Killarney NP. A healthy nest with strong foraging trails fanning out into the surrounding woodland. Part of an ongoing project to map this species in Co. Kerry.
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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
1st Irish record of the newly described bryophilous ascomycete Endoantria benetecta on its host Lejeunea patens from the temperate rainforest at Correl Glen, West Fermanagh Known only from Scotland & Wales; this marks the first for Ireland - our rainforests support untold diversity #fungifriends
The fungus in orange living within the developing sporophyte in the perianthA lush temperate rainforest with trees covered in mosses and ferns
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