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Welcome to the Farm-Carbon project Twitter page. EPA Ireland funded project, co-funded by DAFM with Teagasc and FERS Ltd. Follow us as we investigate carbon stocks and sequestration in Irish hedgerows.

Yep, RDB plant Scrophularia umbrosa along the River Rye at Kilcock. Back to check the staminode BSBI Ireland, BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, Liam Lysaght,Ben Malone, Ciarán Byrne

On the down side, someone has stolen one of my Pettersson D500x bat ultrasound monitors from the same place

But on the upside a Kingfisher just flew past! BirdWatch Ireland, BirdsMatter_ie, Liam Lysaght,Oonagh Duggan

Identifying Yellow archangel. Do you know the difference? Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum is Variegated Archangel an innocent-looking but highly invasive #garden relative of the native Yellow archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon ). #gardening #plantID #wildflowers

In addition to a housing, climate and biodiversity crisis is a crisis regarding ecological integrity - connectivity and stepping stones. Connectivity cannot be forgotten Pippa Hackett, @saoirse_mchugh,@BrianLeddin, Liam Lysaght, Ian Lumley, Ferdia Marnell

And at the same spot Oonagh Duggan, Ben Malone, Ciarán Byrne, Ian Lumley, @saoirse_mchugh , Pippa Hackett, Liam Lysaght, BirdWatch Ireland, BirdsMatter_ie

Ministers meet Coillte CEO and Chair for update on forestry issues It has also been confirmed that Minister Pippa Hackett will be the Minister with direct responsibility for forestry matters in Government. 📍agriculture.gov.ie/press/pressrel…

EU Court of Auditors consistently raises serious concerns over #CAP supports re biodiversity: Agri-environment (2011) Greening (2017) Biodiversity (2020) #Pollinators (2020) #Biodiversity is dependent on farmers & farmland; CAP is single largest budget to support farm Biodiv.

Phantom Cranefly - so beautiful but so often overlooked!!! Ciarán Byrne, Ben Malone

463 toadlets released into the wild today. The tadpoles were rescued by NPWS staff from a drying pond in May and reared at Dingle Aquarium. #conservationinaction #natterjacks #dingleaquarium

Throwback to spending a year looking for this! Raphanus raphanistrum ssp raphhanistrum @npwsBioData, Biodiversity Ireland, Ciarán Byrne, Ben Malone

FPO Hypericum hirsutum population doing well @npwsBioData, BSBI Ireland, BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, Ben Malone, Biodiversity Ireland,Ciarán Byrne

Population along path in woodland struggling on despite heavy shade

... and before the heavens opened - I came across this Silver-washed Fritillary. A nice morning of fieldwork after a night of bat surveying - shattered!!! Liam Lysaght,Ben Malone,Biodiversity Ireland, Ciarán Byrne

Looking through some thermal images from bat surveys - that bull knew that fox was there without a thermal scope! This was from about 350 metres.

Section 5 referral to Cavan CoCo regarding drainage of wetland habitat re: peat extraction Niall Sargent 🕵️ , @saoirse_mchugh , Eamon Ryan, Friends of the Earth, Grace O'Sullivan, Pippa Hackett - this needs to be addressed in Parliamentary Questions please!

Our work on method to report of broad habitat types on individal farms, using remote approaches and ICT to enhance upscaling of the approach. with Pat Moran of FERS Ltd See map and pics of HNV farm, for example. scienceopen.com/document?vid=2… IJAFR