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🌏Due to boat engine issues there was a little delay in getting our Sanctuary Runners Ireland tops to the island of Malaita in the Solomon Islands But today we woke to see this amazing picture! Thank you so much to our friends there for being part of #GlobalRun2024 #Solidarity #Respect

This little video of me walking through the turlough in the Burren National Park has gone a bit viral over on tiktok. Bit of a shock to the system vm.tiktok.com/ZGdRVSCWd/

(AL) The #IrishGardenBirdSurvey is back, & we want YOU to take part. Join Ireland’s longest-running citizen science survey this Nov 25 & help us understand how bird populations are faring. IGBS is kindly sponsored by Ballymaloe. Learn more: birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/surve…

Looking for a new Chair for this unique voluntary group # restoration # nature positive #valuing nature .. a very rewarding role for the right person ..

My heart is full! Cheering Irish Life Dublin Marathon today was good for the soul. Well done to everyone who took part, crossed the line & came out to support! 🤩It was just unreal to see so many friends from Sanctuary Runners Ireland Sanctuary Runners Dublin 🩵🤩🥳

Trout fodder for Wandering Aengus? Fruiting trees native to wooded lakeshore at #Hazelwood, Sligo: Yew (Taxus baccata)-Druidic symbol of immortality; fairytale Spindle (Euonymus europaeus); Holly (Ilex aquifolium), pagan King of the winter forest #wildflowerhour #WBYeats #fruits

Great to see another 12 Farming For Nature ambassadors join the network of farmers demonstrating the possibility for nature and food systems across a diverse range of farming and rural enterprises. Diversity, resilience, progressive and innovative youtu.be/IrOat9bLPg0?si…

We're so proud of and delighted for Hiko Tonosa who was one of our first Sanctuary Runners in Dublin and trained while living in DP 👏👏👏 irishtimes.com/sport/athletic…

I finally got out to the waxcap fields in Cullohill Mountains but it was a Coral fungus that stole the limelight for me: my first ever Violet Coral, I think it is pretty rare in Ireland, but it is such a good grassland fungi site! #MushroomMonday Irish Grassland Fungi (IGF) Maria Long

When it comes to Winter colour,#bogs #wetlands are where it's at.

After scouring every sand dune for what-feels-like-forever I’ve finally found the Dune Waxcap (Hygrocybe conicoides) in a south Cornwall dune. What a beautiful creature, well worth the wait!

Now is a great time to go in search of #Waxcap #Fungi in #GreatIrishGrasslands 😀🍄 ... and don't forget the #free guide to Irish #grassland fungi downloadable here: greatirishgrasslands.ie/learn-more-abo… Image is of the beautiful species the #BallerinaWaxcap by Clare Blair Sealey in UK

Out doing peat depths in the eastern Sperrins and finally got to see one of the best bits of bog in the country, incredible pool systems! ⁦Ulster Wildlife⁩ ⁦IUCN UK Peatlands⁩ #sperrins #peatlands #bog

Great to welcome the Sanctuary Runners Ireland gang participating and volunteering with us this morning. #loveparkrun

Brushing away the excess gold leaf

Yesterday was really special... amazing light and warmth. (See below) Today?! Looking grey so far! #Burren #LongTermExperiments

Delighted to see and hear about Irelands new statutory instrument on Invasive Alien Species SI 374/2024 .. strong enforcement of this needed to deal with Invasive Alien Species on the Island of Ireland with National Parks and Wildlife Service Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 🎉☘️☘️☘️

The weird & wonderful Hazel gloves #fungi in #Donegal

Meadowsweet + meadowsweet. Digitally printed velvet - an image I took of flowers growing along the roadside on Mull. Teamed with a plant-dyed linen lining of local meadowsweet that I gathered and dyed this summer.

Sun rise, coming out of Mullaghmore harbour. County Sligo, Ireland.