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Ellen Hutchins - a pioneering naturalist
Celebrating Women in Science - Sharing the story of Ellen Hutchins, Ireland's first female botanist (1785 - 1815)
Jane Sheehan
Dec 6, 20224 min read


Blanket bog plants
Learn about the fascinating plants that live on Iveragh's blanket bogs.
Calum Sweeney
Nov 11, 202212 min read


What is a blanket bog?
Learn about Iveragh's unique blanket bogs, how they shape the Irish landscape and are vitally important for biodiversity.
Calum Sweeney
Nov 11, 20228 min read


Decoding the science of plankton
Read about pioneer marine biologist Maude Delap and her study of the science of plankton
Jane Sheehan
Nov 7, 20226 min read


The green lawns got us thinking.
Bringing back meadows to a historic meteorological observatory. Calum Sweeney and Fiach Byrne Figure 1. Westwood house at Valentia...
Calum Sweeney
Jul 1, 20227 min read


An Introduction to Jellyfish
Jellyfish might not be the most charismatic ocean animals, but they are a natural and important part of life in the Celtic and Irish Sea
Jane Sheehan
Jun 17, 20225 min read


An introduction to plankton
Plankton refers to the multitudes of living creatures which drift and float throughout the oceans. Read all about this fascinating species.
Jane Sheehan
May 31, 20223 min read


Finding Maude Delap
I’ve always had a fascination with the strange and unknown. It’s what drew me to study marine biology. The fact that world’s oceans....
Jane Sheehan
Feb 9, 20226 min read


Bottlenose dolphin - Deilf bholgshrónach -Dolffin trwyn potel - Tursiops truncatus 
Thanks to the cult series ‘Flipper’, most people are familiar with bottlenose dolphins.
Christina Winkler & Leonie Schulz
Jan 5, 20222 min read


Minke whale - Droimeiteach beag - Morfil pigfain - Balaenoptera acutorostrata 
Minke whales are the smallest whale species in Irish waters, growing between 8.5 and 10m long. 
Christina Winkler
Dec 29, 20212 min read


Common dolphin - Deilf choiteann - Dolffin cyffredin – Delphinus delphis 
Probably one of the easiest dolphins to identify, common dolphins have a slender, streamlined body shape with a narrow beak.
Christina Winkler
Dec 22, 20212 min read


Cetaceans - Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises... 
... or in short – cetaceans – are marine mammals that have adapted to a life exclusively in the water.
Christina Winkler
Dec 15, 20212 min read


Fungi - a kingdom unto themselves
Late Autumn in Kerry is a rewarding time for the mushroom forager – winter chanterelles, hedgehog mushrooms and wood blewits among the...
Aoibheann Lambe
Nov 22, 20213 min read


Watching the seasons
As I sit down to write this, the COP26 climate summit is underway in Glasgow. Hundreds of diplomats from around the world have assembled - f
Calum Sweeney
Nov 15, 20213 min read


Discover Iveragh for Heritage Week 2021
Each year, Heritage Week kicks off on the third weekend of August and runs until the end of the following weekend. Many national and...
orlabreslin
Aug 6, 20214 min read


Red-billed Chough - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
By Fiach Byrne and Ben Porter Red-billed Chough - Cág cosdearg - Brân goesgoch - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax What does the name mean? The...
Knowledge Gatherers
Jun 3, 20214 min read


Eurasian Otter – Lutra lutra
Celebrating World Otter Day with otters from Ireland and Wales
Fiach Byrne
May 26, 20216 min read


My common lizard story
I still remember the very first time I saw a one. I was around 6 years old. It was on the little boreen next to my family home in Killarney.
Linda Lyne
Apr 15, 20217 min read


Local Environmental Knowledge of Iveragh Survey
Hi everyone! My name is Soli and I’m a researcher who specialises in Public Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS)
Soli Levi
Jan 13, 20211 min read
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