Patrick Gleeson

Aspens, glacial erratics, and lateral moraines at Green Creek #monocounty #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #easternsierra #sierra #sierranevada

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...

"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...

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...

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

Now available on youtube!
#FungiFriends #WildPlantDisease

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marsh tit, www.garthpeacock.co.uk

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.
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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

Big day

First Iveragh Woodlands EIP operational group meeting.

Farmer- hunter - forester - ecologist dream team!!

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.

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#ferns #botany #filmyferns

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

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.
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Calling all #woodant researchers and stakeholders in Ireland !

🐜 Join the All Ireland Wood Ant Network

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Patrick Gleeson @patrickgleeson.bsky.social with poster 'The Future of Wood Ants in Ireland' at the Irish Entomologist's Meeting

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

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?

Sorbus scannelliana, S. anglica & S. rupicola from Killarney National Park recently
##WildflowerHour

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

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."

Manchán 🕯️

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.

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.

An insatiable thirst for cheap, ready-to-build furniture has been linked to illegal logging of protected areas and assassinations of forest defenders.

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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.

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.

Sequoia sempervirens (Coast redwood) resprouting epicormically after a high-intensity fire

Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia) with a fire scar in the base from a surface fire

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!
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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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translucent Light Emerald moth Campaea margaritata resting on underside of Ash leaf, Buckfastleigh, Devon

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.

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...

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!

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

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.

One of my old haunts I used to visit a lot when I was younger. There are some impressive old oaks hidden among the conifers there.

Crab apple at the foot of na beanna beola, first time for me seeing it in Conamara and what a beauty of an example