Irish Naturalists Journal

Volume 41 – Spaans et al. report on the Bark Beetles Pityogenes trepanatus new to Ireland and records of Polygraphus poligraphus. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology

🌿 Celebrate 100 years of the Irish Naturalists’ Journal! Join Dr Rory Hodd & the Irish Bryophyte Group for a bryophyte walk/talk in Killarney NP, Sun 12 Oct 2025, 10:30–13:30. Free but booking essential: christina.campbell@opw.ie

Volume 41 – Joshua Clarke shares notes on two recently-established non-native harvestmen in Ireland: Platybunus pinetorum and Opilio canestrinii. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Invasives

Volume 41 – Rosell et al. report an observation of predation of the invasive New Zealand Flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus) by a larva of the Black Snail Beetle (Phosphuga atrata). For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

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Volume 41 – Power and Doherty report on Bilobella braunerae, a springtail new to Ireland from Counties Wicklow and Tipperary. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

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🌿 Celebrate 100 years of the Irish Naturalists’ Journal! Join Dr Rory Hodd & the Irish Bryophyte Group for a bryophyte walk/talk in Killarney NP, Sun 12 Oct 2025, 10:30–13:30. Free but booking essential: christina.campbell@opw.ie

Volume 41 – Ciarán Flynn reports Sphagnum platyphyllum and Sarmentypnum sarmentosum in a flush on the Cooley Mountains, Co. Louth. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Botany

Volume 41 – Daunt et al. examine a Historic algal herbarium at University College Cork, part of the of the original Queen’s College Cork (QCC)/University College Cork (UCC) herbarium. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Marine #Algae #Seaweed

Volume 41 – Patrick Smiddy looks at the Thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) in the East Cork flora. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

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🌿 Calling all naturalists! The Irish Naturalists’ Journal 2025 Grant offers funding up to €2,500 for fieldwork, research, publications & more. Apply by 5 pm, Monday 13 October 2025. Full details & application form: irishnaturalistsjournal.org/inj-grant/

Volume 41 – Thomas Ennis reports the presence of A bee orchid Ophrys apifera forma chlorantha at a site in Co. Down. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

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Volume 41 – James Fox investigates the presence of Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) in newly sown commercial grass crops. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

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🌿 Join Irish Wildlife Trust Kerry on Aug 19, 6:30–7:30pm at Killarney Library for a talk by Ger Scollard marking 100 years of the Irish Naturalist’s Journal. Explore Kerry’s historic records & early botanical explorers. Info 👉 www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin... #INJCentenary

Discover Donegal’s early natural historians! 🌿 Join us Sat 23 Aug 2025 for short talks on D. Stewart (geology), H. Hart (botany), & M. Delap (zoology). Part of the #INJCentenary. Free event -book here: www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...

Volume 41 – Eoin Mc Greal reports on Large-flowered Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora) and Green-flowered Helleborine (Epipactis phyllanthes) in Co. Mayo . For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

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Volume 41 – Aidan O Hanlon reviews Historical records of ant species from the Killarney Region, and additional Irish ant records from the entomological collections of Edwin F. Bullock (1879 – 1965). For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

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Volume 41 – Devery and Lucey look at Lanceolate Pondweed (Potamogeton × lanceolatus Sm.) in Offaly and Tipperary. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

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Volume 41 – Nelson et al. provide a critical update to the checklist of Irish bees, with the corrected checklist containing 103 species. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

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On June 28, B.N.F.C. celebrated the Irish Naturalists’ Journal’s centenary with an orchid hunt in Co. Antrim. Judy Meharg spotted the first Bee Orchid! Five orchid species and some hybrids were recorded on a great day in the field. #INJCentenary

Volume 41 – Patrick Smiddy examines the distribution of the invasive seaweed Agarophyton vermiculophyllum (Gracilaria vermiculophylla) in Cork and Waterford. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #InvasiveSpecies

Volume 41 – Darren Ellis looks at Vegetation community classification to infer protected habitat extent in a turlough Special Area of Conservation in the West of Ireland. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Turlough #NPWS

Volume 41 – Richard Nairn explores the life and many achievements Richard John Ussher (1841-1913): ornithologist and speleologist. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Ornithology #Speleology #IrishNaturalHistory

Join Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club & the INJ this Saturday to mark 100 yrs since the first Antrim Bee Orchid record and the first volume of INJ!

📅 10:30am, 28th June
📍 Coast Road Car Park, Glenarm
🔎 Led by BSBI’s - David McNeil

📩 Bookings: Helen.James@nationalmuseumsni.org

#INJCentenary

Volume 41 – Ryan et al. explore Twentieth-century whaling of Minke Whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) around Ireland until 1977. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal # MinkeWhale # Whaling #Cetaceans #SAMS

🌸 Bee Orchid Hunt 🌸

Join Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club & the INJ to mark 100 yrs since the first Antrim record in 1925.

📅 10:30am, 28th June 2025
📍 Coast Road Car Park, Glenarm
🔎 Led by BSBI’s Antrim Recorder - David McNeil

📩 Bookings: Helen.James@nationalmuseumsni.org

#INJ100 #BeeOrchid

Volume 41 – Ratnieks et al. present the results of a Follow-On Survey of the Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) in the East Coast of Ireland, Autumn 2023. For subscription details and access to Volume 41, visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Entomology #UniversityofSussex #UCD

A #BiodiversityWeek field outing to Ardnamona Woodland NR was enjoyed by all 🌿 Ralph Sheppard (BSBI) led us in the footsteps of Henry Chichester Hart and Robert Lloyd Praeger on a commemorative walk marking 100 years of the Irish Naturalists' Journal. #INJCentenary

#BiodiversityWeek in Glenveagh. Emer Magee (NPWS & INJ) presented on the Irish Naturalists’ Journal in its Centenary year to a network incl. NPWS, Coillte, LawPro, ACRES, LIFE, ATU, ETB & Donegal CC. #INJCentenary

🌿 Celebrate 100 Years of Natural History! 🌿
Join Dr. Darren Reidy for a tour of the National Botanic Gardens as part of the INJ Centenary Year. Explore how our understanding of Ireland’s plants and animals has evolved over the past century.

📅 24th & 26th May

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INJ Volume 41 - Irish Naturalists' Journal The Irish Naturalists’ Journal Volume 41 (published 21 December 2024, print circulation March 2025) Ratnieks, F., Kirwan, M., O’Connell, D., Willans, J.M. and Jones, J.C. Survey of the Ivy Bee…

Paid up INJ subscribers already have their copy of Volume 41. If you want to see what you are missing for as little as £25/€29 a year, there's a full contents listing of the 167 page issue here: irishnaturalistsjournal.org/back-issues/... #wildlife #nature