Botanist, bryologist and ecologist from Co. Down. Tá Gaedhlig agam. Woodland ecology, oceanic biogeography and pollinators. newrywildlife.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mle72kwwzs2aEarly-purple orchid, bulbous buttercup, Ivy-leaved crowfoot and glaucous sedge along an ancient pathway in Moygannon, Rostrevor Co. Down (H38) All new tetrads! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social08 May 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle72kwwzs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mkb7jh5xe22aKillarney Fern (Vandenboschia speciosa) from a wooded glen in Co. Tyrone today. Gametophyte being locally frequent forming colonies up to 1m^2. Sporophytes also present in ~relatively~ open conditions. What a treat! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social24 Apr 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb7jh5xe22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mjz4dj7kxs2hFrench Flowers (Paris/Lyon) 1. Luzula nivea 2. Salvia pratensis 3. Ornithogalum umbellatum 4. Sherardia arvensis21 Apr 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz4dj7kxs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mittlpllu227Ceratocapnos claviculata from Croslieve Mnt, South Armagh - the county’s only (known) population. Strangely such a rare plant in Ireland despite plenty of available habitat - one of those botanical mysteries again! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social06 Apr 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mittlpllu227https://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3miouf5kauc2cFew lovely liverworts up on Dá Fhiacail Mhóra in southern Gullion, co. Armagh. The striking Ptilidium ciliare at its only SE Ulster site growing with Marsupella emarginata, Scapania compacta and Bartramia pomoformis as an unusual bryophyte mat community on acidic rock @bbsbryology.bsky.social04 Apr 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3miouf5kauc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mih4hfh36k2uNice mixture of botanising in March. Exploring Rostrevor Oakwood for old toothwort records (no luck) but met some wych elms in the rocky/mossy woodland Peatlands Park, Co. Armagh is home (unfortunately) to the pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea), although it is very cool and they were full of bugs!01 Apr 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mih4hfh36k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mi5g2znfu22sBoth Hymenophyllum species growing together on Sliabh gCuillinn summit, Co. Armagh (H37) in the scree. Associated with liverwort Plagiochila spinulosa, the 1st rec for the mountain. Nice to see some fir clubmosses too. #botany #ireland #filmyferns28 Mar 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5g2znfu22shttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mh6jbwzqz22qMarchesinia mackaii from south Co. Down growing on the ancient tropical seabed geology - new site record and the 1st record for the county since the 1930s it seems! Neckera complanata in association and a new hectad for that too, more used to seeing it on trees @bbsbryology.bsky.social #bryology16 Mar 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6jbwzqz22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mgk5swoiks2zNow found in 5 Irish counties as of yesterday from Cos. Louth/Armagh and this marks the first for the east coast! Phenologically has been recorded In July, September, October and March #fungifriends #ireland #bryology #liverwort [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Mar 2026 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgk5swoiks2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mfmxirrf5s22Asplenium ceterach recorded from an old mortared wall in north Co. Louth (H32) - last recorded in this vicinity in 1966!24 Feb 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmxirrf5s22https://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mfkeplenr22sPlenty of Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. rotundifolia from a wet woodland of this west Monaghan lake - last years flowering spikes can still be seen. A very scarce species in Ireland!23 Feb 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkeplenr22shttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mfcmer6wsc2bToday’s lunchtime walk: Butterbur, spindle, young giant hogweed and Carex pendula tufts Things are starting to stir, botanically!20 Feb 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcmer6wsc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mf7goqm2zc23This week as part of the NI Botanical Skills Project we had three days of Conifer ID with Charles Shier at Castlewellan Arboretum. We covered 20 species likely to be seen as either a native, naturalised or ornamental. A lot of homework to do! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social19 Feb 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7goqm2zc23https://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mem5jlewws2oHappy to see my two unis Aberystwyth and Queen’s Belfast got through the first round of BUC! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mem5jlewws2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3meej3kjj4c27Porella platyphylla from the mortared walls of the promenade in Co. Louth. Appears to be a first for the Cooley Peninsula and the first record of the liverwort from the county in a few decades! @bbsbryology.bsky.social08 Feb 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3meej3kjj4c27https://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mcmln23ahs26Colura calyptrifolia on rowan and plentiful Hyocomium armoricum on granite boulders at Yellow Water, Rostrevor, Co. Down How amazing would this place be if it had some native woodland? Missed opportunity for restoration17 Jan 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcmln23ahs26https://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mbz2empocc24Thug mé cuairt Uaimh Thalún na Fionnaise agus Liagán Áine, Co. An Dúin inniú Tá an uaimh 29m ar fhad - iontach suntasach Bhí na radharcanna ó Liagán Áine dochreidte, agus na Beanna Boirche ó dheas. Ainmníodh é i ndéidh Bandia an tSamhraidh, Áine09 Jan 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbz2empocc24https://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mbmlw5jhpc26This is an amazing record if this rare fungi that is closely linked to temperate rainforest. Not before observed in the SE of Ireland!! Wow [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jan 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbmlw5jhpc26https://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3mba2gop7tc2jNew 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. @bsbiireland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #ferns #botany #filmyferns30 Dec 2025 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mba2gop7tc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3maxotjrgac2lDryopteris affinis s.s on my St Stephen’s Day walk yesterday. Every day is a good day for some fernology I am pretty confident with this one @bsbiireland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #ferns #botany27 Dec 2025 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3maxotjrgac2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmac00.bsky.social/post/3maguvcstms2cFontinalis squamosa from Bavan, Cooley Mountains, Co. Louth in upland boulder stream Doesn’t seem to be previously recorded from this region @bbsbryology.bsky.social20 Dec 2025 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:abvd3p3ptswcxiil5dqr2r62/app.bsky.feed.post/3maguvcstms2c