Eugene Dunbar is a legend in Tyrrellspass, Westmeath - a retired teacher - he dedicates his days to protecting nature, includinghis local Cloncrow Bog. "We're standing on a history book" he says on the bog loop - telling us a story of who we are and where we've come from. vimeo.com/1196599847?s...

"Where the Curlew Call" our @tocharstories.bsky.social podcast begins - our changing relationship with the bogs, wetlands of Ireland open.spotify.com/show/5hj0Qcn...

"Where the Curlew Call" our @tocharstories.bsky.social podcast begins - our changing relationship with the bogs, wetlands of Ireland open.spotify.com/show/5hj0Qcn...

Delighted to find butterwort in bloom, another carnivorous bog special

Snow in May - it's a bumper bog cotton year

It's volunteer folk on the ground like Eugene who keep hope alive about our environment and climate. #spéirghorm

Eugene Dunbar is a legend in Tyrrellspass, Westmeath - a retired teacher - he dedicates his days to protecting nature, includinghis local Cloncrow Bog. "We're standing on a history book" he says on the bog loop - telling us a story of who we are and where we've come from. vimeo.com/1196599847?s...

It's one of the shortest podcast we've made for #Tóchar - but one of the most apt - Jane Clarke, poet, on her own changing relationship with the boglands soundcloud.com/athena-media...

It's one of the shortest podcast we've made for #Tóchar - but one of the most apt - Jane Clarke, poet, on her own changing relationship with the boglands soundcloud.com/athena-media...

Getting to know a new nature restoration wetlands and a new community working to protect nature www.cornafullamicroreserve.com Cornafulla in Roscommon - where the Bog Bothy finds a home in July and August #Lovebogs @communitywetlands.bsky.social #WhereTheCurlewCalls #TócharStories #Spéirghorm

The late Manchán Magan illustrating how a single paltry word in English has a rich tapestry of multiple words and meaning in Irish. A beautiful extract from his ‘Thirty Two Words for a Field’.

Marsh Marigold peeks out of the sparkling bog pool 💕 these sunny mornings so beautiful out in the wilderness @peatlandecr.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Loving this and missing his way with words - so many ways to describe a hole let alone the land emergencemagazine.org/essay/thirty.... #Spéirghorm

For those who need a hug this Monday....this little unfurling bracken fern has its arms outstretched 💕 @communitywetlands.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social

A life spent paying attention to nature - celebrating the volunteers who make nature and bog restoration happen www.tocharwetlands.ie/blog/hugh-sh... #Abbeyleix #Bogs @communitywetlands.bsky.social #spéirghorm

If you catch Luke Casserly's Distillation tour in June to August across Ireland and close to many of the boglandsw we're working in www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/dis... #LoveBogs #Midlands #raisedBogs

A life spent paying attention to nature - celebrating the volunteers who make nature and bog restoration happen www.tocharwetlands.ie/blog/hugh-sh... #Abbeyleix #Bogs @communitywetlands.bsky.social #spéirghorm

If you catch Luke Casserly's Distillation tour in June to August across Ireland and close to many of the boglandsw we're working in www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/dis... #LoveBogs #Midlands #raisedBogs

National Biodiversity is finally here! Check out the event the IPCC are hosting throughout the week 🐞🐛🌿 For more information visit www.ipcc.ie/events/ or biodiversityweek.ie

We're collecting first persons of life around our changing relationship with the boglands - from fuel to nature in many case - listen to these three, Hugh Shepherd from Laois, Luke Casserly from Longford, and the wonderful Gertie Murphy in Roscommon soundcloud.com/athena-media... #TócharStories

Annie Proulx has written a wonderful book about wetlands - "Fen, Bog & Swamp" here's a chat she did a few years back which captures so much of her passion for bogs, fens, swamps, marshes - the wetlands #LoveBogs www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl1-...

We've spent some time recently at Galway's Living Bog - Carrownagappul near Mountbellew - and had a chance to connect with Marie Gilmore, the guide there, and find out a little of her own story - growing up beside the boglands vimeo.com/1185122029 #LoveBogs @communitywetlands.bsky.social

Conserving the stories of people and their lives, in parallel with nature conservation, is how protecting heritage comes together for people, places and species Here's some of our audio podcast oral history stories soundcloud.com/athena-media...

A life in nature - the wonderful Hugh Shepherd, veteran volunteer in Abbeyleix Bog - still working away to support nature and wildlife into his 80s - a lifetime of paying attention #LoveBogs soundcloud.com/athena-media...

I love these posts .

My sphagnum cuspidatum macro 🤩

Hare's Tail Bog Cotton at Milltownpass bog, so dreamy.... @peatlandecr.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social

The unique and magical landscape of Galway's Living Bog www.tocharwetlands.ie/community-st... @tocharstories.bsky.social @athenamediaie.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social

Boglands around the world are considered wastelands and continue to be destroyed to make room for more “productive” land. With this ignorance, we lose some of the most beautiful, diverse, and innovative ecosystems-and one of our best climate allies. Please share and become a #BogChampion.

The carniverous sundews plants are waking up from winter slumber. Here in some sphagnum compactum #moss #bryophyte #drosera #sundew

youtube.com/watch?v=U9cz... Wild Arum or Lords & Ladies or Cuckoo Pint, a fascinating ancient plant species. The intelligence of plants is really extraordinary. Make yourself a cuppa and have a look,I'm honoured to be part of the filming team @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social

We've been working with Lanesborough Primary School in our creative bog storytelling - and artist Luke Casserly - who went to this school as a child - worked with the children on creative imagining and performance around nature and boglands #LoveBogs vimeo.com/1188788647?s...

Sphagnum subfulvum #moss ##bryophyte

Learning and imagining bogs in Longford #LoveBogs #TócharStories www.tocharwetlands.ie/blog/learnin...

Our latest audio story is a chat in Mountbellew, Galway at the Galway Living Bog with Marie Gilmore who works as a guide bringing adults and children to Carrownagappul Bog - she grew up there but has grown into a new understanding of the ancient magic of the bog soundcloud.com/athena-media...

Learning and imagining bogs in Longford #LoveBogs #TócharStories www.tocharwetlands.ie/blog/learnin...

Witnessed a special moment at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre today - dragonfly emergence! Larvae climb from the water, transform into teneral adults, and slowly harden their wings for first flight. Watch waterside plants in the coming weeks for more of these fascinating events. #lovebogs #dragonfly

The Wood Anemones are an indicator of ancient woodlands. So delicately beautiful, I was mesmerised by them in the late evening light at Syngefield, along the Camcor River 💕 @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social

Our latest audio story is a chat in Mountbellew, Galway at the Galway Living Bog with Marie Gilmore who works as a guide bringing adults and children to Carrownagappul Bog - she grew up there but has grown into a new understanding of the ancient magic of the bog soundcloud.com/athena-media...

Celebrating 26 years of community-led conservation in #Abbeyleix @athenamediaie.bsky.social www.tocharwetlands.ie/uncategorise...

Chatting with veteran bog volunteer Hugh Shepherd in Abbeyleix about a lifetime of paying attention - to nature. @tocharstories.bsky.social #LoveBogs

World Curlew Day takes place on Tuesday, the 21st of April this year, and to celebrate the day, the IPCC will be hosting a free "Bog Walk and Talk". The event will take place at 11am on the 21st of April, and we will meet at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre, Lullymore, Rathangan, Co. Kildare, R51 V293

I had the honour of visiting #Abbeyleix #Bog Project in October 2024 for research toward my book on #bogs and preservation. I interviewed Des Finnamore and and Garry Luttrell and toured the site with them. Listen to another volunteer. Here's Melissa Casey's story:

We ran into Melissa Casey, a macro phtographer on Abbeyleix Bog and captured a little of her story - how she moved from Australia and found a new home in the Midlands and fell in loved with its raised bogs. Melissa is a volunteer with the Abbeyleix Bog Project. #LoveBogs vimeo.com/1182733084?s...

We ran into Melissa Casey, a macro phtographer on Abbeyleix Bog and captured a little of her story - how she moved from Australia and found a new home in the Midlands and fell in loved with its raised bogs. Melissa is a volunteer with the Abbeyleix Bog Project. #LoveBogs vimeo.com/1182733084?s...

In the midst of an often angry world it's a joy to spend time with community volunteer workers doing their best everyday to make a positive difference in the world - and secure a better future for all #Nature #Climate

A tiniest little Devil's Matchstick lichen surrounded and sheltered by its Matchstick family ❤️ tiny worlds within worlds... @communitywetlands.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social @scohaboybog.bsky.social

Chatting with veteran bog volunteer Hugh Shepherd in Abbeyleix about a lifetime of paying attention - to nature. @tocharstories.bsky.social #LoveBogs