Volume 42: Lansdown and Green provide an update on the identity of non-native Arrowhead (Sagittaria) populations in County Cork. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Botany

Volume 42: Power et al. present a critical review and updated checklist of the Irish ladybird fauna. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Entomology

Volume 42: Aidan O Hanlon presents The Formicidae of Ireland: An updated checklist of native and exotic ant species. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Entomology

Volume 42: Smyth et al. Present a survey of the biodiverse urban wildlife sanctuary ‘The Grove’, plant and bird species recorded, their interactions and current threats and pressures. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Botany #Ornithology

Volume 42: Winkler et al. highlight the value and potential of land-based whale watching: the example of the Iveragh peninsula. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Marine

Volume 42: Minchin et al. investigate fouling on small North Atlantic drift seeds on a Kerry Beach. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Botany #Marine

Volume 42: Kane and Sweeney examine Water boatmen (Corixidae) in County Cork: species, habitats and use in biological water quality assessment. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Entomology

Volume 42: Roden et al. review old maps and new records of Killarney Fern, Beech Fern and filmy ferns in the Slieve Aughty Mountains. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #INJCentenary #Botany #Pteridology

Volume 42: Ryan et al. reveal the scale of Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) fishing in Ireland from 1947–1987. Read more—subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #INJCentenary #Zoology #Sharks #BaskingShark #Science

Volume 42 – Stephen Heery explores Ronald Mathias Lockley (1903-2000) in Ireland: naturalist and islandman. Subscribe: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #INJCentenary #Zoology #Ornithology # History #Science

Volume 42 – Montgomery & Reid describe the First record of Greater White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura russula) in Northern Ireland. Subscribe: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #INJCentenary #Zoology #Mammalogy # InvasiveSpecies #Science

Volume 42 – Brian Nelson, INJ Sectional Editor, Entomology, reviews the species described as new to science in the 100 years of the Irish Naturalists’ Journal . Subscribe: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #INJCentenary #Zoology #Entomology #Science

📖 Volume 42 – Nigel Monaghan, INJ Editor, reflects on The Irish Naturalists’ Journal 1925–2025, celebrating 100 years of Irish natural history publishing. Subscribe: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #INJCentenary #Nature #Science

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Volume 41 – Markey et al. investigate Alpine Newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris) using farmland troughs in an agricultural landscape in Ireland. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Amphibians #InvasiveSpecies

Volume 41 – Levesque et al. share strandings records from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group for 2023. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Cetaceans

🎄 Volume 41 ⛄ – Ryan and Foote solve a decades old mystery: Matched images of a lone Killer Whale in the Foyle Estuary in 1977 gives clues to its origins and fate. Subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org 🎁 #IrishNaturalistsJournal #HappyChristmas #Zoology #Orca #Orca #KillerWhale

Volume 41 – Adriano Pittini reveals a specimen of Merocanites subapplanatus, an extinct ammonoid cephalopod from the Carboniferous of Co. Dublin. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #fossil #cephalopod

Volume 41 – Eamonn O’Donnell reports Chrysocharis purpurea, a sawfly parasitoid new to Ireland. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Wasps

Volume 41 – Aidan O’Hanlon explores Irish exotic ants: a checklist, and a historical first interception of the New York Carpenter Ant (Camponotus novaeboracensis) in Dublin . For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Ants

Volume 41 – Power and Hamilton report the discovery of Notoxus monoceros an ant-like flower beetle new to Ireland, from Co. Kerry. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Beetles

Volume 41 – Gammell and O’Brien report the First record of the Thrift Clearwing moth (Pyropteron muscaeformis) from Co. Galway. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Moths

🪲 Freshwater Insects of Ireland - Join Dr Helen James, Senior Curator at National Museums NI and Belfast Naturalists Field Club for a special INJ Centenary talk! 📅 Tues 11 Nov 2025, 7:30 pm 📍 Ulster Museum (Lecture Theatre) or online 💻 Bookings: [email protected] #INJCentenary

Volume 41 – Ciarán Byrne reports on Microterys seyon, a parasitoid wasp new to Ireland from Co. Carlow, and comments on the genus . For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Wasps

Volume 41 – Byrne and Clarke report on Tropidosteptes pacificus, a mirid bug new to Ireland from counties Carlow and Antrim. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Insects

🪲 Freshwater Insects of Ireland - Join Dr Helen James, Senior Curator at National Museums NI and Belfast Naturalists Field Club for a special INJ Centenary talk! 📅 Tues 11 Nov 2025, 7:30 pm 📍 Ulster Museum (Lecture Theatre) or online 💻 Bookings: [email protected] #INJCentenary

Volume 41 – Power et al. report on Nephus quadrimaculatus a ladybird new to Ireland from Counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Ladybirds

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: [email protected]

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 #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Invasives

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 #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Springtails

🌿 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: [email protected]

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 #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Botany

🌿 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 #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Botany #Orchids

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

🌿 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 #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Botany

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 #IrishNaturalistsJournal

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 #IrishNaturalistsJournal #AquaticPlants #PlantHybrids

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 #IrishNaturalistsJournal #IrishBees #AllIrelandPollinatorPlan

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