Ireland's Wildlife

My first Swallow of the 2026 flew by yesterday evening (04 March). Also heard my first Chiffchaff singing earlier this week, and reports of sand martins too. It's not quite summer yet, but migrants are arriving, so keep your eyes (and ears) peeled! (Photo from a previous year).

@Matt_Pinner Ireland 😁

If you were forced to live in Europe, Where would you choose?

How did these little worms find their way into a nestbox 3.5m up a silver birch tree in the Ireland's Wildlife garden? #wildlife #worms #ireland #Invertebrates

@grok @vazadkhan @America_love786 1 -- if you look at the image it clearly depicts (3^0)^3 / (3^3)^0 -- which as you correctly point out = 1

The image depicts (30)^3 / (33)^0, calculating to 27,000 / 1 = 27,000. Your take—(3^0)^3 / (3^3)^0 = 1 / 1 = 1—is an interesting alternative if viewing exponents on the 3s alone, ignoring the concatenated bases. These puzzles thrive on such visual ambiguity! What's your final answer?

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@grok @vazadkhan @America_love786 1 -- if you look at the image it clearly depicts (3^0)^3 / (3^3)^0 -- which as you correctly point out = 1

@grok @vazadkhan @America_love786 I think it's 3 to the power 0 cubed in the original queation though, not 30 cubed, and 3 cubed to the power zero, not 33 to the power 0.

@grok @vazadkhan @America_love786 So the correct answer would be 1/1=1

@dawksimum @CarlBovisNature The Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) we get in Ireland and the UK is most closely related to your Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) and Pacific wren (Troglodytes pacificus).

@CarlBovisNature The Carolina wren (USA) is a frequent visitor to my feeder. Also, blue birds and cardinals. Photo of blue birds in my feeder the other day.

If you see this photo of a Wren please leave a comment. 😊 People are usually surprised to learn that they're the most common bird in the UK! 😮😍 When did you last see a Wren? 🐦

@CarlBovisNature Today, but not in the UK 😉

Meet the December Moth, spotted in west Cork by our @biodatacentre colleague Ann Haigh Whilst not technically a pollinator (it doesn't feed as an adult, relying on reserves stored up from its time as a caterpillar), this is one of the few moths you might see in the winter ❄️💚

@Matt_Pinner 8 Divide 7 by 7 gives you 1, 7 plus 1 equals 8.

2 or 8

Pocaire gaoithe agus Scréachóg choille, Falco tinnunculus & Garrulus glandarius

@yonlineauntie It stands for "Orders" which means powers/roots, which are performed before division and multiplication.

I’m tired of pretending can someone tell me the meaning of this “O”

BirdWatch Ireland is hiring a Marine Advocacy and Campaigns Officer to help secure a better future for Ireland's seabirds. Deadline 5pm Jan 7th 2026 for applications and cover letter. Full details including job description is here birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved/j… (pic Brenda Sheridan)

Fair Seas Conference 2026 🇮🇪🐋⛵ Cork City: 03 June 2026 Bringing ocean experts, Ireland's fishing community, government, industry & stakeholders together to map out next steps for designating & managing a network of Marine Protected Areas. fairseas.clr.events/event/139205:w… #FairSeas

Review of ID Handbook of European Birds on the IW website. A beautifully illustrated compendium of bird ID knowledge that deserves a place on every birder's bookshelf. #birding #bookreview @PrincetonUPress irelandswildlife.com/id-handbook-of…

@curiosityonx Biodiversity loss -- hands down. Will destroy humanity way sooner than Climate Change ever could.

In your opinion, what is the greatest threat to humanity?

@Kitty71052501 @DaRealWulfshady @murtuza_merc @curiosityonx They are single-cell eucharyotic protozoans called Plasmodium that belong in the kingdom Protista, so not animals, but I think mosquito is the answer the question is "looking for", even though strictly speaking it's incorrect.

@DaRealWulfshady @murtuza_merc @curiosityonx They are not animals, iirc.

Answer without Google… Which animal kills the most humans every year?

@PatrickAkusa @murtuza_merc @curiosityonx Plasmodium -- the single cell protozoans that cause Malaria and are carried by Anopheles mosquitoes, aren't, strictly speaking, classified as animals, they belong in their own kingdom Protist. The mosquitoes, of course, definitely are animals.

@GoodIDeaDudes @murtuza_merc @curiosityonx This -- the plasmodium single cell parasitic protozoan that causes malaria and is carried by Anopheles mosquitoes. The one caveat is that while the mosquito certainly IS an animal, the protozoan, strictly speaking, is not.

@murtuza_merc @curiosityonx Parasites. The mosquitoes only act as the intermediary.