Jack Murphy

In some traditions, November’s #FullMoon is the Mourning Moon, and marks a time of reflection and release. Often the last full moon before the #WinterSolstice, it invites us to grieve what is lost, honour what has been & clear space for renewal in the year ahead. #WednesdayWisdom

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Yesterday (13/08), the National Parks and Wildlife Service confirmed a recent sighting & subsequent capture of an Asian Hornet (Vespa velutina) in the Cork area. More here➡️ tinyurl.com/yeepemrp Report Asian Hornet sightings➡️ tinyurl.com/m49yr9md

On #WorldBeeDay, we're delighted to launch a new, free online course: Managing Communities for Pollinators🐝 Everything you need to know about transforming your community for pollinators, from reduced mowing regimes to planting schemes Sign up here tinyurl.com/s6ajcpcc

In the second series of our Wildflower of Newmarket events celebrating nature, I'll be giving a talk this Saturday morning on creating nature habitats in your home garden or community setting. Come along if you're curious about how to begin this journey

Great talks today at the ITEN tree symposium at the very impressive Education, Conservation and Research centre at Fota wildlife park.

OVPLT held the first of a planned series of lunctime walks for staff yesterday. We were lucky to have the sun shining as @jdmurph73 led a tour around UCC's beautiful collection of trees and shrubs. Looking forward to part two already!

First of a series of lunchtime walks for @OVPLTUCC staff and friends was a guided stroll through the @UCC arboretum. @jdmurph73 gives a curatorial tour of our living treasures.

A great day spent with students at @SNPKanturk for their biodiversity day.

@aoifegranville @RTEOne A great programme. Well done to all involved.

Delighted to have been a participant in this series which begins this evening on @RTEOne at 6.30. Also recorded some songs for it (which I only remembered today 😬) It was recorded over the course of a year & will have great footage of festivals today as well as varied insights!

The meadow and no mow areas have all been cut. The cut material is left for 4 to 7 days for the seeds to drop. We are now in the process of raking off and removing all the cut material. This helps in reducing the fertility of the soil and an increase in diversity next year 🤞

Wonderful to open the garden sanctuary @GreenCampusUCC @UCC ! Huge thanks to our colleagues @CACSSS1 @uccsoc ! Creating a ‘hares corner’ for reflection and enquiry & learning!

UCC'S green campus is full of surprises. Discovered by Head Gardener @jdmurph73 last year, and confirmed again in same spot during fieldwork by Green Campus Greenshoots Coordinator Irene Ní Shúilleabháin this year: Nettle-leaved Bellflower. Rare and protected in Ireland.

Morus alba, white mulberry tree in fruit at the front of the South Lodge UCC.