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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 1d

Another great turnout for this months Green Drinks event, cheers to all who joined us!

@david-smyth-eco.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @bkollmann.bsky.social @stevil-weevil.bsky.social

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 2d

VENUE CHANGE ! We've had to change the location for tomorrow's Green Drinks to the Dew Drop Inn (upstairs).

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 29d

The next Galway Green Drinks is Oct 14! We're excited to have Dr. Nóirín Burke & Dr. Maria Vittoria Marra from Galway Atlantaquaria speak about ocean literacy and the multiple ways they foster it through their work in the aquarium. Register: eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1685827217589

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Jennifer Hetzel @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social · 3d

Another fun (but exhausting) weekend in a native Irish woodland! 💪🏽

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 3d

Great weekend clearing rhododendron from coill gleann dá loch again. Lots of progress made with another 1.7 acres cleared. Thanks to everyone who came out @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @bkollmann.bsky.social @stevil-weevil.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 3d

Great weekend clearing rhododendron from coill gleann dá loch again. Lots of progress made with another 1.7 acres cleared. Thanks to everyone who came out @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @bkollmann.bsky.social @stevil-weevil.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social

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Donncha Ó Catháin @donncha-oc.bsky.social · 3d

Nice afternoon of botanising in Sliabh Aughty, Co. Clare. Highlights - a new site for gametophyte of Killarney fern and 2nd county record for Polystichum x bicknellii (hybrid between P. aculeatum and P. setiferum) Need to confirm ID of latter but it seem to fit the description 🤞

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 8d

A reminder that our next Green Drinks is in one week! Hope to see you there.

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 29d

The next Galway Green Drinks is Oct 14! We're excited to have Dr. Nóirín Burke & Dr. Maria Vittoria Marra from Galway Atlantaquaria speak about ocean literacy and the multiple ways they foster it through their work in the aquarium. Register: eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1685827217589

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Jennifer Hetzel @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social · Sep 16

Had fun working with the @rhodorangers.bsky.social over the weekend to tackle invasive rhodo in Connemara!

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Sep 15

A long weekend of slow work digging up regrowth from old stumps and seedlings while getting stung by bees and drenched in the odd downpour at our first site in Corr Uí Mhongáin..... mostly done here but some giant rhubarb will eventually need seeing to

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Jennifer Hetzel @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social · 28d

Registration is live for our next Green Drinks! 🙌🏽

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 29d

The next Galway Green Drinks is Oct 14! We're excited to have Dr. Nóirín Burke & Dr. Maria Vittoria Marra from Galway Atlantaquaria speak about ocean literacy and the multiple ways they foster it through their work in the aquarium. Register: eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1685827217589

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 29d

The next Galway Green Drinks is Oct 14! We're excited to have Dr. Nóirín Burke & Dr. Maria Vittoria Marra from Galway Atlantaquaria speak about ocean literacy and the multiple ways they foster it through their work in the aquarium. Register: eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1685827217589

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Sep 15

Coill baile na hInse ansin inné, obair agus aimsir don nádúr chéanna ach níor stop sé sin muid

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Sep 15

A long weekend of slow work digging up regrowth from old stumps and seedlings while getting stung by bees and drenched in the odd downpour at our first site in Corr Uí Mhongáin..... mostly done here but some giant rhubarb will eventually need seeing to

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David Smyth 🦇🌳 @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social · Sep 15

Don't know why its so hard to recruit volunteers these days.....

Snapshot Galway started again yesterday- 20 cameras for 2 months in the windswept valleys!

@irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social

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Jennifer Hetzel @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social · Sep 12

This was such a fun event, so glad I got to represent the @rhodorangers.bsky.social !

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Sep 12

Last night @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social presented Galway Green Drinks at the Galway Climate Inspirations Festival's Giob Geab event. Each participant had 5 minutes to talk about their project, using 5 slides and mainly images. It was great learning about all the incredible work being done in Galway!

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Sep 12

Last night @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social presented Galway Green Drinks at the Galway Climate Inspirations Festival's Giob Geab event. Each participant had 5 minutes to talk about their project, using 5 slides and mainly images. It was great learning about all the incredible work being done in Galway!

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Sep 10

The health and integrity of a habitat is crucial to its resilience against invasive species such as Rhododendron as demonstrated by the lack of rhododendron present in this very wet blanket bog in Coill mór, Conamara vs old conifer plantation (which would have been drained). Pics from same spot

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Sep 10

Well done @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social for organising this new hit in Galway city!

Jennifer Hetzel @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social · Sep 10

Another successful Green Drinks event in the books! Thanks to all who attended

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Galway Green Drinks last night! We had another great talk by Janet Laffey from LAWPRO. Join us every second Tuesday for networking and informative talks!

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Galway Green Drinks last night! We had another great talk by Janet Laffey from LAWPRO. Join us every second Tuesday for networking and informative talks!

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Jennifer Hetzel @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social · Aug 20

Join the @rhodorangers.bsky.social at our next #greendrinks event to learn about local water quality!

@david-smyth-eco.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Aug 20

We're excited to announce our Sept speaker, Janet Laffey w/ the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO)! Janet will speak a/b the work they do to protect regional waterways & their citizen science initiatives. Register @ eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1605670125569?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Aug 20

We're excited to announce our Sept speaker, Janet Laffey w/ the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO)! Janet will speak a/b the work they do to protect regional waterways & their citizen science initiatives. Register @ eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1605670125569?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Jennifer Hetzel @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social · Aug 17

Another great day fighting the rhodo invasion in beautiful Conamara!

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Aug 17

The monthly visits continued yesterday with a nice breeze to keep the midges away. An-bhuíoch don slua a tháinig amach don lá @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social @dermotbreen.bsky.social @stevil-weevil.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Aug 17

The monthly visits continued yesterday with a nice breeze to keep the midges away. An-bhuíoch don slua a tháinig amach don lá @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social @dermotbreen.bsky.social @stevil-weevil.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thanks to everyone who joined us Tuesday night for our monthly #greendrinks event! We're thrilled with the turnout and connections being made.

A big thanks also to David Foy, who gave a great presentation about the EU Nature Restoration Law and what it means for Ireland.

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Aug 7

Another old woodland we last worked at last year (baile na hInse) where some of our (professionally trained) volunteers treated this monster 0.5 acre thicket of rhodo. Glad to see that about 90-95% of it is without foliage. We'll be going back to this site in September to carry out follow up work

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Aug 5

Update re yew seedlings (three of which found to date) - they have been given temporary protection considering the relative rareness of wild yew

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · Aug 5

Have you registered for our next #GreenDrinks event? It's a great way to meet others doing important environmental work, and we'll have a great speaker on the night. Contact @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social or @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social for more info and register here:

eventbrite.com/e/galway-gre...

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