As demanded by absolutely no-one, here are all the posts I have done this month on species extinct in Ireland since the coming of humanity….
Extinct in Ireland: September 1st, the sturgeon
Extinct in Ireland: September 2, the wolf
Extinct in Ireland, September 3. The Capercaillie
Extinct in Ireland, September 4th, the Bittern
Extinct in Ireland, September 5th, the Barberry Carpet Moth – last seen in Clonmel!
Extinct in Ireland: September 6th, Perkin’s Mining Bee (Andrena rosae)
Extinct in Ireland, September 7th, the Corn Bunting
Extinct in Ireland, September 8th, Triple Spotted Clay Moth (Xestia ditrapezium)
Extinct in Ireland, September 9th, Black-necked Grebe
Extinct in Ireland, September 10th, the Great Auk
Extinct in Ireland, September 11th. Meadow Saxifrage
Extinct in Ireland September 12th – Spiral Chalk Moss (Pterygoneurum lamellatum)
Extinct in Ireland, September 13th – Lapidary snail, Heligonica lapicida
Extinct in Ireland, September 14th, The Diminutive Diver (Bidessus minutissimus)
Extinct in Ireland, September 15th, The Beautiful Moss Beetle, Hydraena pulchella
Extinct in Ireland, September 16th, the wild boar
Extinct in Ireland, September 17th, Pheasant’s Eye (Adonis annua)
Extinct in Ireland, September 18th – the Osprey
Extinct in Ireland, September 19th, Spotted crake
Extinct in Ireland, 20th September, the Woodlark
Extinct in Ireland, September 21st – the red squirrel
Extinct in Ireland, September 22nd – the purple sea urchin -Paracentrosus lividus
Extinct in Ireland, September 23rd, the North Atlantic right whale
Extinct in Ireland, September 25th, the mud pond snail, Omphiscola glabra
Extinct in Ireland, September 26th, Large copper (Lycaena Dispar)
Extinct in Ireland, September 27th – Small mountain ringlet (Erebia epiphron)
Extinct in Ireland, September 28th – the golden eagle
Extinct in Ireland, September 29th, the Lynx
Extinct in Ireland, September 30th, the crane
Séamus Sweeney 