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Posted on September 30, 2018

All September’s #ExtinctinIreland posts in one handy page

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,…

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Posted on September 30, 2018September 22, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 30th, the crane

The final species I have selected for this month of Irish extinctions is the crane. The crane only went extinct in late medieval times, and features much in Irish poetry…

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Posted on September 26, 2018September 15, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 27th – Small mountain ringlet (Erebia epiphron)

From the Straffan Butterfly Farm page: The small mountain ringlet: A famous butterfly collector called Mr Edwin Birchall claimed to have collected a series of these butterflies halfway up Croagh…

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Posted on September 22, 2018September 12, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 22nd – the purple sea urchin -Paracentrosus lividus

One of the themes I have found emerging from my project of blogging about species extinct in Ireland since human habitation is how hidden much of this biodiversity loss is.…

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Posted on September 21, 2018September 11, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 21st – the red squirrel

OK, this entry in my September series of species rendered extinct in Ireland since human settlement here may cause many readers to do a double-take. The red squirrel? Extinct? But…

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Posted on September 20, 2018September 10, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, 20th September, the Woodlark

From Pádraic Fogarty‘s Whittled Away: Woodlark Formerly common along the Eastern counties, it had disappeared as a breeding bird by the start of the twentieth century. Gerald Manley Hopkins attempted…

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Posted on September 18, 2018September 10, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 18th – the Osprey

From Pádraic Fogarty’s Whittled Away: Osprey Breeding in inland lakes including Lough Key in Roscommon in 1779 but no records thereafter, save for the odd vagrant. Given its relatively abundant…

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Posted on September 8, 2018September 1, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 8th, Triple Spotted Clay Moth (Xestia ditrapezium)

The Triple-Spotted Clay moth is unknown in Ireland since 1956. From Red List 9 Macro-moths: There is a single generation of adults in late June to early August with larvae from August…

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