Happy World Frog Day 🐸🌍
Some fantastic images from submitted 'Hop To It' Frog survey submissions!
#lovebogs #frogs #worldfrogday
Some fantastic images from submitted 'Hop To It' Frog survey submissions!
#lovebogs #frogs #worldfrogday
March 20, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Happy World Frog Day 🐸🌍
Some fantastic images from submitted 'Hop To It' Frog survey submissions!
#lovebogs #frogs #worldfrogday
Some fantastic images from submitted 'Hop To It' Frog survey submissions!
#lovebogs #frogs #worldfrogday
Stunning - look down and pay attention - autumn glories in the bog #LoveBogs @tinaclaffey.bsky.social
The Bog Asphodel is just beautiful to look at closely this time of the year @peatlandecr.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Stunning - look down and pay attention - autumn glories in the bog #LoveBogs @tinaclaffey.bsky.social
Loved listening to this! #LoveBogs
Chatting to birdman Ricky Whelan with a river babbling and birdsong all around us. Tough job but someone has to do it! soundcloud.com/athena-media... #LoveBogs
Ricky Whelan, Biodiversity Officer, Co Offaly
Ricky Whelan is Biodiversity Officer, Co Offaly and in this chat with Helen Shaw Tóchar Stories he shares his own story, growing up in Laois and helping cut and foot the turf, as well as his move into
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July 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Loved listening to this! #LoveBogs
Chatting with veteran bog volunteer Hugh Shepherd in Abbeyleix about a lifetime of paying attention - to nature. @tocharstories.bsky.social #LoveBogs
April 12, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Chatting with veteran bog volunteer Hugh Shepherd in Abbeyleix about a lifetime of paying attention - to nature. @tocharstories.bsky.social #LoveBogs
Abbeyleix Bog Project is a showcase for community-led conservation action. We got to spend some time there recently and chatted with volunteer leader and project Chair Fiona Dunne vimeo.com/1181201963?s...
Fiona Dunne, Chair, Abbeyleix Bog Project, Co Laois
The Abbeyleix Bog Project is a community led nature conservation and education group marking 26 years of bog and nature conservation this year, 2026. Fiona Dunne, a teacher by profession, is Chair of ...
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April 11, 2026 at 1:56 PM
IPCC have observed the autumn caterpillars of Europes only protected butterfly, the marsh fritillary on Lullymore West. The IPCC and volunteers will now conduct a habitat assessment and larval nest count, this data will contribute to the nationwide population monitoring. #LoveBogs
August 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
IPCC have observed the autumn caterpillars of Europes only protected butterfly, the marsh fritillary on Lullymore West. The IPCC and volunteers will now conduct a habitat assessment and larval nest count, this data will contribute to the nationwide population monitoring. #LoveBogs
Lovely twinning of world wetlands day and St Brigid's day - Imbolc - a cloak of nature #loveBogs
Species of the Week: Bog Moss
Irish name: Súsán
Scientific name: Sphagnum spp.
Celebrating St Brigid’s Day/Imbolc and World Wetlands Day ✨💧
@ramsar.org @tocharstories.bsky.social #Boglands #Imbolc #BrigidsDay #WorldWetlandsDay
Irish name: Súsán
Scientific name: Sphagnum spp.
Celebrating St Brigid’s Day/Imbolc and World Wetlands Day ✨💧
@ramsar.org @tocharstories.bsky.social #Boglands #Imbolc #BrigidsDay #WorldWetlandsDay
January 30, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Lovely twinning of world wetlands day and St Brigid's day - Imbolc - a cloak of nature #loveBogs
Gorgeous #wetlands story map from Co Clare - such a great #LoveBogs resource storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/148f...
Wetlands in County Clare
A story map about wetland habitats in County Clare
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September 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Gorgeous #wetlands story map from Co Clare - such a great #LoveBogs resource storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/148f...
Lovely working with artists Luke Casserly and Shane Hynan in Carbury Kildare #Spéirghorm on our @tocharstories.bsky.social project #LoveBogs
Weaving stories in #Carbury Kildare with @tocharstories.bsky.social and the Carbuy community www.tocharwetlands.ie/community-st....
Weaving stories in Carbury from the village, castle and bog - Tóchar Wetlands
By Helen Shaw – curator Tóchar Stories There are stories woven into our family names and into the place names […]
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February 13, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Lovely working with artists Luke Casserly and Shane Hynan in Carbury Kildare #Spéirghorm on our @tocharstories.bsky.social project #LoveBogs
IPCC welcomed Terry Flanagan of @MooneyGoesWild RTÉ Radio1 to share our story of the Hop To It Frog Survey. Terry is working on a docuseries with one episode focusing on the Common Frog. Keep an ear out as this episode is expected to air on May Bank Holiday Monday.
#LoveBogs
#LoveBogs
February 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
IPCC welcomed Terry Flanagan of @MooneyGoesWild RTÉ Radio1 to share our story of the Hop To It Frog Survey. Terry is working on a docuseries with one episode focusing on the Common Frog. Keep an ear out as this episode is expected to air on May Bank Holiday Monday.
#LoveBogs
#LoveBogs
Learning and imagining bogs in Longford #LoveBogs #TócharStories www.tocharwetlands.ie/blog/learnin...
Learning and Imagining bogs in Lanesborough, Co Longford - Tóchar Wetlands
Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories The children in Lanesborough Primary School, Co Longford look out at the ESB Power Station. It […]
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April 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Learning and imagining bogs in Longford #LoveBogs #TócharStories www.tocharwetlands.ie/blog/learnin...
How we spent Halloween ! #LoveBogs www.tocharwetlands.ie/community-st...
Experiencing Samhain on Ballydangan Bog - Tóchar Wetlands
Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories Curator Just before the Halloween school break Tóchar Stories and the Ballydangan Bog Red Grouse Project […]
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November 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
How we spent Halloween ! #LoveBogs www.tocharwetlands.ie/community-st...
A week ago I joined a local #BSBI walk up the Gorteenameale trail into the beautiful bogland that tops this part of the Slievebloom mountains.
What an amazing group and a fun day out! @bsbiireland.bsky.social
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#IrishWildflowers #LoveBogs
What an amazing group and a fun day out! @bsbiireland.bsky.social
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#IrishWildflowers #LoveBogs
August 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A week ago I joined a local #BSBI walk up the Gorteenameale trail into the beautiful bogland that tops this part of the Slievebloom mountains.
What an amazing group and a fun day out! @bsbiireland.bsky.social
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#IrishWildflowers #LoveBogs
What an amazing group and a fun day out! @bsbiireland.bsky.social
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#IrishWildflowers #LoveBogs
Witnessed a special moment at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre today - dragonfly emergence! Larvae climb from the water, transform into teneral adults, and slowly harden their wings for first flight. Watch waterside plants in the coming weeks for more of these fascinating events.
#lovebogs #dragonfly
#lovebogs #dragonfly
April 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Witnessed a special moment at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre today - dragonfly emergence! Larvae climb from the water, transform into teneral adults, and slowly harden their wings for first flight. Watch waterside plants in the coming weeks for more of these fascinating events.
#lovebogs #dragonfly
#lovebogs #dragonfly
A wonderful day with the amazing Hugh Shepherd, a life-long nature lover and volunteer with Abbeyleix Bog Project - the community who are behind the conservation of the local bogland for the past 26 years. #LoveBogs @tocharstories.bsky.social
A Spring walk on Abbeyleix Bog in Co Laois with veteran bog volunteer Hugh Shepherd vimeo.com/1177251844?s... Abbeyleix Bog Project is a community-led celebrating 26 years this year. Its a remarkable showcase of how communities can work together and make a difference for people, places and nature.
Abbeyleix Bog, Co Laois - a March walk
We took a walk on the Abbeyleix Bog loop in Co Laois with veteran volunteer Hugh Shepherd part of the Abbeyleix Bog Group and enjoyed some rare sunshine and the…
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March 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM
A wonderful day with the amazing Hugh Shepherd, a life-long nature lover and volunteer with Abbeyleix Bog Project - the community who are behind the conservation of the local bogland for the past 26 years. #LoveBogs @tocharstories.bsky.social
www.rte.ie/culture/2025.... #Peatlands the story of Ireland's Peatlands by Carsten Krieger - and the unique landscape of blanket and raised bogs that are an iconic part of Ireland's history, landscape and culture. #LoveBogs
For peat's sake - the story of Ireland's peatlands
We present an extract from Ten Thousand Years Deep – The Story of Ireland's Peatlands, the new book by Carsten Krieger.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
www.rte.ie/culture/2025.... #Peatlands the story of Ireland's Peatlands by Carsten Krieger - and the unique landscape of blanket and raised bogs that are an iconic part of Ireland's history, landscape and culture. #LoveBogs
The frogs finally arrived in our nature gardens at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre on Friday!
The males strike up a chorus during the breeding season, so make sure to listen out for their loud croaks as they return to the wetland in which they were born.
#lovebogs
The males strike up a chorus during the breeding season, so make sure to listen out for their loud croaks as they return to the wetland in which they were born.
#lovebogs
February 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The frogs finally arrived in our nature gardens at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre on Friday!
The males strike up a chorus during the breeding season, so make sure to listen out for their loud croaks as they return to the wetland in which they were born.
#lovebogs
The males strike up a chorus during the breeding season, so make sure to listen out for their loud croaks as they return to the wetland in which they were born.
#lovebogs
Wonderful day in Tipperary in @scohaboybog.bsky.social with local Cloughjordan community leader Gearoid O'Foighil and getting an opportunity to witness the amazing transformation in this landscape through bog restoration work. A real credit to the community, public and private landowners. #LoveBogs
Delighted to welcome Helen from @tocharstories.bsky.social to Scohaboy today for a looksee👏🙂
@jamierohu.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @peatlands.bsky.social
@jamierohu.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @peatlands.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Wonderful day in Tipperary in @scohaboybog.bsky.social with local Cloughjordan community leader Gearoid O'Foighil and getting an opportunity to witness the amazing transformation in this landscape through bog restoration work. A real credit to the community, public and private landowners. #LoveBogs
Really love this story of family, place and belonging and how the Mooney brothers, Richard and John, in 1969, found and saved one of the most precious treasures from Ireland's Bronze Age - the Doogarymore Chariot wheel -now in Kildare St National Museum. #LoveBogs #Heritage
How two brothers found Ireland's oldest intact wheel- the Bronze Age Doogarymore wooden chariot wheel - while out cutting turf in 1969. A podcast story by @katiesmirnova for Tóchar Stories with Sean Mooney on his late father and uncle's discovery.
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Sean Mooney, Doogarymore, Co Roscommon on how his father uncovered a Bronze Age chariot wheel
Where the Curlew Calls - our changing relationship with the bogland · Episode
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July 1, 2026 at 8:03 AM
When past, present and future collided for schoolchildren at the @nmireland.bsky.social #LoveBogs www.tocharwetlands.ie/community-st...
Past, present and future collide for Tyrrellspass children at the National Museum - Tóchar Wetlands
By Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories curator “Is this place always free?” one of the children whispered when we were inside […]
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November 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
When past, present and future collided for schoolchildren at the @nmireland.bsky.social #LoveBogs www.tocharwetlands.ie/community-st...
One word to describe the bog - what the children of Camcloon NS said to @katiesmirnova.bsky.social #Roscommon #LoveBogs
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
One word to describe the bog - what the children of Camcloon NS said to @katiesmirnova.bsky.social #Roscommon #LoveBogs
We're working with primary schools close to bogs and facilitating children to connect with their local bog through art and experience. Artist @anniehollandart.bsky.social was the mentor in our Tyrrellspass /Cloncrow Bog project with Eugene Dunbar and St Anne's NS #:LoveBogs
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We're working with primary schools close to bogs and facilitating children to connect with their local bog through art and experience. Artist @anniehollandart.bsky.social was the mentor in our Tyrrellspass /Cloncrow Bog project with Eugene Dunbar and St Anne's NS #:LoveBogs
Thoughtful episode of Countrywide with @philipb-h.bsky.social exploring how different communities are involved in a changing relationship with peatlands - many of them people and places we're working with in @tocharstories.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... #LoveBogs
Countrywide Full Episode 07/03/2026
Countrywide Full Episode 07/03/2026
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March 8, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Thoughtful episode of Countrywide with @philipb-h.bsky.social exploring how different communities are involved in a changing relationship with peatlands - many of them people and places we're working with in @tocharstories.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... #LoveBogs
Barney Donlon, still farming in his mid 80s, shared his own bogland stories, and a lifetime with Bord na Móna, with us in Cloonlarge Bog, Co Roscommon #LoveBogs soundcloud.com/athena-media... #WheretheCurlewCalls
July 25, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Barney Donlon, still farming in his mid 80s, shared his own bogland stories, and a lifetime with Bord na Móna, with us in Cloonlarge Bog, Co Roscommon #LoveBogs soundcloud.com/athena-media... #WheretheCurlewCalls
The IPCC together with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hosted a conference titled 'Futureproofing Ireland's Peatlands: Dutch Lessons in Restoration' at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre and Lodge Bog Reserve. IPCC would like to thank all those who joined us for this conference. #LoveBogs
September 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The IPCC together with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hosted a conference titled 'Futureproofing Ireland's Peatlands: Dutch Lessons in Restoration' at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre and Lodge Bog Reserve. IPCC would like to thank all those who joined us for this conference. #LoveBogs