Catherine Coxon

@catherinecoxon.bsky.social

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Environmental scientist with an interest in groundwater quality and a love of Connemara - posts on environmental matters and photos of Connemara landscapes (grianghraif de thírdhreacha Chonamara ag @duichechonamara.bsky.social freisin)

Lobelia dortmanna at Loch Padhbram, Iorras Aithneach, Conamara
Water Lobelia (Lobelia dortmanna / Plúr an locháin)
Bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)
Black bog rush (Schoenus nigricans)
Primroses and violets
Oak and hazel seedlings
Lough Inagh and the Maumturks (with Cnoc na hUilleann in the centre)
Thrift or Sea Pink / Rabhán (Armeria maritima)
Buttercups at Goirtín (with Errisbeg in the distance)
Heath dog-violet (Viola canina) or Common dog-violet (Viola riviniana)?
Lesser Celandines (Ficaria verna) and daisies (Bellis perennis)
Top row L-R: Primula vulgaris (Primrose), Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel), Ulex europaeus (Gorse), Sonchus oleraceus (Smooth sowthistle). Centre: Leucanthemum vulgare (Ox eye daisy), Taraxacum (Dandelion). Bottom row L-R: Lapsana communis (Nipplewort) (?), Geranium robertianum (Herb Robert), Bellis perennis (daisy), Rosa rubiginosa (Sweet briar) or Rosa rugosa (Japanese rose, garden escape) (PlantNet suggests the former but latter looks more likely from Zoë Devlin's Wildflowers of Ireland).
Screenshot of TCD BlueSky account, “No posts yet”
Bohernabreena upper reservoir
Figure 3 from Premrov et al. (2014), Science of the Total Environment 470-471, 967-974.
Global temperature change stripes 1850-2024
Lough Shannagh with Doan hill to the left and Sliabh Binnian in the background