On Sunday 7th of July, members of the Dublin Branch gathered at the causeway on Bull island for a wildflower walk led by Dublin Branch member Niall Mac Coitir. In glorious sunshine many different wildflowers were spotted, including four kinds of orchids (early purple, common spotted, pyramidal and marsh helleborine), various members of the pea family (restharrow, birds foot trefoil, kidney vetch, and meadow vetchling) and many other flowers including yellow rattle, eyebright, centaury, haresfoot trefoil and ladies bedstraw. For the two months of June and July the grasslands on Bull Island between the dunes and the golf courses are a riot of colours, for those who keep their eyes open. As one person on the trip put it: 'this is as good as the burren!' Indeed it is, and we should be proud in Dublin to have such a jewel in our crown.
Photos courtesy of Joy and Eoin.
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Birdsfoot trefoil
Lotus corniculatus |
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Pyramidal orchid
Anacamptis pyramidalis |
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Marsh helleborine
Epipactis palustris |
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Early purple orchid
Orchis mascula |
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Common spotted orchid
Dactylorhiza fuschsii |
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Eyebright
Euphrasia |
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Centaury
Centaurium erythraea |
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Ladies bedstraw
Galium verum |
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Restharrow
Ononis repens |
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