Grey Herons are found in the same wetland habitats during the winter as in the breeding season. Birds breeding in Ireland are thought to be sedentary and birds from Britain and even Scandinavia join our resident population for the winter.

Ireland has 21 species of bumblebees and they are our most abundant and widespread wild pollinator with 4 out of every 5 wild bees being a bumblebee. In 2013, a worldwide study shows that the decline of wild bees and other pollinators

This is a little perennial or biennial plant which can be easily overlooked. In many ways it is very like its annual relative, Hairy Bitter-cress, but it can be distinguished by a few identifying factors;

All-year round this little annual wildflower can be found growing in gardens, on tracks, cracks in pavements and on arable land. Its 4-petalled white flowers (2-3mm across) are borne in terminal clusters

This is a pretty little wildflower with five-petalled 10–15 mm white flowers and bluish green trefoil leaves. It grows by dry woodland and on grassy banks. This plant is quite similar to the Wild Strawberry

Ireland has 30 native species one of which, the Western Marsh Orchid, is unique to the island. … In areas where marsh and dry habitats occur close by you can observe a wide diversity of orchid species in close proximity.