Hallowe’en - Oíche Shamhna Loud bangers, bonfires, fireworks etc. can be distressing & potentially fatal for animals & birds including household pets, wildlife generally & farm animals. So let’s celebrate without having a negative effect on our environment. @WildlifeKildare

Thanks to our scarifying crew who took on the job of scarifying the #Wildflowermeadow in the #LiffeyLinearPark this morning. All scraped grasses were used as mulch around apple & other fruit trees. We will add some #yellowrattle to parts of this site later this week. Thanks.

Oíche Shamhna or Halloween Ní fada uainn anois an oíche mór …. Not long now till the big night …. As Ireland is the original home of #Halloween, we wish all of you – young & not so young who will be calling to entertain a great evening's fun & entertainment.

Bramble Rubus fructicosus Dris No longer flowering but there is a wonderful crop of #Blackberries currently changing colour from red to black! Bramble is also a #BeeFriendly flower. #WildflowerHour Blackberry, Sméar dhubh

Rose Hips Mogóir Róis The #berries of the Dog Rose (Rosa canina, Feirdhris). A native plant with pink or white 5 petalled flowers with a cluster of yellow stamens in summer - however now in autumn, the fruity red hips abound. #WildflowerHour

Spotted on a roadside footpath here on the Southern Orbital Relief Road in #Newbridge this week - a totally unexpected but wonderful display of Shaggy Inkcap #Fungi Then the same cluster two days later! #WildflowerHour #WildFungiHour

Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Póirín sneachta Pink funnel-shaped 5 petalled flowers from June. Followed by clusters of round white berries (which are poisonous to humans). This plant is introduced & considered invasive. Now its #Berries abound. #WildflowerHour

Autumn Crocus Colchicum Giant An Autumn flowering mauve-pink coloured flower with white centre. Naturalises easily, its foliage emerges in spring. Two side by side flowering on Main St. this week. #WildflowerHour

Don’t Forget - Daylight saving time is ending. Time “falls back” at 2 am (to 1 am) on Sunday morning 26th October 2025. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier than the day before. Nach gasta mar a théann an t-am thart! Clocks Fall Back in Autumn: Tempus Fugit!

Hi everybody. Here in Croke Park for the annual Tidy Towns Results 2025. Best of luck to all - especially our County Kildare TT groups. @KildareCoCo

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Hi everybody. Here in Croke Park for the annual Tidy Towns Results 2025. Best of luck to all - especially our County Kildare TT groups. @KildareCoCo

There are many types of #Fungi in Ireland. The main part of a fungus (Fungais) is below ground. A Mushroom (muisiriún) is what you see above ground & may only last a few days. Many Fungi feed on dead material - these on woodland trees. #FungiFriday

Pls.RT The waiting is almost over for the 929 locations that entered the 2025 SuperValu Tidy towns comp. Watch the awards from Croke Park on @RTENationwide Fri. 24th 7pm on @RTEOne Good luck to all the entries. @TidyTownsIre @SuperValuIRL @DeptRCDG @BlathnaidRua @abcassin

Bats are back for #Samhain Newbridge! Join the #KildareBatGroup at St. Patrick’s Church for Bats in the Belfry & learn about Ireland’s bats! When: October 30th at 6 pm. Suitable for ages 8+ with a parent, or perfect for bat loving adults! Link:- https://t.co/QZePCxgo68

Comma Polygonia c-album Camóg An orange-brown coloured #butterfly, with a mottled pattern & scalloped margin to its wings & a white 'comma' under the hindwing A light coloured version is short-lived & breeds the year it emerges & darker version hibernates & breeds the next year

Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera Lus na pléisce An attractive but extremely invasive flower / plant. Inhabits riverbanks & causes quite significant environmental damage. Grows up to 3 metres tall with large pale pink-purple trumpet flowers this week. #WildflowerHour

Butterfly-bush “Honeycomb” Buddleia x weyeriana Tor an fhéileacáin Clusters of orange-eyed yellow flowers bloom. It can reach heights of five to 12 feet, with a spread of four to eight feet. Some flowers still appearing on the bush. #WildflowerHour

Italian Lords-and-ladies Arum italicum Cluas chaoin riabhach No longer flowering - cream-white coloured veins decorating its shiny leaves are wonderful Still thriving along the Liffey in the #LiffeyLinearPark when most plants are tending to die back for winter #Wildflowerhour

Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas Cailleach dhearg Spotted growing along roadway here in #Newbridge during the week. In Summer often spotted in cornfields & quite common on disturbed or “waste” ground. Deep scarlet petals with a dark centre, flowering now. #WildflowerHour