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Information updated as of April 2020Robert and I set off on Tuesday for Long Island and enjoyed everything about it. See his post Mizen Magic 15: Long Island for a full account of our day. One of Roaringwater Journal’s New Year Resolutions was to spend more time on the islands and this was an excellent start! I was there mainly to take a look at the wild flowers, with a view to leading a wildflower walk there later in the year. Do let me know if you’d be interested in coming along, in the comments section below.
Wildflowers come and go, so what I saw was a lovely selection of late spring and early summer blooms. I also got a feel for the character of the island and the habitats it hosts.
It would be lovely to be able to say that the island is pristine and free of invasive species, but alas we did see some Japanese Knotweed along the way. We are left scratching our heads as to how it manages to spread like that.
I don’t think I have ever seen such a profusion of Lousewort (below) anywhere else and this is one of the things that gives Long Island a particular colour at this time of year. It’s not a pretty name, for what is, in fact a beautiful little plant, but it was so called because it was believed that sheep got lice from eating it. This has never been proven, but the name stuck. Long Island, with its acres of damp moorland, provides the perfect habitat for Lousewort.
It’s also perfect for Tormentil and Common Milkwort (below). This last flower is tiny – you have to get your face up close to the grass to see it and it’s normally a deep purply-blue. However, on Long Island there were lots of very pale Milkwort, almost white. Although I knew that Milkwort came in pink and white, besides dark blue, I had only seen blue before this year. Now I have to find some pink!
The Yellow Iris (below), which most people call Flags, are in abundance in all the marshy areas, creating a colourful swath here and there. Up close, they are very dramatic. Here, it’s native and welcome, but in North America it has become invasive, choking waterways and displacing native plants.
A couple of unusual flowers to end with, beginning with Musk Stork’s-bill (below). I found this little beauty before in a graveyard in Rosscarbery but this is the first time I have seen it near where I live. It’s described as ‘probably introduced’ which means that it’s not native but has been here a long time.
Finally – who can resist an orchid? There are several kinds of Marsh Orchid, but I think this one (above and below) is the Irish Marsh Orchid. We saw it before on Cape Clear, so it obviously loves islands! I was glad I had my hand lens with me, as this is best viewed close up.
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The Stork’s Bill is very beautiful and a very unusual one to see. By coincidence I was photographing Western Marsh orchids yesterday evening.
It always takes me a while to figure out that it’s not a Crane’s-bill. In five years I might have it figured out.
Hello yes please let us know when you are leading the wild flower walk. We would love to come!
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Is UN Really Support its Envoy to Yemen for Cessation of Hostilities in Hodeidah?
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lokoc, supported the international advocacy organization launched by the Special Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffith, in which he called on all parties to the conflict in Yemen to show restraint.
In a statement issued by Lokoc office late on Wednesday, he urged all parties to fulfill their obligations under international humanitarian law and to implement a cessation of hostilities, especially in areas of major facilities on which relief operations and commercial importers depend.
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Yemen, Martin Griffith, stressed the importance of strengthening the efforts of the second track, as a complementary process to formal negotiations aimed at bringing peace to Yemen.
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These are among the most profound questions mankind can hope to address and lie at the heart of general interest in science, yet are still far from being answered.
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Planet Formation: what environments in the Universe are suitable for life?
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