2018 is the 61st year of long term ecological research in Burrishoole #BurrishooleLTER @MarineInst. I& #39;m going to pin this tweet here and at the end of every month add some phenological happenings https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌿" title="Herb" aria-label="Emoji: Herb">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐛" title="Bug" aria-label="Emoji: Bug">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📈" title="Chart with upwards trend" aria-label="Emoji: Chart with upwards trend">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐟" title="Fish" aria-label="Emoji: Fish">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💦" title="Splashing sweat symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Splashing sweat symbol">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦆" title="Duck" aria-label="Emoji: Duck">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦉" title="Owl" aria-label="Emoji: Owl">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦇" title="Bat" aria-label="Emoji: Bat">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🕷" title="Spider" aria-label="Emoji: Spider">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍃" title="Leaf fluttering in wind" aria-label="Emoji: Leaf fluttering in wind">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌼" title="Blossom" aria-label="Emoji: Blossom">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌙" title="Crescent moon" aria-label="Emoji: Crescent moon">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌝" title="Full moon with face" aria-label="Emoji: Full moon with face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❄️" title="Snowflake" aria-label="Emoji: Snowflake">, including our main jobs. Stay tuned https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏼" title="Down pointing backhand index (medium light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (medium light skin tone)">

This will coincide with our monthly staff meetings (last wed of each month) so I can get everyone& #39;s observations @FishEcoEvo @elizabethtray3 @B2020project

MAY: The house martins have arrived! they are currently around the back of the @MarineInst lab making nests - hope to see them out the front shortly. Photo from Karl Philips @FishEcoEvo

MAY: and the beautiful Prrimroses are out everwhere https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💐" title="Bouquet" aria-label="Emoji: Bouquet">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌼" title="Blossom" aria-label="Emoji: Blossom">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌼" title="Blossom" aria-label="Emoji: Blossom">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌼" title="Blossom" aria-label="Emoji: Blossom">

DECEMBER: days very short now as we approach the winter solstice https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌙" title="Crescent moon" aria-label="Emoji: Crescent moon">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌝" title="Full moon with face" aria-label="Emoji: Full moon with face">. The @GLEONetwork tree is bare of leaves. Here’s a beautiful sunrise caught by @JoshkaKaufmann @FishEcoEvo

DECEMBER: samples to be sorted, each containing a sample from every fish moving through our traps https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Rightwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Rightwards arrow"> a massive pedigree reconstruction of our #burrishooleLTER salmon population: collaboration with the @FishConGen team @uccBEES @MarineInst @FishEcoEvo

OCTOBER: time for some remodeling of our hatchery, to make way for an experimental #recirculation system for fast growing of salmon Smolts @MarineInst #fishsci @BordIascMhara #fishsci #aquaculture

OCTOBER: tuna fishing for the Blue Fin Tuna project. 14 tagged in 2 days- great work from the crew including Joe, Alan and Dave @MarineInst video from Joe Cooney

AUGUST: back after an excellent 2 weeks holiday. Here in Burrishoole, it eventually started raining properly on Wed 1st August after a prolonged, unprecedented dry period and now there are fish https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐟" title="Fish" aria-label="Emoji: Fish">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐟" title="Fish" aria-label="Emoji: Fish">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐟" title="Fish" aria-label="Emoji: Fish">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐟" title="Fish" aria-label="Emoji: Fish">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐟" title="Fish" aria-label="Emoji: Fish">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐟" title="Fish" aria-label="Emoji: Fish">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐟" title="Fish" aria-label="Emoji: Fish"> everywhere

AUGUST: combining #burrishooleLTER annual electro fishing surveys (28 years running) with density quantification for the experimental section of the Srahrevagh river where several experiments are running. 2 sites down, 41 to go @MarineInst #salmon #trout @FishEcoEvo #fishSci

APRIL: salmon are looking silvery up the catchment , getting ready to move (photo from Cat @FishEcoEvo )

APRIL:Although the cold weather anomaly over Northern Europe is making its presence felt http://climate.copernicus.eu/resources/data-analysis/average-surface-air-temperature-analysis/monthly-maps/surface-air-7">https://climate.copernicus.eu/resources...

APRIL: did I mention lambs? Lambs everywhere this month https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐑" title="Sheep" aria-label="Emoji: Sheep">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐑" title="Sheep" aria-label="Emoji: Sheep">

APRIL: along with the lambs come Chiffchaffs singing (photo from @BirdWatchIE , note from K. Phillips)

APRIL: salmon kelts still moving downstream through the Salmon Leap trap, including this 76 cm beautiful MSW female #burrishooleLTER @MarineInst #fishsci @FishSciBot

APRIL: depending on the date the eggs were laid down, salmon in the hatchery have hatched and their individual self contained alevin rations have been almost used up... nearly time for first feeding

APRIL: first willow warbler was heard on Saturday at the Srahrevagh river trap ....and now we have a dedicated #phenology section on our notice board https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😀" title="Grinning face" aria-label="Emoji: Grinning face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😀" title="Grinning face" aria-label="Emoji: Grinning face">

APRIL: first signs of surface warming on Lough feeagh - also the first swim of the year in the lake (my very brave 9 yr old) @NETLAKE @GLEONetwork

APRIL: first swallow spotted in furnace, just in time for our open day today https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😀" title="Grinning face" aria-label="Emoji: Grinning face">

APRIL: cuckoo calling on the west shore of Lough feeagh https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎶" title="Multiple musical notes" aria-label="Emoji: Multiple musical notes">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎵" title="Musical note" aria-label="Emoji: Musical note"> photo from @BirdWatchIE

APRIL: Atlantic salmon smolts are on the move out to sea . We would expect 5000 - 8000 in a year. This is from about 500 adults spawning in the winter of 2015/2016. freshwater survival is on average 1% in #Burrishoole @MarineInst