TCD: 'Wealth of hidden wildlife' shows importance of biodiversity strategy

Trinity staff and students in the School of Natural Sciences found that "there is a wealth of hidden biodiversity of plants, insects, fungi and other creatures, which mostly goes unnoticed". File photo

An audit of flora and fauna within Trinity College Dublin has unearthed a whole range of wildlife that has gone unnoticed previously.

The undertaking, which included a single night of moth-trapping on the campus during summer 2021 revealing 32 different species, emphasises just how vital a biodiversity strategy is not just to the university, but society as a whole, its organisers said.