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Join the Irish Wildlife Trust for an educational event where you will discover the world of Ireland’s wild bees. You will learn how to identify and submit sightings of commonly encountered Irish bees as well as how you can help by creating bee friendly habitat. This event will consist of a short talk followed by a walk around the garden when we hopefully spot lots of bees and practice our identification skills.
This free event is part of National Biodiversity Week and is being run in collaboration between the Irish Wildlife Trust and the National Botanic Gardens.
Date: Sat 25th May
Time: 11:00 to 13:00.
Meeting point: Visitors Centre, The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Price: Free of charge
Booking info: Link
Contact: botanicscentre@opw.ie
The Limerick Branch of IWT (IWTLB) are hosting two events in Curraghchase Forest Park on Sunday 26th May 2024 from 11.30-13.00 in association with Kilcornan Tidy Towns. Dragonflies and Butterflies at the Lake; Woodland Plants in the Woods.
Date: 26.05.2024
Time: 11:30 – 13:00
Meeting point: Confirmed after booking
Price: Free
Booking info: To book on please email requesting a place on either “Dragonflies” or “Woodland Plants” to limerickevents@iwt.ie
Event Contact: limerickbranch@iwt.ie
Date: 26th May
Time: 14:00 to 16:00
Description: Calling all nature enthusiasts and citizen scientists!
Are you interested in learning more about recording biodiversity and uploading records to the National Biodiversity Data Centre? Recording local species is vitally important for the management and conservation of wildlife and the more active citizen scientists we have, the more we can learn about our biodiversity.
This event will be an introduction to biological recording and will look at using the NBDC website and app to upload records. Kieran Flood will be our speaker, and the presentation / Q&A will be followed by a practical session – a walk through lovely Muckno Park where participants can put their recording skills to the test.
Monaghan is currently 28th in the County League of records, let’s see if we can make it to the top ten!
Meeting point: Confirmed upon booking
Booking info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/896140589627?aff=oddtdtcreator
Contact: monaghanbranch@iwt.ie
Price: Free
Time & Date: 10am , 23rd June 2024
Location: Meet at the Interpretive Centre, next to the Causeway
Come along with Niall Mac Coitir of IWT Dublin Branch, to see some of the amazing variety of wildflowers on Bull Island at this time of year, including several species of orchid! The display rivals anything that can be seen in the Burren.
Meet at the Interpretative Centre, next to the Causeway at 10am. The event will last about two hours.
Wear sensible shoes and, this being Ireland, sunscreen AND rain gear.
Please be advised the terrain we’ll be covering is slightly rough so would not be suitable for buggies – and wear ‘sensible’ shoes!
St Stephen’s Green Park is a historical park and garden, located in the centre of Dublin city. Cared for by the Office of Public Works, the park is an important public resource in the area, and provides an oasis of green calm in the middle of a bustling city. Many species of birds and plants also call the park their home.
We’re getting a marvelous guided tour of the park on Sunday, July 7th , and led by a Green gardener, expert on all the biodiversity of the Green. Meet at the Fusiliers’ Arch (top of Grafton Street) at 11 am for an insight to a part of Dublin you may not recognise.
Time: 11am
Date: July 7th 2024
Meeting Point: Fusilier’s Arch (top of Grafton Street)
If you have questions about the event, please contact: DublinBranch@iwt.ie
The 27th of July marks the first ever Irish Sea Day, where each nation is hosting events to celebrate the wildlife and communities that live and work around the Irish Sea. A joint event is being held in Rostrever Co.Down by Shifting tides, SeasearchNI, Ulster Wildlife, RSPB, SWAN, the Northern Ireland Marine task Force and the Irish Wildlife Trust linking the North and South of our beautiful island and raising awareness of the issues facing the waters around us.
There will be a Rockpool Ramble from 10 – 12 where you will get the chance to explore the local rockpools and identify the wildlife found there. The Northern Ireland Marine Task Force will give a talk at 2 looking at the threats and pressures facing the marine environment. At 3 there will be a presentation from Ulster Wildlife and the Irish Wildlife Trust looking at Marine Protected Areas both sides of the border. While this is going on SeasearchNI and Shifting Tides are running an observer course for divers and snorkellers. If you are interested in registering for the 2 day course, follow this link.
Book your place on the Rockpool Ramble here
On Tuesday the 30th July we have the first in a series of webinars looking at the newly passed Nature Restoration Law and discussing ideas on how we can restore and protect nature in Ireland. This webinar will have an Introduction to the overall targets of the Nature restoration Law from IWT’s Marine Advocacy Officer Grace and we will have a special guest speaker Fintan Kelly from the IEN who will speak about the need to unlock the potential of public land to restore nature
Register HERE