Celebrate World Wetlands Day with Clara Bog Nature Reserve & Visitor Centre. Join us on Sunday 2nd February to take part in wetlands-themed arts & crafts, and to learn more about wetlands and their importance. Suitable for all ages.
Contact details claraguides@npws.gov.ie
The boardwalk at Clara Bog Nature Reserve is open and accessible all day all year round and is 1.5 km from the visitor centre.
Location: Buttermarket Building, Drumbiggle Road, Ennis, Clare Eircode: V95RR72
Date and Time: 7pm−8:30pm; Tuesday, 4th of February 2025.
Event Description:
This event is organised by Clare County Council’s Biodiversity Office to celebrate World Wetlands Day. The event will see the launch of both the Clare Wetland Story Map and new wetland guidelines aimed at community groups and landowners called ‘Community Action: A Beginner’s Guide to Wetlands’ .
The Clare Wetland Story Map is a new online digital interactive map that profiles ten wetland sites the public can visit and value in County Clare. It also includes a description of wetland habitats found in County Clare and a list of resources for communities, schools and landowners.
The new wetland guidance ‘Community Action: A Beginner’s Guide to Wetlands’ was developed in conjunction with the Community Wetlands Forum, Clare County Council and Monaghan County Council. is aimed at community groups and landowners to encourage the promotion of wetlands in their local area, or to help those who wish to embark on a wetland conservation project. This could range from including wetlands in Community Biodiversity Action Plans, undertaking a conservation project to hosting walks and talks.
The event will also provide an update on the 2024 Clare Wetland Field Surveys. Speakers will include Laurence Fullam of the Community Wetlands Forum, Patrick Crushell and Poppy Overy of Wetland Surveys Ireland and Barry O’Loughlin, Biodiversity Officer with Clare County Council. This event is aimed at communities and landowners undertaking biodiversity actions in their locality and as an educational resource.
Join us to celebrate World Wetlands Day from 10am to 12pm on Saturday the 1st of February, meeting at Crank House Car Park, Banagher, Co.Offaly.
Join Brian Caffrey of BirdWatch Ireland to observe wintering waterbirds, including, waders, ducks, swans and egrets at sites along the iconic Shannon Callows close to Banagher.
The event is free of charge and please dress for forecasted weather!
Meet at 10am at Crank House Car Park, Banagher, Co. Offaly R42 DE61
Contact: biodiversity@offalycoco.ie
To celebrate World Wetlands Day, Burren National Park guides will be running a guided walk to Knockaunroe Turlough on Sunday 2nd February at 2.30pm. The meeting point for the walk is the Burren National Park trailhead at Gortlecka cross near Kilnaboy.
Join us on a guided walk to Knockaunroe turlough in the Burren National Park to discover this unique habitat and the flora and fauna that live there.
The walk will last about 1.5 hours over a distance of about 1.5km along a trail that is uneven in places.
As is the nature of a turlough, water levels fluctuate so wellies are recommended in case the trail is flooded.
This event is free but booking is required as places are limited. For further information and to book, people can contact the Burren National Park Information Point at 065 6827693 or burrennationalpark@npws.gov.ie
Join us at 12.30pm on Friday the 2nd of February at The Ballycroy Visitor Centre as we celebrate World Wetlands Day with a guided walk around the 2km nature trail at the Visitor Centre.
Our guide will lead you on walk to discover how our blanket bogs were formed and how they are important habitats for our wildlife, act as carbon sinks and are a natural vast water reservoir.
At the visitor Centre we will have free Blanket bog plant ID sheets, and have a demonstration on how our Atlantic Blanket bogs were formed.
Our walk is free of charge and is all on our buggy and wheelchair friendly trail. Please dress for the weather!
Meet at the Ballycroy Visitor Centre at The Wild Nephin National Park
Contact: Ballycroy Visitor Centre 098 49888; email: ballycroyvisitorcentre@npws.gov.ie
As part of their Signpost Series, and co-incident with World Wetlands Day 2024, Teagasc are delighted to host Dr Mícheál Callaghan from the Community Wetlands Forum.
Mícheál will present a webinar on "Community led action for wetlands: Lessons from the Community Wetlands Forum"
The Community Wetlands Forum CLG aims to promote develop, and support community-led wetland conservation for the public benefit; and to provide a representative platform for community-led wetland conservation groups, with 40 community group members across the country engaged in different initiatives to protect and promote the benefits of healthy wetlands.
Registration is essential - to book for the Signpost webinar – click on the link https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fvmL1CiSQ0Sy6WZNCoAfMw#/registration
To celebrate WWD 2024, NPWS staff from Killarney National Park Education Centre will lead a walk along the Deenagh River from Kings's Bridge to the mouth of the river where it flows into Lough Leane.
Along the way we will discuss the importance of conserving and protecting our waterways, we will look at some of the birds and animals that occur along the river (such as otter, heron, dipper, daubenton's bat) and some of the interesting plant that occur in the riparian woodlands and on the river bank.
Booking is essential as spaces are limited. Please book here: https://forms.gle/tbFrSo7pTvipjLxg9
Please meet at King's Bridge (opposite St Mary's Cathedral) on Friday 02 Feb at 10:30, wearing appropriate outdoor footwear and clothing.
To celebrate World Wetlands Day, NPWS at Coole Park Nature Reserve (Gort) invite you to come and see this beautiful area and and its rich wetland habitats and wildlife!
Staff will be running a free guided walk and bird-spotting event at our turlough site, led by NPWS conservation and guide staff in Coole Park Nature Reserve.
Booking is not required - please meet at the Visitor Centre. at 2:30pm.
Though telescopes and binoculars are available, if you have your own, please bring them.
Please note: The walk is not suitable for very young children; only assistance dogs are permitted at events at Coole.
The NPWS Clara Bog Nature Guides invite you to join us at Clara to celebrate World Wetlands Day!
Education Guides will be on the boardwalk between 1pm and 3pm on Friday 2nd February – call in anytime between 1pm and 3pm to talk to us, learn about Clara Bog Nature Reserve, and take part in some activities. Booking not required.
Location https://maps.app.goo.gl/61gTe7GJsX7uzxsm8
Back in November 2023 @Lough Erne Waders held a workshop on breeding wader conservation and management in Northern Ireland - with a range of talks on the subject by organisations/individuals from Ireland, N Ireland, Great Britain and the continent.
Throughout the annual cycle these species are associated with wetlands of one type or other - tundra, temperature coastal Machair, bogs and lowland wet grassland in summer and estuaries for staging and wintering.
Though this precedes WWD, the timing of the release of the presentations is nearly co-incident and worth a watch! The keynotes included:
Breeding Waders are a hot topic right now - most species are red-listed in Ireland, populations globally are not faring well and there is much to do if we are to retain populations. In fact 2024-27 a new national DAFM/NPWS Breeding Wader EIP will be operating to try to help!
These are available now:
https://youtu.be/oXiTT9swTYY?si=UFvZOtcm0Sgowv0m…