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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 - […]

BirdWatch Ireland and Dublin City Council are running a free event at Bull Island on February 3rd. in the heart of the capital Bull Island is an extraordinarily important wetland in many ways - huge volumes of birds and lots of people side-by-side! Learn about birds which migrate to and from Dublin Bay each year […]

To mark World Wetlands Day, the Kilkenny Branch of BirdWatch Ireland is hosting a meet up at the Newpark Fen, in Kilkenny City on Saturday the 3rd of February.  Meeting at the fen entrance at 10am. If unfamiliar with the location, the New Park Close Family Resource Centre is across the road, its Eircode is […]

Discover why we need to preserve and restore these richly biodiverse ecosystems that underpin human wellbeing. In Limerick, the county's City and County Council are hosting a WWD Workshop on 1st February. Registration is essential here - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/world-wetlands-day-workshop-thurs-1st-feb-2024-tickets-779456654837 The itinerary for the workshop is as follows: 19:00 - Welcome by Mayor of Limerick City and County […]

Friends of Ardee Bog are running a series of super events on 3rd February 2024 - various activities at various locations as follows: At Stormanstown Bog: 10:00-14:00 Forest bathing with forest therapy guide Fiona Crawley (book via QR code below) 10-12:30 Bog walk with photographer Adrian Crawley 13:00-14:00 And later in the afternoon at the […]

To celebrate WWD, we in Louth would love you to join us for: Forest bathing with forest therapy guide Fiona Crawley (booking required via the QR code below) 10:o0 - 12:30 2nd February a bog wander from 14:00 - 15:40 on Friday 2nd. more events are on Saturday 3rd (see other link) Further information from […]

The Biodiversity and Education team from Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council are hosting an event at Peatlands Park which lies within the Lough Neagh Ramsar site (also designated ASSI/SAC protected area). GCE Biology students from within our council borough have been invited to attend our programme to mark World Wetlands Day which is […]

To celebrate World Wetlands Day on February 2nd we are having a Photography Competition ! Just get out to your nearest wetland – a bog, stream, river, pond, lake – and take a photo of what you see!! No shortage of Wetlands in Monaghan, so no excuses ! It might be a duck, a heron, […]

Local Ulster Wildlife expert Giles Knight is giving a talk on raptors in Fermanagh on 1st February 2024. Numbers are strictly limited so registration is essential so if interested please contact Giles.Knight@ulsterwildlife.org for details on timing and venue.

Cloughjordan Heritage Group invite you to participate in local events as part of a global celebration of wetlands. On 2nd February we will be hosting talks on: The Cloughjordan Conservation Cluster: Lough Nahinch Survey and Tipperary Wetlands Survey - a talk by Jim Ryan (ecologist), Community Wetlands Forum Nature, well-being and green prescribing - Dr […]