Cosy Habitats of Cork in Ceramics

30/11/2024

Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.

16/09/2023

Looking forward to a great event this coming week .. As a selected artist with
Youghal Blue & Green Community Network for
Earth Rising
IMMA - Irish Museum of Modern Art
https://imma.ie/whats-on/earth-rising-2023/

Art and ecology Swift Project Youghal

I will be presenting an informative talk on our visitors from Africa and a clay workshop during Earth Rising, IMMA

After researching lack of habitat for visiting swifts, I secured three locations and the distribution of lifelong swift boxes this spring in Youghal, East Cork. This starts my longterm project.

Celebrating also
a first for East Cork in the form of an Inbuilt swift box system which will be incorporated into the wall's of the new build for Autism at Pobalscoil na Tríonóide, Youghal this year

The existing new boxes can be viewed from
Pobalscoil na Tríonóide parkrun

11/05/2021

TG4 will air a one-hour documentary on World Bee Day, May 20th at 9.30pm about the internationally acclaimed All Ireland Pollinator Plan and how it is mobilising individuals and communities to reverse pollinator decline across all of Ireland.

11/05/2021

We're delighted to announce the dates for National Biodiversity Week 2021! The week of May 15th - 23rd will be packed with events to celebrate and discover nature, while our annual photography competition runs throughout the month of May.

For full details see our website www.biodiversityweek.ie.

07/05/2021

Support your local Zoo's and help to eliminates any more extinction

Did you know that there is about 30 different species of Amazon parrot? The double yellow headed, yellow naped and blue fronted amazons are the most common amazons found in the pet trade due to their ability to talk! Most of the time it is the very subtle difference in colour markings that determines which species of amazon they are!

If you would like to visit us here at the zoo pleas follow the link below to purchase your tickets!

https://www.fbcukproject.co.uk/product/fbcuk-zoo-ticket/

14/04/2021

One of the main actions promoted by the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is to cut grass less often, in order to encourage our native wildflowers.Our common wildf...

07/04/2021

01/04/2021

Are you part of a community group that would like to learn all about the bees? Irish Wildlife Trust and Cork County Council are linking up to deliver these informative Online Community Workshops to groups in the Cork County administrative area.

By the end of the workshop, groups will have learnt about their local bees’ lifecycles and habitat needs as well as how to take action to create vital bee habitat and monitor their local bee population.

If interested please email [email protected] with your name, your groups name and your groups location.

05/03/2021

The picture has been described as “phenomenal” by some, while others have praised Mr Crombie for his patience in getting the “stunning” shot