Glengarriff Woods Nature Reserve
Date: 18 May 12 - 19 May 2012
Time: 5 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Saturday
Location: Glengarriff Woods Nature Reserve
On May 18th/19th, Glengarriff Woods Nature Reserve will be one of four venues in Ireland taking part in BioBlitz, which is an annual event organised by the National Biodiversity Data Centre to celebrate the rich natural heriatge of Ireland. This is the first time Glengarriff was chosen to take part and it's also the first year a site in Northern Ireland is participating. The aim of the event is for scientists and ecologists to come together and record as many species as possible in 24 hours (from 5pm Friday to 5pm
Saturday).
Glengarriff has a great array of experts lined up to cover areas as diverse as moths, lichens, fish, mammals and woodland plants. However, there will also be events for the public to demonstrate how scientists and ecologists go about finding and identifying wildlife.
There will be events such as a Bat Walk with the Cork Bat Group (9pm Friday 18th), Dawn Chrous with BirdWatch West Cork (4:30am
Saturday 19th), Nature Walk with NPWS (11am Saturday 19th) and Tracks and Bugs with 'Streamscapes' (2pm Saturday).
Keep an eye on the BioBlitz Facebook page and the BioBlitz website: http://bioblitz.biodiversityireland.ie/glengariff-nature-reserve/
For more information you can also contact the Conservation Ranger in Glengarriff Woods,
Clare Heardman clare.heardman@ahg.gov.ie
