I am very pleased to see €8209 awarded to the Irish Peatland Conservation Council to upgrade the boardwalk at Lodge Bog and offer more educational visits to the bog. I am lucky enough to live right beside it, but I look forward to the return of the educational tours, so that more people can learn…
Tag: Biodiversity
This Bord na Móna Locomotive drawing milled peat is a rare sight in the bogs these days, and sadly coming to an end, but I fully support Bord na Móna’s new strategy to go from brown to green. Many of us have Bord na Móna to thank for why we live where we do today,…
I’m very lucky to be able to use the Grand Canal and the Barrow Blueway for lunchtime walks. The fresh air does the world of good for your health, and walking helps to keep your fitness up. There is an increase of littering on the canal banks these days and I would ask that people…
I was on the new Barrow Blueway in Ballyteague this afternoon. It was great to see the new walkway being used by plenty of local families. I also saw some horses on the path. Unfortunately horses are not permitted on the canal towpaths, and have already caused some damage to the brand new compacted dust…
With €108 million to be spent on bog restoration across Ireland, I am delighted to see Lodge Bog, Ticknevin Bog and the Timahoe Bogs included. Areas of Killina Bog are already rewetting too, with Sphagnum moss growing naturally there in places. https://www.leinsterleader.ie/…/five-kildare-bogs-to-be…
Coillte have installed a contactless card reader at Donadea Forest Park today so you won’t need to be rooting around for change on the way in any more. Hopefully it will reduce the occasional queues at the entrance.
I’m very lucky to have Lodge Bog as my back garden. One good thing about the pandemic is that it has allowed me to explore the area a lot. My favourite spots are the areas which have been rewetted by Bord na Móna, and the intact raised bog which is owned by the Irish Peatland…
In granting permission for a Solar Farm on the Timahoe North Bog, following an appeal by Butterfly Conservation Ireland, An Bord Pleanála have decided that the habitats of Timahoe Bog were not worth protecting. This will be the first large scale solar farm built on peat in the world that I can see. Leading solar…
I celebrated International Bog Day today by assisting the Irish Peatland Conservation Council on their Lullymore West Bog butterfly conservation area. We were clearing scrub from the area to make it more habitable for the butterflies. The area is home to many species of butterfly, including the endangered Marsh Fritillary, which I have spotted myself…
Delighted to see this lovely verge of dandelions left uncut on Maher’s Well Road in Allenwood South today. The dandelion is an important source of food for pollinators such as bees. See https://pollinators.ie/ to learn more.