{"id":717,"date":"2024-05-20T12:20:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T12:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glengarriffnaturereserve.ie\/?p=717"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:24:19","slug":"bioblitz-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glengarriffnaturereserve.ie\/ga\/bioblitz-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"BioBlitz 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BioBlitz 2024 Programme &#8211; Kilkeran Lake and Castlefreke Dunes<\/p>\n<p>Join us Mon evening 20th May and all day Tues 21st May for an event to record as many species as possible in the company of experts, with a series of mini-events covering moths, birds, bats, newts, flowers, seaweeds, spiders, hoverflies, marine mammals and more!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kilkeran lake &amp; castlefreke dunes sac bioblitz 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 20th may @ 20:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20:30 moth walk and trapping demo gareth o&#8217;donnell. Ken bond meeto kilkeran rowing boat house<\/li>\n<li>21:30 bat, nighttime bird and newt walk with david rees npws, rob gandola herpetological soc ireland, meet kilkeran rowing boat house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 21st may @ 09:00-17:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>09:00 gather\/bailigh le cheile at fish basket caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>10:00 bird, butterfly and dragon fly walk with ciaran cronin, meet at kilkeran rowing boat house<\/li>\n<li>11:00 bryophyte walk rory hodd, meet at fishbasket caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>11:30 shore line walk-frances gallagher, meet at fish basket caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>13:00 am l\u00f3n\/lunch gather at fish basket caf\u00e9 (bring packed lunch)<\/li>\n<li>14:00 botanical walk and chats dune flora &amp; conservation management with phoebe o&#8217;brien, abi brewer, rory hodd, paul whelan, clare heardman, claire deasy, meet at fishbasket<\/li>\n<li>16:00 invertebrate talk-tom gittings &amp; myles nolan (spiders), fish basket caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>17:00 wrap up\/deireadh an lae at fishbasket caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>17:30 seawatch p\u00e1draig whooley, irish whale &amp; dolphin group, cloghna head<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/records.biodiversityireland.ie\/start-recording\"><span style=\"color: windowtext;\">Download all records<\/span><\/a> to national Biodiversity data centre;<\/p>\n<p>For BIOBLITZ queries contact <a href=\"mailto:Claire.deasy@npws.gov.ie\"><span style=\"color: windowtext;\">Claire.deasy@npws.gov.ie<\/span><\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:Clare.headman@npws.gov.ie\"><span style=\"color: windowtext;\">Clare.headman@npws.gov.ie<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-718 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glengarriffnaturereserve.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bioblitz-poster-print-version.png\" alt=\"BioBlitz 2024 Event Poster\" width=\"1587\" height=\"2245\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glengarriffnaturereserve.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bioblitz-poster-print-version.png 1587w, https:\/\/www.glengarriffnaturereserve.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bioblitz-poster-print-version-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.glengarriffnaturereserve.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bioblitz-poster-print-version-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/www.glengarriffnaturereserve.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bioblitz-poster-print-version-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/www.glengarriffnaturereserve.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bioblitz-poster-print-version-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/www.glengarriffnaturereserve.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bioblitz-poster-print-version-1448x2048.png 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1587px) 100vw, 1587px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BioBlitz 2024 Programme &#8211; Kilkeran Lake and Castlefreke Dunes Join us Mon evening 20th May and all day Tues 21st May for an event to record as many species as possible in the company of experts, with a series of mini-events covering moths, birds, bats, newts, flowers, seaweeds, spiders, hoverflies, marine mammals and more! 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