Celebrat
You are invited to join the Irish Peatland Conservation Council from 2pm-5pm on Sunday 25th July at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre, Lullymore, Co. Kildare to celebrate International Bog Day. This worldwide event is celebrated in 2010 alongside the Bog of Allen Nature Centre’s celebrations for the International Year of Biodiversity. Tadgh O’Corcora, IPCC’s Conservation Officer will introduce you to IPCC’s new peatland conservation action plan. This plan calls for a holistic approach to the management of Ireland’s remaining peatland resources with the overall aim of halting the loss of peatland biodiversity. Visitors are also invited to join IPCC on a guided walk of Lodge Bog an example of an intact raised bog close to the centre where you can see some of the ongoing conservation work being undertaken by IPCC staff and volunteers. For young visitors, a pond dipping session and froggy search will provide entertainment and the peatland museum and wildlife gardens will be open all day for visitors to browse at their leisure. All welcome, admission free, bring a picnic and for those visitors intending on going on the bog walk bring strong footwear.
Directions to the Bog of Allen Nature Centre:
From Dublin take the Maynooth exit off the N4, turning at the roundabout onto the road marked Straffan/Clane/Naas. At the roundabout of Barberstown Castle, take the exit for Clane. Drive into Clane. Drive through the traffic lights in the centre of the town. Take the right hand turn in Clane at the Corner Pub (yellow building) onto the R403 to Prosperous and Allenwood. Drive through Allenwood. Less than half a mile outside Allenwood, take the left turn over the skew canal bridge onto the R414. If you miss this turn you will end up in Carbury. Drive for three miles. This brings you to the Bog of Allen Nature Centre on the right hand side of the road. If you get to Rathangan you have gone too far.
Timeline: 25th July, 26th September 2010.
Irish Peatland Conservation Council
Contact Details
Name: Nuala Madigan
Tel: 045-860133
Email: Click to reveal email
Web: www.ipcc.ie
Address: IPCC, Lullymore, Rathangan, Co. Kildare
Biodiversity Focus: The three events will focus on three different habitats. The first will focus on Irish butterflies with specific reference to the endangered Marsh Fritillary butterfly breeding on a abandoned cutaway site. The second event will focus on Ireland’s wild boglands and the IPCC’s new Action Plan 2020 outlining actions for halting the loss of biodiversity on our boglands including a guided visit to an intact bogland. Finally the third event will focus on wildlife gardening and sustainable living including composting, creating habitats for wildlife and living with future generations in mind including a guided visit of the wildlife gardens at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre
Geographic area: Bog of Allen Nature Centre, Lullymore, Rathangan, Co. Kildare and surrounding habitats including Lodge Bog, Lullymore West Bog and wildlife gardens of the Bog of Allen Nature Centre
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