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Kildare Sat 27Th Clane Screening Nature Walk by the Liffey Kildare Time: 6.30Pm • Free Event

C M Y K ‘Atlantic’ Film Wild About - Fri 26th Sat 27th Clane Screening Nature walk by the Liffey Kildare Time: 6.30pm • Free Event. Time: 3.00pm • Free Event • No Booking is required Kildare Town Library will host a special screening of the Irish documentary All are invited to enjoy a nature walk by the Liffey in Clane where some of the “Atlantic” via Access Cinema .The film follows the fortunes of three small local flora and fauna will be introduced by local guides. Meet in the car park of NORTH KILDARE BEEKEEPERS Biodiversity fishing communities in Ireland, Norway and Newfoundland, Canada. Directed Abbeylands Shopping Centre, by the Westgrove Hotel. Bees are the most important pollinator of crops and native plant by Risteard O’ Domhnaill and narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Brendan species in Ireland. They are a key component of our wildlife and Week 2017 Gleeson, it highlights the struggle to maintain their way of life in the face of Farm walk-Derrybeg one of the busiest, and least appreciated, workforces we have. Join mounting economic and ecological challenges. A pre-film talk will be led by Sat 27th Monica de Bath, whose on-going project, PLOT/CEAPACH operates within Community Farm the members of the North Kildare Beekeepers Association as they sites of ecological tension and frames a series of actions and discursive demonstrate the importance of this species and the fascinating Saturday 20th Time: 3.00 - 4.30pm • Free Event • No Booking is required behaviour and characteristics of bees events at contested sites such as the and the Atlantic Blanket Derrybeg Community Supported Farm, Mooretown, Celbridge (next door to May to Bog. Contact Kildare Library for more information ph. 045-520235 e-mail Community School) will host a farm walk and talk. Come and meet our farmer [email protected] Nathan Jackson, steering group member Jay Stuart, as well as other members WILDWAYS ADVENTURES WORKSHOPS Sunday 28th May of the farm community and learn how we support biodiversity, while supplying Wildways Adventures is a family business set-up by Una & Trevor Dusk Chorus 2017 Fri 26th seasonal food for 30 member households and creating a farm community. All Halpin with the aim of encouraging families to spend time together walk ages welcome. Wear wellingtons or boots, especially if the weather has been exploring nature and heritage in a relaxed and fun way wet. Car parking outside the community school or on the other side of the Time: 7.30pm • Free Event • No Booking is required road. Bus route 67; get off at ‘Salesian College’. Biodiversity Workshop: involves the identification of habitats and the Monasterevin Tidy Towns in conjunction with Kildare BirdWatch will host a investigations of trees, wildflowers and mini-beasts. Dusk Chorus walk in the locality. Meet in the Car Park Moore Abbey Woods Rocks and Fossils Workshop: learn about the formation of the Earth (/ Road at 7.30pm. Sat 27th Bat walk and the rocks and the local landscape. Recreate childrens Sat 27th Library Time: 9.30pm • Free Event • Booking is required workshop Jennifer and Karl Matushka of Abbey Moone House and Kildare Bat group will host a bat walk. Places are limited so booking is required by emailing Time: 10am - 11.30am • Free Event • Booking is required [email protected]. Meeting at Abbey Moone House. Weather • Age range : 5 - 12 years dependent, wear walking shoes and please do not bring dogs. During Biodiversity week 2017, ReCreate will be setting up shop in Naas Library. Using their vast array of unusual and diverse reuse materials, a recreate artist will be on hand to assist with all sorts of creations and imaginings. Come make a rare bird or a red squirrel, or perhaps, help us create a wonderful landscape for SCHOOL EVENTS IN LIBRARIES DURING all to live in. Booking: [email protected] at 045-879111. BIODIVERSITY WEEK Family Walk Sat 27th Naas Library Please note these events are school schools events and are with IWT fully booked across all libraries. Saturday 20th May to Time: 11.45am - 12.45am • No booking required Irish Wildlife Trust Open Family Walk with facilitator from the IWT. Meet at BEGINNERS BUSH CRAFT WORKSHOPS WITH EARTH FORCE Naas Library for introduction and walk along the canal identifying and learning EDUCATION Sunday 28th May 2017 about plant, water and wildlife. Beginners Bush Craft workshops are a great way to get children A display of library books relating to biodiversity will also be on display in the This is an Action in the Heritage Plan excited about playing outdoors and encouraging them to spend time and the County Kildare Biodiversity Plan. library. learning while playing in the woods. Explore the four principles of ‘Raven Haven’ at survival; shelter, food, fire and water by using Forest School-style FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONTACT: Sat 27th Celbridge games and activities without ever leaving the building. Castletown House Bridget Loughlin - Heritage Officer Kildare County Council, Áras Chill Dara, Devoy Park, The truth is: Time: 11.45am - 12.45am • No booking required IRISH PEATLAND CONSERVATION COUNCIL BOG WORKSHOP Naas, Co. Kildare the natural The OPW at Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare are hosting ‘Raven Kildare is home to the most eastern raised bog in Ireland. The Bog of world is changing Haven’, Birds of Prey at The Stable Wing and Courtyard. This is a wonderful Allen stretches from Kildare all the way to East Galway. Explore the Tel: (045) 980 791 • Fax: (045) 980 240 opportunity to see and meet some of our native Irish Birds of Prey as we and we are totally wet and wild bogs of County Kildare in these workshops. Learn about County Kildare Heritage Office @ kildareheritage beside twitter dependent on that world. It celebrate Biodiversity Week with our friends from ‘Raven Haven’. their formation and bring a ‘Bog in a Bottle’ back to the classroom. Please note: Due to the nature of this event, dogs will not be allowed access provides our food water and Discover a selection of the wildlife found living on Irish bogs and the to this area. air. It is the most precious thing hidden treasure of bogs. we have and we need to defend it. Photos by Vehicle access: Exit 6, M4, Celbridge West or on Main Street Historic Celbridge Deaglan dePaor and a 10-15 minute walk through the parklands. www.castletown.ie (continued on back page) David Attenborough Eddie Dunne

This is an action in the County Kildare Heritage Plan

Bio Diversity 8 Page DL 2017.indd 1 09/05/2017 15:36 CMYK Naas 09/05/2017 15:36 Maynooth University University Newbridge Kildare Town Kildare Booking is required No Booking is • MU Library - Seminar Room B • Event Free Booking is required Dusk Chorus Dusk Chorus walk workshop GYO for children BATLAS 2020 Training 2020 Training BATLAS Bat Conservation Ireland • Free Event • Free Biodiversity Urban • • Booking is required. Event • Free All Ireland All Ireland Plan Pollinator 6.45pm 10am - 4.00pm 7.30 pm 4.00pm 8.30pm Fri 26th Fri Wed 24th Wed Thurs 25th Thurs 25th Thurs 25th Time: will host a presentation BirdWatch LibraryMaynooth in conjunction with Kildare Chorus a Dusk song/call, followed by including their area of the birds on the Mc Cormack and Gerry Tom by The talk will be presented walk in the locality. Library: Contact Maynooth Ireland. branch of Birdwatch Kildare from Condron 01-6285530 e-mail [email protected] Bat Conservation Ireland will be providing training on BATLAS 2020 survey survey 2020 training on BATLAS providing will be ConservationBat Ireland survey methods Libraryin Newbridge BATLAS note that the Please at 8.30pm detector. bat and a experience survey with bat volunteers to suited is best emailing [email protected] Book by Time: School and Business, Town, Garden, the - For Plan Pollinator All Ireland The County Council will in collaboration with Kildare University Maynooth County. All Ireland and the of talks and workshops hold a series about Biodiversity Plan. Pollinator include: and Events Speakers and Guidance Plan - Advice Pollinator The All Ireland Stout (TCD) Jane Prof University of Maynooth and Pollinators (MU) Biodiversity Dr Jim Carolan County CoCo) - The AIPP and Kildare Bridget Loughlin (Kildare Town - The AIPP and Maynooth Mary Tidy Towns) Jennings (Maynooth Rye on the River - Biodiversity Lisa Harlow (Intel Ireland) and our Honeybees Association - Biodiversity Bee Keepers North Kildare - Building Butterfly (Butterfly Habitats Conservation Ireland) Jesmond Harding Biodiversity A workshop on Recording and Biodiversity see our Bees, Birds - To MU Campus Guided walks around at to attend please contact Dr Jim Carolan would like If you Carolan or on 01 7166367 or on FB: Jim [email protected] Time: urban biodiversity about the and learn Tidy Towns Join Maryand Kildare O’Connor Centre. Heritage Town at Kildare Meet swift boxes. such as the new Town of Kildare Time: with a pot a Plant own and seeding. your about growing Come along and learn Booking: years. 12 – Suitable for 6 it home to grow. and bring etc cress flower, at 045-879111. [email protected] Time: Contact Celbridge Celbridge Rathangan • No Booking is required • No Booking is required Free Event • Free Free Event Free Dusk Chorus walk Chorus Dusk Dusk Chorus walk in Castletown Celbridge Heritage Celbridge Heritage Trail Tree Walk Dusk Chorus walk Free Event • Free Free Event • Free Event Free Event • Free Discover Kildare’s Kildare’s Discover Butterflies • • 11am 6.45pm 6.45pm 10.30am -11.30am 7.30pm 6.45pm Wed 24th Wed 24th Wed Mon 22nd Mon 23rd Tues Wed 24th Wed Tues 23rd Tues Time: join the IPCC for a walk and Network SupportedIrish Environmental the by butterfly identification workshop onLullymore West Bog. Meet at the Bog of at 11am. Centre Allen Nature Time: will host a conjunction with Castletown Celbridge in BirdWatch Kildare starts at Hunting in the Room Castletown. Talk on local birds presentation of Castletown House to hear grounds the a walk around followed 6.45pm by the Dusk Chorus. Time: will host a Rathangan Tidy Towns in conjunction with BirdWatch Kildare Talk Rathangan. Centre, Community in the RYARC birds on local presentation at 7.30pm. community centre the starts from a dusk walk by at 6.45pm followed Time: Trail LibraryCelbridge Tree of the will host an hour long walking exploration with local guides. Learn basic tree identification skills - an outdoor andTrace’ No about ‘Leave learn Also, natural environment. in the investigate life responsible and inspire designed to promote programme education ethics and partnerships. This education, research through outdoor recreation (Bring a Group. Trail Tree Skills Heritage ShareRing hosted by will be event and wear comfortable sunglasses, shoes.) sunscreen rain-jacket, Celbridge Library for more information ph. 01-6272207 e-mail celbridgelib@ e-mail information ph. 01-6272207 LibraryCelbridge more for kildarecoco.ie Time: talk and walk Ireland Waterways and Towns Tidy Sallins with association in IPCC 7.30pm. Canal Bridge at Sallins the Grand Canal. Meet of Biodiversity entitled Time: will host a BirdWatch in conjunction with Kildare Tidy Towns Kilcullen song/call, including their followed area of the birds on the presentation Kilcullen Hall Town place: Meeting locality. in the walk a Dusk Chorus by and Tom Bourke Neil by presented be will The talk Centre. and Heritage starts followed 6.45pm at Talk Kildare. Chairman of BirdWatch McCormack, to south park of bridge and Camphill River Valley a dusk walk in Riverside by walk to the north of the Bridge at 7.30pm Naas Kilcullen Lullymore Newbridge Monasterevin Monasterevin Booking is required • This event is fully booked. is This event Event Free •

Free Event Free • Free Event Free Free Event Free Kildare’s Wild Kildare’s bogs Bat walk ‘Plastic Cities Seen Workshop By Birds’ afternoon examining An in the Liffey Life • ReCreate workshop ReCreate •

9.30pm 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. 10.30am - 12.00pm 2.30pm

Sun 21st Friday 19th Friday Sat 20th Sat 20th Week long Week Biodiversity Week Biodiversity Time: Time: of County wildlife the and discover Centre Bog of Allen Nature Visit the insect pond dipping, include centre the at fun activities bogs. Family Kildare’s is A walk to Lodge bog South West and newt searches. eating plants and frog on the activities restoration some of the to explore also included at 11.30am No booking required. site and listen for the Curlew. Come along to Monasterevin and learn about bats with Kildare Bat group Bat group and learn about bats with Kildare Come along to Monasterevin Pub opposite Mooney’s garden in the Meet Tidy Towns. and Monasterevin walking shoes and wear dependent, Weather All welcome. Monasterevin. an adult. must be accompanied by please do not bring dogs. Children part Come alongLibrary to Newbridge workshop in a craft will use and take of natural material. Plans and of cities with the introduction recyclables, contact on the recreated will be above, Google Earth, from towns seen from colourful gels, wool, materials: beads, transparent paper with use of recycled and from materials come the learning about where participantsThe etc. are 10.30am - 12.00pm. is FREE and runs from The event reuse. creative contacting Newbridge Library by Ph; 045 448353 or can be booked Event email [email protected] host an afternoon examining Life will Community Towns Action/Tidy Kilcullen of rear at riverbank the at Meet UCD. from Jan Baars with Dr. Liffey in the hands a This will be Kilcullen. in bridge the shop beside coffee An Tearmann on, interactive presentation, examining the fish andinvertebrates in Kilcullen. beneath the water in The Liffey that live During Biodiversity week 2017, ReCreate will will be setting up shop in Naas ReCreate 2017, week During Biodiversity materials, reuse diverse of unusual and array vast their Using Library. artist and on hand to assist will be with all sorts of creations a recreate us create perhaps, help or squirrel, a red or bird a rare imaginings. Come make a wonderful in. for all to live landscape Time: Time:

The word ‘biodiversity’ is coined from biological diversity, which, put biological diversity, ‘biodiversity’ is coined from The word planet. on the of life variety the to of referring way simply is another of plant and animal and the species variety is aboutthe Biodiversity is essential for life, that is this interaction It them. between interaction food and agriculture, water, air, - clean things we need giving us all the amenity. has designated (CBD) Diversity on Biological Convention the This year as Livelihoods” and their Sustaining People Biodiversity; “Mainstreaming 2016. for Biological Diversity the theme for International Day and for the essential services is the foundation for life Biodiversity underpins peoples’ livelihoods therefore ecosystems. It by provided including economic of activity, in all areas and sustainable development others. among tourism, and fisheries forestry, agriculture, as such sectors and lives in people, their investing loss, we are By halting biodiversity their well-being. Biodiversity Kildare Biodiversity Week has been organised to develop awareness of awareness develop to organised has been Week Biodiversity Kildare to the the importanceunderstand its value and to better of biodiversity Week Biodiversity local, national and international communities. Kildare an interest people to take to encourage initiative is part of a European out invited to get are The people of Kildare local Biodiversity. in their bogs, rivers, wild spots, lakes, visit Kildare to Biodiversity, into Kildare’s of their back garden. the biodiversity enjoy woodlands or to simply County Council. Kildare by compiled has been This listing of events but should be welcome are Children free. are listed here All events suitably for the dress adult. Please a responsible accompanied by Dogs must be on leads. weather. Biodiversity Week Biodiversity Kildare Bio Diversity 8 Page DL 2017.indd 2

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