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Repro Free : This Kerry Wild Bee Festival is back for another year from the 6th - 7th July and will be based in the beautiful surroundings of the Tralee Bay Wetlands Ecology Park. Pictured at the launch of ther Bee festival at the Wellands were - Alan Balfe Senior Ecologist & Educator Tralee Bay Wetlands , Susan Brown to learn about Ballyduff Tidy Towns , Grace Clinton, from Fenit Changing Tides and Niamh Ní Dhúill Transition Kerry . Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD . Domnick Walsh Photographer is an Irish Aviation Authority ( IAA ) approved Quadcopter Pilot. Tralee Co Kerry Ireland. Mobile Phone : 00 353 87 26 72 033 Land Line        : 00 353 66 71 22 981 E/Mail :        info@dwalshphoto.ie Web Site :    www.dwalshphoto.ie ALL IMAGES ARE COVERED BY COPYRIGHT © PRESS RELEASE : Repro Free Images . Please contact Niamh Ní Dhúill for further information086/7247066: transitionkerry2020@gmail.com KERRY WILD BEE FESTIVAL 2024: This Kerry Wild Bee Festival is back for another year and will be based in the beautiful surroundings of the Tralee Bay Wetlands Ecology Park. This is the second year of this festival and it will feature a series of walks and talks led by biodiversity experts and community groups on these important insects and the simple actions we can take to help them. Over the two days there will also be nature art activities with Phil McSwiney, creating bees and other pollinators such as dragonflies out of natural materials. You will be able to ‘Find Your Natural Match with a fun and interactive ‘TIMBER’. On Saturday 6th July, the day will begin with Ian McGrigor from Gortbrack Organic Farm leading a guided walk and talk about the Wonders of Willow Trees and Bees, visiting many of the living willow features in the ecology park. Alan Balfe Senior Ecologist & Educator @Tralee Bay Wetlands Ecology Park will lead a workshop on how to learn about bee identification and how to carry out wild bee surveys. Alan carries out bee survey’s every month on site to build up a record of the bee species found and the public are always welcome to come along.. There will be a guided ecological corridor walk to The Green/Town Park, to learn how our town is connected with these valuable urban natural habitats. On Sunday 7th there will be two talks about community actions for pollinators, with the morning beginning with Grace Clinton, from Fenit Changing Tides giving a talk on ‘How The Carder Bee returned to Fenit in 2023‘. This will be followed by a talk with Susan Brown to learn about Ballyduff Tidy Towns exciting rare Moss Carder bee discovery this year, and what actions community groups such as Tidy Towns can do as well as what to look out for. Enjoy envisioning a bee corridor through your community and beyond. Ger Scollard will then show how to submit records and recording actions for pollinators with Kerry Branch Irish Wildlife Trust The Kerry Wild Bee Festival is being organised by Transition Kerry in collaboration with Tralee Bay Wetlands Ecology Park. We would like to acknowledge the support of Kerry County Council Community Support Fund, Eleanor Turner Biodiversity Officer Kerry Co Council, Kerry Branch Irish Wildlife Trust, Tralee Tidy Towns, Ballyduff Tidy Towns, Fenit Changing Tides, Gortbrack Organic Farm, Transition Kerry From The Ground Up Network,Margaret Kissane @The Lakeside Café ,Biodiversity Ireland and the All Ireland Pollinator Plan . The events are all free of charge. Bookings can be made here: https://traleebaywetlands.org/book-now Tá fáilte roimh gach duine.

Kerry Wild Bee Festival At The Wetlands This Weekend

July 1, 2024 at 3:23 pm 0 comments

THE Kerry Wild Bee Festival is back for another year and will be based in the Tralee Bay Wetlands Ecology Park this coming weekend. This is the second year of this festival and it will feature a series of walks and talks led by biodiversity experts and community groups on […]

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