Festival of Farmland Biodiversity Events

Throughout the month, we will be holding various events to promote more positive engagement around farmland biodiversity.

The National Biodiversity Data Centre is hosting a month-long (virtual) Festival of Farmland Biodiversity for May 2023. The Festival of Farmland Biodiversity will focus on challenges to addressing the biodiversity crisis across much of the farmed landscape in Ireland

Surveying a hedgerow for pollinators through the Protecting Farmland Pollinators project

Farmer Competition - Biodiversity Audit

1^st-31^stMay

Win a complete biodiversity survey of your farm. To enter please share a picture or tell us what action you have taken on your farm to help protect biodiversity. If posting on social media please use #FarmlandBiodiversity. You can also email your entry to farmland@biodiversityireland.ie.

Winner announced on the 2^nd of June.

Protecting Farmland Pollinators Farm Walk

Join us on some of the farms that are in Protecting Farmland Pollinators project over the month of May to find out about some the pollinator friendly actions that farms are taking.

Date	Location	Host	Pollinator friendly action
9th of May, 11.30 to 13.00	Rathangan	Seamus O’Loughlin	Clover Solitary bee nests Native hay meadow
16th of May, 11.30 to 13.00	Athy	Jenny and Peter Young	Clover Hedgerow margins Solitary bee nests
22nd of May. 11.30 to 13.00	Prosperous, Naas	Tom Tierney	Natural regeneration experiment Companion crop Clover

Teagasc Signpost Webinar Series - Actions for pollinators

20^th May 9:30am

Actions for Pollinators and other biodiversity on the farm (Saorla Kavanagh) Teagasc Signpost series.