Surveying a hedgerow for pollinators through the Protecting Farmland Pollinators project
1st-31st May
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 2nd of June.
1st-31st May
Win a complete set of the National Biodiversity Data Centre Identification Swatches for your class or school. Winner announced on the 2nd of June. To enter please share a picture biodiversity and your school name. If posting on social media please use #FarmlandBiodiversity. You can also email your entry to farmland@biodiversityireland.ie.
15th – 29th May
“These farm walks are an opportunity for our Farming for Nature farmers to showcase their contribution to nature and good farming practices on their land. They are a great opportunity to meet likeminded farmers and to gain an insight into the creative and inspiring ways that farmers can incorporate, protect and enhance nature on their land.” – Farming for Nature
16th – 20th May
EIP-AGRI Participating Farmer’s Perspective Week National Rural Network.
17th May 10:30am
“The National Rural Network are hosting a webinar with a focus on the seasonal actions that will benefit pollinators on farmland. This event is in support of the National Biodiversity Data Centres’ Farmland Festival which runs for the month of May. The focus of the festival is to highlight the challenges to addressing the biodiversity crisis across much of the farmed landscape in Ireland.”
20th May 9:30am
Actions for Pollinators and other biodiversity on the farm (Ruth Wilson) Teagasc Signpost series.
22nd May 11am – 1pm
Farm Walk Donal Sheehan Ponds and Farmland. Places are limited please book at info@cef.ie or call 0831568064
May 31st
“Running a productive 7.5 acre farm alongside nature. The ‘Ask the Farmer’ series runs this Winter and Spring where a number of our amazing Ambassadors will be on-line to tell us a little more about their farm and farming system and to answer your questions about farming for nature.”
