Sneem Tidytowns

23/02/2025

It'd be great for Sneem to be included in the Dark Skies Reserve...

🔭✨Celebrate Irish Astronomy Week in Sneem 1st - 8th March 🔭✨

Join us for an unforgettable night under the stars!✨
Experience the magic of the Dark Sky during Irish Astronomy Week 2025! 🌌
On March 3rd in Sneem, dive into the wonders of the universe with engaging talks, discussions on dark sky preservation, and an evening of stargazing (weather permitting)!

📍 Sneem Book Shop (5:00 PM) – Irish-language astronomy talk
📍 Sneem Hotel (7:00 PM) – ‘Under One Sky’ presentation
📍 Sneem Hotel (8:00 PM) – Discussion on extending the Kerry Dark Sky Reserve
✨ Stargazing session at 9:30 PM with Kerry Dark Sky Tourism! Skellig Coast Dark Sky Tours

20/02/2025

Thank you Sharon Parr for some fantastic tips on how to 'nurture nature on your own patch'. For anyone looking to develop their own plan for nature, watching this webinar is great place to start - no matter where you live or how big or small an area you have. https://youtu.be/gy4_jzJo2N0

We all want to look after nature on our own patch of ground, but fear of doing the wrong thing leaves many scared to start. This talk looks at how you can develop your own ‘plan for nature’; answer some common questions; and help you to identify, create and manage a variety of habitats to boost your local biodiversity – whether in a garden, a field or a farm. By the end, everyone should have the confidence to do something for nature - however small.

After a previous life as a veterinary parasitologist, Sharon has spent 22 years working in the Burren, first mapping habitats and then on the development of results-based agri-environmental programmes. As part of Burrenbeo’s Hare’s Corner initiative, she has spent the past two years combining her love of nature with the lessons learned working in the Burren to develop individual ‘Plans for Nature’ for people across Clare, Galway and Mayo.

19/02/2025

Great to be involved in monitoring the rare lesser horseshoe bats with Vincent Wildlife Trust

A huge thank you to our Kerry volunteers who joined us last week for our volunteer get-together! We had a fantastic time looking back at our 2024 successes and outlined our aims for 2025.

Here’s to another great year of bat monitoring! 🦇

This work is supported by funding from the Irish Environmental Network and The Heritage Council

13/02/2025

A lovely series on gardening for bats

In this video (3 of 5) we suggest ways that you can provide features and structures in your garden that help bats. These range from hedgerows, that bats can ...

10/02/2025

If you spot a frog, log it

07/02/2025

Learn how to garden for bats 🦇

07/02/2025

Have your say

Survey hosted by surveymonkey.com.

05/02/2025

Lovely to meet our new Local Authority Waters Programme officer Bláthnaid O Loughlin today to review the recommendations in the River Report

22/01/2025

Follow Free Trees Ireland and apply on Saturday if you would like some native trees

14/01/2025

Things to consider when installing outdoor lighting

✨2025 has only just begun but due to wonderful new partnerships with organisations across the country who are dedicated to helping us in our mission to tackle the growing issue of Light Pollution in Ireland, we are hitting the ground running!

👏The amazing TidyTowns Ireland have put out a call to action to their dedicated network of volunteers nationally and we were delighted to collaborate and create the easy-to-follow infographic below to assist each tidy towns group in the country to reduce the effects of light pollution in their respective towns and villages.

🔗If you would like more information on this and all the fantastic work carried out by the amazing Tidy Towns groups across Ireland, follow the link below:
https://www.tidytowns.ie/about-us/newsletters/

13/01/2025

Interesting talk in Killarney next Monday...

Free Rainwater Planers Workshop by Kerry Biosphere on Monday 20th January from 10am to 1pm at Killarney House and Gardens.

Please note Booking is essential. To book you place see:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/sustainable-drainage-systems-workshop-with-a-focus-on-rainwater-planters-tickets-1139730337119

Following on from the success of their webinar which focused on sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) and nature based solutions to wastewater management delivered on Thursday 21st November, the Kerry Biosphere is delighted to announce they are hosting an in-person workshop in support of our Rainwater Planter Initiative.

The workshop will be presented by expert Féidhlim Harty, focussing on sustainable urban drainage systems with an emphasis on rainwater planters. Rainwater planters are a simple concept, design to lessen the pressures on stormwater entering our drains. Rainwater from the roof Is diverted into the planter where it soaks into the plants, gravel, and soil layers in the planter, with minimal egress into the adjoining drain. Planted with robust plant species that are tolerant of drought, flooding, and shade, the planters are not only aesthetically pleasing but also provide a food source for our pollinator species!

Join us in the Garden Room, Killarney House on the 20th January from 10am to 1pm to learn more about the benefits of nature based solutions for stormwater management, and for more detailed information about our initiative and how maybe you can introduce a planter at your property / facility. This is a free event, but booking is essential on https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/sustainable-drainage-systems-workshop-with-a-focus-on-rainwater-planters-tickets-1139730337119

If you would like to watch their previous webinar, please follow the link to their YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUtaAHE8so4

Please contact the Biosphere Officer, Brendan Kirwan on 087 152 7746 or [email protected] if you have any queries.

04/01/2025

17/12/2024

A timely reminder - don't pour fats or oil down the sink...

Cool, collect and bin your fats, oils and greases from cooking!🍽️ Three simple steps towards being responsible in the kitchen over the Christmas holidays. 🎅🎄

Head over to our website to learn more about responsible kitchen practices for the Christmas season. 🌟 https://thinkbeforeyouflush.org/think-before-you-pour/ Uisce Éireann Irish Water

12/12/2024

Thursday Tidy-uppers were hard at work weeding in the South Square this morning, we will keep going whenever weather permits, new volunteers always welcome

10/12/2024

22/11/2024

At we are asking politicians what are their plans to introduce a Site/Land Value Tax (SVT) to discourage property speculation, make housing more affordable, and mitigate the challenges of urban sprawl.

We cannot continue with a housing crisis, dereliction and hollowed out towns and villages.

https://environmentalpillar.ie/no-more-business-as-usual-its-time-to-put-climate-nature-and-fairness-at-the-heart-of-government-environmental-pillar-manifesto/

22/11/2024

Clean waters are essential for healthy human communities and for nature but half of our rivers, lakes and estuaries are unhealthy, with pollution escalating, and we are still waiting for a law on protected areas for marine life. Polluting run-off from agriculture and forestry, discharges of raw and....