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Farmland Flora & Fauna Seminar - What we’ve got in Ireland

Farmland Flora & Fauna Seminar

Date: Monday, 11th June 2012,
Location:  County Arms Hotel, Birr, Co. Offaly.

Session 1
9.30 Registration – Tea/Coffee
10.00 Introduction – Catherine Keena, Teagasc
10.15 Recording what we’ve got – Liam Lysaght, National Biodiversity Data Centre
10.30 Bats – Tina Aughney, Bat Conservation Ireland
10.55 Bees – Una Fitzpatrick, National Biodiversity Data Centre
11.20 Butterflies – Eugenie Regan, National Biodiversity Data Centre
11.45 Mammals – Peter Turner, MISE Project
12.10 Barn Owls – Padraig Cregg, BirdWatch Ireland
12.35 Grasses of Ireland – John Feehan
13.00 Lunch

Session 2
14.00 Field Session at Birr Castle n Grasses and Flowers

  • Grasses and Flowers - John Feehan and Helen Sheridan, UCD
  • Trees – Declan Little, Woodlands of Ireland
  • Bees and Butterflies - Eugenie Regan and Una Fitzpatrick, National Biodiversity Data Centre
  • Mammals – Peter Turner, MISE Project
  • Bats – Tina Aughney, Bat Conservation Ireland
  • Birds – Padraig Cregg, BirdWatch Ireland

Booking is essential: Contact Catherine Power, Kildalton College, tel, 051 644400.
Admission: Free (lunch not included)

Attendance by farmers to this event is equivalent to a REPS Five Hour Course.

Visit www.teagasc.ie for more information.