Island Wildlife Festival
Cape Clear – Island Wildlife Festival
7th – 12th June, 2016
Tuesday 7th June
08:00 – 09:00hrs Bird walk & ringing demonstration – Steve Wing
10:00 – 12:00hrs Flower walk – Geoff Oliver
10:30 – 12:30hrs Goat milking & husbandry – Ed Harper
11:00 – 18:00hrs Maritime photographs – Pat Con O’Driscoll
12:00 – 16:00hrs Heritage Museum – Joan Kearney
13:00 – 15:00hrs Fastnet Trip (low tide 14:19hrs) – M.J. Cadogan
13:00 – 15:00hrs Rocky Shore as Gaeilge – Paula Ní Ríogáin
19:00 – 21:00hrs Photographs from Peter Cox, Chuck Kruger & Mary Cadogan
21:00hrs Meals in Cotter’s Bar and Sean Rua’s Restaurant
21:00 – 22:00hrs Bird Observatory Log (daily record of wildlife sightings)
Wednesday 8th June
08:00 – 09:00hrs Bird walk & ringing demonstration – Steve Wing
10:00 – 12:00hrs Dry-stone walling demonstration – Áine Ní Ríogáin
10:30 – 12:30hrs Goat milking & husbandry – Ed Harper
11:00 – 18:00hrs Maritime Photographs – Pat Con O’Driscoll
12:00 – 14:00hrs Flower walk – Geoff Oliver
12:00 – 16:00hrs Heritage Museum – Joan Kearney
14:00 – 16:00hrs Fastnet Trip – M. J. Cadogan
14:00 – 16:00hrs Net mending demonstration – (to be confirmed)
21:00hrs Meals in Cotter’s Bar and Sean Rua’s Restaurant
21:00 – 22:00hrs Bird Observatory Log (daily record of wildlife sightings)
Evening Traditional music/dance/poetry in pubs
Thursday 9th June
08:00 – 09:00hrs Bird walk & ringing demonstration – Steve Wing
10:00 – 12:00hrs Dry-stone walling demonstration – Áine Ní Ríogáin
10:30 – 12:30hrs Goat milking & husbandry – Ed Harper
11:00 – 18:00hrs Maritime Photographs – Pat Con O’Driscoll
12:00 – 14:00hrs Flower walk – Geoff Oliver
12:00 – 16:00hrs Heritage Museum – Joan Kearney
12:00 – 14:00hrs Seaweed buffet – Suzy Brown
14:00 – 16:00hrs Net mending demonstration – (to be confirmed)
15:00 – 18:00hrs Fastnet Trip – M. J. Cadogan
21:00hrs Meals in Cotter’s Bar and Sean Rua’s Restaurant
21:00 – 22:00hrs Bird Observatory Log (daily record of wildlife sightings)
Evening Traditional music/dance/poetry in pubs
Friday 10th June
08:00 – 09:00hrs Bird walk & ringing demonstration – Steve Wing
10:30 – 12:30hrs Goat milking & husbandry – Ed Harper
11:00 – 18:00hrs Maritime Photographs – Pat Con O’Driscoll
12:00 – 16:00hrs Heritage Museum – Joan Kearney
14:00 – 16:00hrs Flower walk – Geoff Oliver
16:00 – 18:00hrs Fastnet Trip – M. J. Cadogan
21:00hrs Traditional meal in Sean Rua’s Restaurant
21:00 – 22:00hrs Bird Observatory Log (daily record of wildlife sightings)
22:00 – 23:00hrs Bat walk & Stargazing – Paddy Sleeman
Evening Traditional music/dance/poetry in pubs
Saturday 11th June
08:00 – 09:00hrs Bird walk & ringing demonstration – Steve Wing
10:00 – 12:00hrs Flower walk – Geoff Oliver
10:30 – 12:30hrs Goat milking & husbandry – Ed Harper
11:00 – 18:00hrs Maritime Photographs – Pat Con O’Driscoll
12:00 – 16:00hrs Heritage Museum – Joan Kearney
12:00hrs Launch of Island BioBlitz 2016
12:00 – 15:30hrs Sea watch from the cliffs – Padraig Whooley (IWDG)
14:00 – 18:00hrs Pelagic boat trip – Paul Connaughton (Shearwater Wildlife Tours)
16:30 – 18:30hrs Fastnet Trip – M.J. Cadogan
21:00 – 22:00hrs Bird Observatory Log (daily record of wildlife sightings)
22:00 – 23:00hrs Bat walk & Stargazing – Andrew Harrington (Bat Conservation Ireland)
Evening Traditional music/dance in pubs
Sunday 12th June
08:00 – 10:00hrs Bird walk & ringing demonstration – Steve Wing
09:00 – 11:00hrs Opening of moth traps – Eamonn O’Donnell
10:30 – 12:30hrs Goat milking & husbandry – Ed Harper
11:00 – 18:00hrs Maritime Photographs – Pat Con Driscoll
12:00hrs Island BioBlitz – finishes
12:30hrs Island BioBlitz – winners annouced
14:00h – 16:00hrs Heritage Walk (local history and archaeology) – Diarmuid Ó Drisceoil
For more information see:
capeclearbioblitz.wordpress.com
facebook.com/CapeClearBioBlitz
Bere Island – Island Wildlife Festival
Daily events
Whale & Dolphin watching trips with Sea Safari.
Tuesday 7th June
10:00hrs Talk on beekeeping – Barry Hanley – Bere Island Heritage Centre
14:00hrs Walk to Cloughland Lake – Daniel Moriarty – Meet at Murphy’s Shop, Rerrin
Wednesday 8th June
10:45hrs Walk with Chris Sullivan – Meet at Murphy’s Shop, Rerrin
14:00hrs Nature walk to Cloughland Tower – Clare Heardman – Meet at Murphy’s Shop, Rerrin
Thursday 9th June
12:00hrs Talk on Bere Island Oyster & Seaweed Farm – David Andrews – Bere Island Heritage Centre
14:00hrs Talk on medicinal herbs – Rosari Kingston – Bere Island Heritage Centre
Friday 10th June
11:00hrs Butterfly walk – Damaris Lysaght – Meet at Murphy’s Shop, Rerrin
17:00hrs Introduction to Dexter Cattle – Steve Collins – Bere Island Heritage Centre
Evening Music in island bars – Desy’s Bar & The Hotel
Saturday 11th June
10:00hrs Nature walk and Pond Dipping – Geoff Hunt – Meet at Murphy’s Shop, Rerrin
12:00hrs Launch of Island BioBlitz 2016 – Bere Island Heritage Centre
14:00hrs Guided bird watching walk – Niall Tierney – Meet at Murphy’s Shop, Rerrin
21:00hrs Dusk chorus walk – Niall Tierney – Meet at Murphy’s Shop, Rerrin
Evening Music with Michael Harrington & Co. – Bere Island Heritage Centre
Sunday 12th June
05:00hrs Dawn chorus walk – Niall Tierney – Meet at Murphy’s Shop, Rerrin
09:00hrs Island BioBlitz surveying – various locations
12:00hrs Island BioBlitz – finishes
12:30hrs Island BioBlitz – winners announced
Clare Island – Island Wildlife Festival
Friday 10th June
11:30 – 12:30hrs Guided ramble through island flora – Donal Synnott
13:00 – 14:00hrs Tour of Macalla Farm: Retreat Centre and Organic Farm
19:00hrs Island BioBlitz registration at Base Camp – Go Explore Hostel
Saturday 11th June
10:00 – 11:00hrs Bogland Ecology: carnivours plants to alpine flowers – Dr. Heather Lally
11:30 – 12:00hrs Island BioBlitz launch at Base Camp: Ciara Cullen & Liam Lysaght
12:00 – 13:00hrs Botanical walk: Beach to Bog – Donal Synnott
14:00 – 15:00hrs Introduction to seaweed identification – Robert Wilkes (EPA)
15:00 – 16:00hrs Archaeological Tour: 5,000 years of human habitation – Ciara Cullen
16:00 – 17:00hrs Insect identification walk
18:00 – 19:00hrs Wildlife walk – Colin Heaslip
20:00 – 20:30hrs New Clare Island Surveys: Past, present & future – Donal Synnott
22:00 – 23:00hrs Bat walk – Harm Deenan (Bat Conservation Ireland)
23:00 – 00:00hrs Stargazing: constellations, planets, campfires and marshmallows
Sunday 12th June
06:00 – 07:00hrs Early morning bird walk – Liam Lysaght
08:00 – 10:00hrs Opening of moth traps – Ken Bond
10:00 – 11:00hrs Kids beachcombing and Found Art workshop
12:00hrs Island BioBlitz – finishes
12:30hrs Island BioBlitz – winners announced
13:00hrs Farewell Soiree and Traditional Music Session
Tory Island – Island Wildlife Festival
Friday 10th June
Evening: Music/céilí (venue to be arranged)
Saturday 11th June
12:00hrs Launch of Island Bioblitz 2016 (Tory National School)
14:00hrs Butterfly & Bumblebee walk (Oisín Duffy)
15:00hrs Introduction to the Island’s invertebrates (Bryan Pinchen)
16:00hrs Introduction to the Island’s plants (Therese Higgins)
22:00hrs Bat walk (Tina Aughney & Caroline Shiels – Bat Conservation Ireland)
There will also be a guided walk with a local expert on Island folklore and history – time to be arranged
Evening: Music/céilí (venue to be arranged)
Sunday 12th June
05:00hrs Dawn chorus (Niall Keogh)
08:00hrs Opening of moth traps (Ralph Sheppard)
09:00hrs Small mammal trapping (Chris Barron)
12:00hrs Island Bioblitz 2016 – finishes
12:30hrs Island Bioblitz 2016 – announcement of winner
Inis Mór – Féile Fiadhúlra/ Island Wildlife Festival
All outdoor events will be weather dependent and suitable footwear and clothing is recommended. Walks may be over rough ground. A number of events are bilingual and are indicated by 
Braithfidh gach imeacht faoin aer ar an aimsir agus moltar bróga agus éadaí feiliúnach a chaitheamh. Tá seans ann go mbeidh roinnt de na siúlóidí ar thalamh míchothrom. Tá roinnt imeachtaí dhátheangach agus léirithe le
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Tuesday 7th June / Máirt 07 Meitheamh
14:00hrs Archaeology of The Aran Islands/ Seandálaíocht Oileáin Árann
(Claire Cotter & Máirín Uí Fhatharta)
Wednesday 8th June / Céadaoin 08 Meitheamh
14:00hrs AranLIFE project/Togra AranLIFE
Thursday 9th June / Déardaoin 09 Meitheamh
14:00hrs Presentation on Irish cetaceans followed by a 2 hour land based watch (The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group)/ Cur i láthair ghairid ar chéiticigh Éireannach agus faire 2 uair a chloig ar talamh. (An Grúpa Éireannach maidir le Míolta Móra agus Deilfeanna)
Friday 10th June / Aoine 10 Meitheamh
14:00hrs Clean Coasts Roadshow / Seó Bóthair Cóstaí Glana
19:00hrs Evening Reception, Welcome to AranLIFE and BioBLITZ 2016/Fáiltiú um thráthnóna, Fáilte chuig AranLIFE agus BioBLITZ 2016
21:30hrs Céilí Mór
Saturday 11th June / Satharn 11 Meitheamh
12:00hrs Launch of Island BioBlitz / Seoladh BioBlitz Oileán 2016 AranLIFE Project-Biodiversity through farming / Togra AranLIFE – Bithéagsúlacht trí Fheirmeoireacht (Halla Rónáin)
13:00hrs Setting invertebrate traps/ Socrú gaistithe inveirteabraigh
14:00hrs Bees and Butterflies of Aran’s farms / Beacha agus Feileacáin Feirmeacha Árann (Rónán FitzPatrick)
18:00hrs Setting up moth traps/ Socrú gaistithe leamhain
22:00hrs Bat Walk with Bat Conservation Ireland/ Siúlóid Ialtóga le Caomhnú Ialtóg Éireann. Meet at Halla Rónáin
Sunday 12th June / Domhnach 12 Meitheamh
05:00hrs Dawn Chorus / Giolcadh an ghealbhain – Ceiliúr na camhaoire
(Penny Bartlett and Dermot Breen) Meet at Halla Rónáin
08:00hrs Opening of moth traps / Oscailt gaistithe leamhain
09:00hrs Checking of invertebrate traps/ Seiceáil gaistithe inveirteabraigh
12:00hrs Island BioBlitz 2016 – finishes/ BioBlitz Oileán 2016 – Críoch
12:30hrs Island BioBlitz 2016 – Winner’s announced/ BioBlitz Oileán 2016 – Buaiteoirí a fhógairt