Expert led Fieldtrip from Wicklow Boat House, North Quay, to explore the sheltered river estuary and beach of the Murrough shore.
Join us for this Biodiversity Week fieldtrip of the Murrough shore on Thursday 25th May at 6pm from Wicklow Boat House.
Coastwatch Coordinator, Karin Dubsky, will be joined by Deirdre Burns, Wicklow County Council and Owen Clerkin to share information on the heritage, biodiversity and blue carbon features of this coastal area and to examine impacts of climate change.
Please bring wellies, appropriate clothing such as anorak and water.
More details contact:
Karin Dubsky kdubsky@tcd.ie or Deirdre Burns DBurns@wicklowcoco.ie
Coastwatch is piloting a new theme – Cool Biodiverse Blue Carbon (CBBC) into its 2023 Biodiversity fieldtrips and events around UN World Biodiversity Day May 22nd
From May 18th to 28th we will be exploring the coastal rim from barely land through intertidal to shallow sublittoral. It includes our beautifully flowering saltmarshes and rare coastal wet woodlands and bogs, intertidal mudflats and peat, mussel and seagrass beds and meadows, kelp forests.
Join us for a free fieldtrip near you to identify these habitats, look into their biodiversity and carbon storage value, share observations on habitat health and historic presence, consider pressures, protection and restoration. Results from fieldtrips will be pooled to draft a first CBBC leaflet for Irish shores. Participant local and traditional knowledge on wise use and protection is particularly welcome.
Get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/explore-the-murrough-shores-of-co-wicklow-tickets-636471843417
