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Donegal County Council will be hosting a number of Biodiversity Week events, with the aim of connecting people with nature.
On Saturday 18th May at 4.30am, you can hear the dawn chorus in Ramelton and enjoy a woodland walk through Drumboe Woods in Stranorlar at 11am.
There are many bat walks on offer from Bat Conservation Ireland and you can explore more at the woodland exhibition in Glenveagh National Park.
For budding nature recorders, there are citizen science programmes to Explore Your Shore at Fanad Lighthouse or Tory.
Donegal County Council Biodiversity Officer Julie Corry, is urging people to get out and enjoy all that Donegal biodiversity has to offer.
Virginia Teehan, CEO of the Heritage Council, said that they are happy to support these events through the Heritage Council’s County Biodiversity Action Plan programme.
National Biodiversity Week is from the 17th to the 26th of May this year, spanning International Biodiversity Day on the 22nd May.
Full details of all events led by or supported by Donegal County Council are available on both www.donegalcoco.ie and the Irish Environmental Network’s website www.ien.ie and further details of 3rd party events will be promoted on their social media channels.