Workshop - Biodiversity Ireland

Other Events 2017 Annual Meeting of Irish Freshwater Biologists The National Biodiversity Data Centre Beechfield House, WIT West Campus, Carriganore, Waterford.

March 10th, 2016 Dundalk Institute of Technology

Tel. 051 306 240 Email: [email protected] Web: www.biodiversityireland.ie

For further information contact [email protected] or 051 306 240

The National Biodiversity Data Centre is an Initiative of the Heritage Council and is operated under a service level agreement by Compass Informatics. The Centre is funded by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

2017 Monitoring Workshops There will be a series of additional workshops on the bumblebee and butterfly monitoring schemes which will be advertised through the respective websites or by contacting Dr Tomás Murray ([email protected]). The websites can be accessed via the links below: • •

IDENTIFYING & RECORDING

IRELAND’S Biodiversity

2017 Workshop Programme

Butterfly monitoring: https://goo.gl/GT3UAC Bumblebee monitoring: https://goo.gl/uN3ne4

2017 All-Ireland Pollinator Plan events See www.biodiversityireland.ie/pollinator-plan for other talks and events related to the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan

T

he Data Centre’s workshop programme commenced in 2009 with, to date, over 2,200 individuals having been trained across a wide range of disciplines; from beginner through to advanced levels and from volunteer recorders to professional ecologists. We acknowledge the ongoing support and sponsorship from partners who have contributed, year after year, to the success of this important programme, in particular the Botanical Society of the British Isles; the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs; Dublin City Council; the Heritage Council; Irish Peatland Conservation Council; National Botanic Gardens and Wexford Naturalist Field Club.

Council has allowed fees to be kept to a minimum since the programme’s inception in 2009: ¤20 for standard workshops and ¤50 for those tailored to the professional ecologist.

Funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and the Heritage

NB: Booking fees are non-transferable and non-refundable.

Book online at: www.biodiversityireland.ie/events/ or contact [email protected] for further information

Workshop programme 2017 Title

Leader

Date

Otter surveying

Dr Denise O'Meara & Andrew Harrington

Saturday, 11th February

Irish badgers' signs, and surveys

Dr Paddy Sleeman

Winter tree and shrub identification (in conjunction with DCC Parks Biodiversity Unit)

Places are limited so advance online booking and payment is essential: www.biodiversityireland.ie/events For further information please contact Maria Walsh. Tel: 051 306 240 or email: [email protected]

Venue

Time

Level

Fee

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Waterford

10am – 4pm

Beginners and intermediates

¤20



10am – 4pm


¤20

Oisín Duffy


Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

10am – 4pm


¤20

Appropriate Assessment - purpose, process and pitfalls

Paul Scott

Tuesday, 14th March


10am – 4pm


¤50

Waders and wildfowl (in conjunction with DCC Parks Biodiversity Unit)

Breffini Martin

Saturday, 25th March

North Bull Island, Dublin

10am – 4pm


¤20

Cetacean identification (in conjunction with the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group)

Pádraig Whooley/Irish Whale and Dolphin Group

Saturday, 22nd April


10am – 4pm


¤20

Bryophytes and their role as indicators of habitat type

Dr Joanne Denyer

Thursday, 27th April

National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9

10am – 4pm

Intermediates and advanced

¤50

Squirrel and pine marten tracking

Dr Denise O’Meara & Andrew Harrington

Saturday, 13th May


10am – 4pm


¤20

Summer tree and shrub identification

Oisín Duffy

Saturday, 27th May


10am – 4pm


¤20

Moth disection

Ken Bond

Friday, 9th June


10am – 4pm


¤20

An introduction to jellyfish for beginners (in conjunction with NUI Galway)

Dr Tom Doyle, NUI Galway

Saturday, 10th June


10am – 4pm


¤20

Grasshoppers for beginners (in conjunction with Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs)

Dr Brian Nelson, NPWS

Saturday, 17th June


10am – 4pm


¤20

Wetland plant identification on rehabilitated cutaways and the use of plant species as ecological indicators (in conjunction with Bord na Móna)

Dr Mark McCorry/Bord na Móna Ecology Team

Wednesday, 14th June

Lough Boora Discovery Centre, Tullamore, Co Offaly

10am – 4pm


¤20

Insects for beginners (in conjunction with the Wexford Naturalist Field Club and Jamestown Nature Reserve)

Dr Tom Gittings

Saturday, 24th June

Jamestown Nature Reserve, Oilgate, Co Wexford

10am – 4pm


¤20

Introduction to sedges

Lynda Weekes/National Biodiversity Data Centre

Saturday, 24th June


10am – 4pm


¤20

Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) Cabbage family

Paul Green

Saturday, 1st July


10am – 4pm


¤20

30 Lichens to Map

Paul Whelan/Lichens.ie

Saturday, 8th July

Merlin Woods, Galway

10am – 4pm

All

¤20

Introduction to rushes

Lynda Weekes/National Biodiversity Data Centre

Saturday, 15th July


10am – 4pm


¤20

Rocky shore ecology

Marie Power

Tuesday, 25th July


10am – 4pm

All

¤20

Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Carrot family

Paul Green

Saturday, 29th July


10am – 4pm


¤20

Native seed conservation in Ireland (in conjunction with Airfield Estate)

Debbie Gillies

Saturday, 2nd September

Airfield Estate, Dundrum, Dublin 14

10am – 4pm

All

¤20

Identifying coastal Atriplex and their hybrids (and other saltmarsh species) (in conjunction with the BSBI)

Paul Green

Sunday, 3rd September

Drinagh, Wexford Town (H12)

10am – 4pm


¤20

Introduction to leaf miners

Stuart Dunlop

Wednesday, 13th September


10am – 4pm

All

¤20

Vegetation ecotopes and peat forming sphagnum mosses of raised bogs (in conjunction with the Irish Peatland Conservation Council)

Dr Catherine O’Connell/Irish Peatland Conservation Council

Thursday, 21st September

IPCC, Lullymore, Rathangan, Co Kildare

10am – 4pm


¤20