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Ballycarry, Kilkeel and Belleek

A national plant monitoring scheme, a foraging workshop in Kilkeel, and the Lough Erne Cot Regatta in Belleek.

Barbara Irvine speaks about the National Plant Monitoring Scheme where volunteer surveyors are collecting information on the many different species of plants and wildflowers; the site of a Renovated 18th Century Corn and Flax Mill are having their first foraging workshop and the Chairman of Lough Erne Heritage Fred Ternan on the Cot Regatta in Belleek.

55 minutes

Last on

Sat 14 Jul 2018 08:05

National Plant Monitoring Scheme: Barbara Irvine

National Plant Monitoring Scheme: Barbara Irvine
Barbara Irvine from Jordanstown is one of many volunteers to join the聽National Plant Monitoring Scheme, a huge citizen-science project that's happening all over the UK.聽Each volunteer 聽is allocated a聽one聽kilometer聽plot and they set about recording what's in it.聽Barbara's聽plot is near Ballycarry and it is where her family used to live.

Kilkeel's Foraging Workshop

Kilkeel's Foraging Workshop
A renovated Corn & Flax mill from the 18th Century is about to host it's first ever foraging workshop where members of聽the聽public will be able to discover which plants are聽edible聽and which are not. Helen Mark speaks to Jenny Hanna all about the event that is taking place beside the charming Kilkeel River.

Brian Hegarty Bird Photographer

Brian Hegarty Bird Photographer
Declan Forde met up with amateur photographer Brian Hegarty along the banks of the River Mourne for a lesson in聽local bird life and a first hand look at the knowledge聽Brian has built up over the years.

National Plant Monitoring Scheme: Bonny & Adam

National Plant Monitoring Scheme: Bonny & Adam

Helen Mark met up with Bonny Cooper and her son Adam, two of the volunteer surveyors on the National Plant Monitoring scheme, near Cullybackey where Bonny explained what the scheme meant to her and her family.

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  • Sat 14 Jul 2018 08:05

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