January walk

Led by Alan Walshe with pix from Denis Cullen

What do you know about Nurdles?

 

We have all heard about the Great Pacific Garbage patch but.....


have you heard about ....

The quest for ocean domination on YouTube which is a great place to start raising awareness of this pervasive pollution. Have you seen a Nurdle? Have you thrown a cotton bud down the toilet?
The following pictures were taken after the recent storms on local Waterford beaches at Tramore, Dunmore and Woodstown

small white plastic beads along tidemark

Nurdles or plastic microbeads are used extensively in the plastics industry

Read more about the problem...they do not go away, they attract toxins and chemicals so concentrate in food chain.

Easier to see are the cotton buds that are  flushed  down the toilet. Check out the Cotton bud project or #TheLast Straw

177 colour coded plastic sticks from 500m of Tramore beach
Where does it all come from? Sewage out of sight is not always out of mind. It reappears after a big storm.

and what about waste from aquaculture, especially new blue and red cable ties? (Seen at Woodstown and Tramore)

November walk

November walk to Creaden head

October walk

October walk to the slate quarries near Piltown.

June and July walks

July on the Greenway near Mount Congreve

and the Anne Valley in June

March walk to Glenshelane woods

A large group took part on a walk on a fine spring day lead by the inimitable Denis Cullen. 

We saw early spring flowers – Wood Anemone and Lesser Celandine and found tracks of deer and possibly a badger; the highlight was the sighting of a Red Squirrel.

Walks in the New Year

The February walk at the Cunnigar, Dungarvan, County Waterford.

Thanks to Denis for leading once again.

The definitive highlight of the January walk, which was along the River Suir walkway from Carrick-on-Suir was seeing Otters including a very close up view of one.

Preliminary details for forthcoming walks

February 11th The Cunnigar, Dungarvan. Meet at the car park next the Shandon Roundabout at 1.30pm. Leader: Denis Cullen.

 

March 11th. Glenshhelane River Walk. Meet near Barron’s Bakery, Cappoquin at 1.30 pm. Leader: tbc

 

April 8th. Glendalligan Woods. Meet at Applegreen at Lemybrien at 1.30pm. Leader: Paul Roche.

 

May 13th. Borris Gardens. Details tbc

Dunhill walk December 2017

Thanks Denis for pictures from 12th December from Dunhill walk

Ardmore walk

Thanks Denis for pictures from today's walk at Ardmore in a sunny September

Walks past and present

Thanks to Denis for leading the walk to the Saleens in February and to Paul for leading the walk in Glendalligan in March

The next walk takes place along the Whortle path from Faithlegg to Pasage on Sunday 9th April.

1 pm.  Miller's Marsh/ car pool.

1.45 pm. Faithleg Primary School /car park.

Walk/easy/road and pathway.

Time 2 hrs.

All are welcome

Reptile survey training

Fenor was the venue for reptile surveyor training with Kieran Flood from HQ.

The Wexford Estuary villages

Ballyhack to Arthurstown to Duncannon
Thanks to Paul and Denis for leading the walk and to Ray for his valuable inputs.

I'll walk the line

Earning their mince pies. 
Snaps from Denis. 
Seasons greetings

Bird watching on the Cunnigar

Huge thanks once again to Denis Cullen who led the November walk to the Cunnigar in Dungarvan bay. He reckons the highlight of the day was seeing 4 spoonbills

Cavorting in Castlecomer

The recent outing to Castlecomer Discovery Park was led by Andrew Cox. 
A small select crew wandered through the lake area to the 24 acre former quarry of the brick factory.
Here are some pix.....