07 May 2025
National Biodiversity Week is from 16th – 25th May this year, spanning International Biodiversity Day on 22nd May and will be celebrated across Ireland with the collective aim of connecting people with nature.
Donegal is Buzzin’ for Biodiversity Week!
National Biodiversity Week is from 16th – 25th May this year, spanning International Biodiversity Day on 22nd May and will be celebrated across Ireland with the collective aim of connecting people with nature. Lots of walks and talks are happening to give you a chance to experience nature and learn more about biodiversity in your neck of the woods. The coordination of Biodiversity Week is organised by the Irish Environmental Network (IEN) and funded by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
Locally, Donegal County Council are hosting several Biodiversity Week events, from engaging guided walks along the River Deele, a Pollinator ID workshop in Buncrana to a chance to Explore Your Shore and learn about beach biodiversity at Maghery Strand. People can discover the nighttime wildlife at one of the many bat walks on offer from Bat Conservation Ireland or pop into one of the many biodiversity activities being held at Glenveagh National Park at the first Biodiversity Week Festival, supported by Donegal County Council Biodiversity and Heritage Offices.
Julie Corry, Donegal County Council Biodiversity Officer is urging people to get out and enjoy all that Donegal biodiversity has to offer, “Donegal County Council is buzzing for Biodiversity Week and we are happy to support more walks, talks and events in the County this year, allowing people the chance to experience and enjoy biodiversity all around them. We are delighted to be supporting more biodiversity events this year through funding support from the Heritage Council’s County Biodiversity Action Plan programme and through the NPWS’s Local Biodiversity Action Fund.”
Full details of all events led or supported by Donegal County Council are available on both www.donegalculture.ie and the Irish Environmental Network’s website for Biodiversity Week at www.biodiversityweek.ie/. Further details of all events will be promoted on our social media channels too.
To find out more about Biodiversity Week in Donegal contact biodiversity@donegalcoco.ie.
Biodiversity Week 2025 Programme - English
Glenveagh National Park Festival Programme Online
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Tá Dún na nGall ar bís fá dtaobh de Sheachtain na Bithéagsúlachta!
Tá Seachtain Náisiúnta na Bithéagsúlachta ar siúl ón 16ú – 25ú Bealtaine i mbliana, a chuimsíonn Lá Idirnáisiúnta na Bithéagsúlachta ar an 22ú Bealtaine agus déanfar í a cheiliúradh ar fud na hÉireann agus é mar aidhm aici daoine a nascadh leis an dúlra. Tá go leor siúlóidí agus cainteanna ag tarlú chun seans a thabhairt duit taithí a fháil ar an dúlra agus níos mó a fhoghlaim faoi bhithéagsúlacht i do cheantar féin. Is é Líonra Comhshaoil na hÉireann (LCÉ) a eagraíonn comhordú Sheachtain na Bithéagsúlachta agus is í an tSeirbhís Páirceanna Náisiúnta agus Fiadhúlra (SPNF) a mhaoiníonn í.
Go háitiúil, tá roinnt imeachtaí de chuid Sheachtain na Bithéagsúlachta á reáchtáil ag Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall, idir shiúlóidí treoraithe feadh na Daoile, ceardlann ID Pailneora i mBun Cranncha agus seans le do Chladach a fhiosrú agus foghlaim faoi bhithéagsúlacht na trá ag an Mhachaire. Is féidir le daoine an fiadhúlra istoíche a aimsiú ag ceann den iliomad siúlóidí sciathán leathair atá ar fáil ó Chaomhnú Sciathán Leathair Éireann nó bualadh isteach i gceann den iliomad gníomhaíochtaí bithéagsúlachta atá á reáchtáil ag Páirc Náisiúnta Ghleann Bheatha (www.nationalparks.ie/glenveagh/) ag an chéad Fhéile Seachtaine Bithéagsúlachta, le tacaíocht ó Oifigí Bithéagsúlachta agus Oidhreachta Chomhairle Contae Dhún na nGall.
Tá Julie Corry, Oifigeach Bithéagsúlachta Chomhairle Contae Dhún na nGall ag impí ar dhaoine dul amach agus taitneamh a bhaint as gach a bhfuil le tairiscint ag bithéagsúlacht Dhún na nGall, “Tá Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall ar bís fá dtaobh de Sheachtain na Bithéagsúlachta agus tá muid sásta tacú le níos mó siúlóidí, cainteanna agus imeachtaí sa Chontae i mbliana, rud a thugann deis do dhaoine blaiseadh agus taitneamh a bhaint as bithéagsúlacht thart timpeall orthu. Tá an-áthas orainn a bheith ag tacú le níos mó imeachtaí bithéagsúlachta i mbliana trí thacaíocht a mhaoiniú ó chlár Phlean Gníomhaíochta Bithéagsúlachta Contae na Comhairle Oidhreachta agus trí Chiste Gníomhaíochta Bithéagsúlachta Áitiúla SPNF."
Tá sonraí iomlána faoi na himeachtaí go léir atá faoi stiúir nó a dtacaíonn Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall leo ar fáil ar www.donegalculture.ie agus ar shuíomh gréasáin Líonra Comhshaoil na hÉireann do Sheachtain na Bithéagsúlachta ag www.biodiversityweek.ie/. Cuirfear tuilleadh sonraí faoi na himeachtaí go léir chun cinn ar ár gcainéil meán sóisialta fosta.
Chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi Sheachtain na Bithéagsúlachta i nDún na nGall déan teagmháil le biodiversity@donegalcoco.ie.
Biodiversity Week 2025 Programme - As Gaelige