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Autumn Lecture Series - That's a Wrap!

We kicked off our Autumn Lecture Series on the 23rd of September, running for six weeks of inspiring talks every Tuesday evening. They were held at the Falls Hotel Ennistymon, which we agreed to be a fitting location, overlooking the River Inagh and less than 500 meters downstream from where Ballymacraven River joins it. The idea for the Lecture Series was inspired by wanting to promote the importance of river health within our community and help uncover the fascinating hidd

Autumn Primary School Programme

We visited and brought schools local to the Ballymacraven river for an outdoor workshop. Learning about the rivers biodiversity and what we as the community can do to look after it

Grey Phalarope

During the week, our Project Officer was taking a walk down the Glen of the lower Ballymacraven River. After some stormier weather, and...

River Sightings

A space to keep updated on flora and fauna river sightings along the Ballymacraven River

Ballymacraven River Residents - Fox

Sionnach, the red fox 🦊 (Vulpes vulpes) spotted along the Ballymacraven river in October via a trail camera we have set up! Foxes are omnivores, meaning that they have a diverse diet of meat, insects, vegetation and carrion (dead animals). A strong trait of the fox is their adaptability to live in a broad range of habitats from rural areas such as forests and open country side to urban areas. They are important to our ecosystem for many reasons, one being that they act as po

Nov 71 min read