Highlights of 2022 at Wildacres
What a year 2022 was! After working hard on the land restoring habitats for the previous four years, we finally opened in March 2022 for private and scheduled, tours and workshops, for individuals, community groups and corporates. The feedback has been...
TIGER SPOTTED AT WILDACRES!
Well, technically it is! Though albeit of the moth variety!! During the summer we deployed our Actinic light moth trap to monitor moth species at Wildacres. We were both thrilled and astounded at the results we achieved. The quantities and variety of moths...
Bats In Our Belfry!
Well, they would be in our Belfry if we had a Belfry! Though we are just as happy to report they are present and flitting around in good numbers on Wildacres Nature Reserve. Even more heartening is the fact we have had confirmed that we have eight of our...
Independent.ie 8th August 2022
Independent.ie 8th August 2022
CÓILÍN MACLOCHLAINN REPORTS ON SECOND VISIT TO WILDACRES – WOODLAND MAGAZINE
Cóilín’s return to Wildacres in May, was to carry out a breeding bird survey and we are thrilled with the results from his 3-hour visit. During the morning he spotted 32 different bird species, including the Spotted Flycatcher, which is more than half of the...
Birds, Butterflies, Bees and More Returning In Great Numbers…
Read all about our environmental work at Wildacres over the past number of years and how creating a variety of habitats has had such a positive effect on the quantity and diversity of wildlife on the land. We are delighted Wildacres is featured in the Spring...
Rare and Elusive Pine Marten recorded on Wildacres Nature Reserve
We were so excited to see this beautiful creature on our Nature Reserve, a sign that after four years of working to make it an optimum space for nature, Wildacres is beginning to become a sanctuary for creatures such as this,. Wildlife that is finding it so...
10,000 Native Trees and Shrubs planted
10,000 NATIVE TREES & SHRUBS PLANTED. We think it is something worth shouting about. We have reached this milestone with the help of our excellent foresters who planted two thirds of the trees and shrubs, and we have planted the balance ourselves. It was...
New Wildlife Pond at Wildacres
WETLANDS. Wetlands have a chequered history in Ireland and are often looked on as poor, or what would be classed as "non productive" or "marginal" land. That is of course from a human perspective, where the land is often viewed from a food production or a...
Woodpeckers breed at Wildacres
We were thrilled to recently spot our only native woodpecker, The Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major. This once native fascinating bird was absent from the Irish countryside for hundreds of years, but recently has recolonized parts of the east coast,...
Social Entrepreneurs Ireland
We are delighted to have been awarded a place on the Social Entrepreneurs Ireland .Ideas Academy 2020. We participated in this innovative course, connecting with other social entrepreneurs and learning from established Social Enterprises that are making significant...