Dawn Chorus 2023
Join us for a Dawn Chorus
Let’s Plan Together
Cork City’s Local Economic & Community Plan – Let’s Plan Together – features Deborah Maguire from Brand Blarney talking about the Clogheenmilcon Fen.
Pride in Our Community Award
Brand Blarney is honoured to have been recently recognised and Highly Commended in the Best Project in Urban Area category in the Muintir na Tire Pride in our Community 2022 competition. Congratulations to the winners of all the categories in the competition. Our Chairperson, Sue Pamment, received the award on Brand Blarney’s behalf. Our thanks…
Weeding Crew
The Brand Blarney weeding team was out cleaning up the flower beds in the main carpark at the Fen yesterday evening. In keeping with best biodiversity practices, the car park grassy area will be left uncut until September.
Wild Flowers June 2022
Wild flowers at the middle carpark..25 species of wild flowering herb..these plants support up to 71 species of caterpillar..many bees, hoverflies and butterflies were enjoying this carpet of wild flowers in the sun this morning…such a place should only be cut over in autumn. The wild flowering herbs are White clover, Red clover, Shamrock (lesser…
Wildlife sightings February 2022
Species visiting the Fen in February: Mallard Teal Shovler Widgeon Tufted Gadwall
Dawn Chorus 2022
A damp but still beautiful dawn chorus at the Fen. The birds in good singing voice. Blackbirds stole the show this morning, being the most vocal and melodic, with wrens and moor hens joining in. Thanks to Tom O’Byrne and James Mulcahy for leading the identifications.