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Micheál Mac Gearailt says a few words about Biodiversity Week at the Shannon Town Community Wetlands (Best viewed in YouTube app set to 2160s quality)
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An enjoyable talk was given by Micheál Mac Gearailt to Cuimhneamh an Chláir (https://clarememories.ie/) today at 4 pm. The rain held off for us and we had a lovely discussion of the flora and fauna led by Micheál, who also played some related recordings of people discussing how things were in the past.
From their Facebook page: “Thank you to all who came out to our Biodiversity Week event in Shannon Town Community Wetlands, led by our cuairteoir Micheál Mac Gearailt, who is part of the wetland restoration project.
We learned about wetland fauna, the importance of oft-forgotten plants such as alder, willow and red clover in ecosystem generation. We listened to the stories from the archive about traditional plant uses and old farming practices, including lichen to dye clothes and the disappearing birds of our farmlands.
We then got mucky and explored the recently-dug ponds, filled with macroinvertebrates such as dragonfly nymphs and whirlygig beetles, as well as nascent colonies of newts and tadpoles that attest to the success of this project.
And finally, there was a treasure hunt for the young ones, to identify wetland flowers – with goodies to boot!”
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Another enjoyable workshop given by Micheál Mac Gearailt which the young people from Clonmony NS (https://clonmoneyns.com/) thoroughly enjoyed. We found the discarded skin of a large dragonfly nymph, a large water scorpion and mature newt and lots more!
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Great weather for an excellent workshop given by Micheál Mac Gearailt which the young people thoroughly enjoyed. https://www.tolasns.com/
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We have had 5 or more weeks or no rain and hot sunshine so the ponds are pretty low.
But great to see newts, mayfly and dragonfly nymphs thriving!
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The following text and photos are copied from their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/michael.o.flanagan.5
“Míle buíochas to Micheál Mac Gearailt, Tony Peter Walsh and Shannon Town Community Wetlands, a group who have restored a wetland habitat in the centre of Shannon town. The Senior pupils of Scoil Naísiúnta Baile Uí Chárthaigh engaged in a Wetland Ecology Workshop this morning as part of National Biodiversity Week which included a Plant and Flower Identification Game, a Bird Identification Game, Pond Dipping for Macroinvertebrates such as Dragonfly Larvae and a Leave no Trace Workshop. All activities were fun, interactive and educational with some small ecology related prizes provided by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Thank you to Mr. Dillon for organising the trip and Amy for accompanying the group. Huge gratitude to parents and guardians for providing lifts to and from Shannon 
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A few committee members gardened around the logs and paths in preparation for the biodiversity talks being held next week.
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It was vert windy and rainy but the wetlands were looking better than when I last had a walk around a few months ago. That is, the two ponds had water and a lot of the grasslands had settled down. I also saw not sizeable amount of willows.
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SENIOR 1 st Place – Jimmy Doyle – Native Flower taken in Shannon Wetlands. Prize sponsored by Shannon Airport Group. Presented by Arek Gdulinski of Shannon Airport Group.
SENIOR 1 st Runner Up – Roisín Russell – Canoes on Doon Lough- East Clare. Prize sponsored by Shannon Town Community Wetlands. Presented by Cllr. Donna McGettigan.
SENIOR 2 nd Runner Up – Shane Oakley – A tree by McNamara’s Lake. Prize sponsored by Shannon Town Community Wetlands. Presented by Cllr. Donna McGettigan.
JUNIOR 1 st Place – Jack Myers – A rainbow over Shannon Estuary. Prize sponsored by Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO). Presented by Cllr. Donna McGettigan.
JUNIOR 1 st Runner Up – Abbie O’Flaherty O’Brien – Red sky over Cratloe Woods. Prize sponsored by Shannon Town Community Wetlands. Presented by Cllr. Donna McGettigan.
JUNIOR 2 nd Runner Up – Alex Lunev – Sky and Water. Prize sponsored by Shannon Town Community Wetlands. Presented by Cllr. Donna McGettigan.
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While it was gusty and prone to light rain we had a great turn out and fun time officially opening the new Wetlands sign. The marquis added a touch of style (and much needed shelter at times) and the biscuits/pecan cake and tea/coffee lovely.
