I had noticed last month a shopping trolley in one of the ponds. So I made sure I had wellies to retrieve it this month and my Shannon Tidy Towns litter picker and rubbish bags. So a community group crossover!
And here’s a longer video as I collect cans and bottles around the ponds
Things starting to grow again and very mild weather.
The weather held for us and we had a wonderful hour or so in the wetlands this afternoon. Pupils from both St Patrick’s Comprehensive (https://www.stpatrickscomprehensive.ie/) and Gaelscoil Donncha Rua (https://gdr.ie/). For me the highlight was when Ruairà from LAWPRO (https://lawaters.ie/) explained the sweet smell of otter (madra uisce) excrement! By passing some around 🙂
(PS. If you have photos and are posting them online please let us know and we will link to them. Thanks).
Great interview is took place with our own Olive Carey and LAWPRO’s Ruairà Ó Conchúir (https://lawaters.ie/) regarding World Wetlands Day on Today FM this morning
What should be a very interesting interview is taking place with our own Olive Carey and LAWPRO’s Ruairà Ó Conchúir (https://lawaters.ie/) regarding World Wetlands Day. It I will on Clare FM Clare.fm on Wednesday morning at 9.45am as part of Morning Focus with Alan Morrissey. Enjoy 
thttps://www.clare.fm/on-air/morning-focus/
PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME OF 12:30PM (not 11:45am as before)
Exciting News! Great free event taking place in the Shannon Community Wetlands next Thursday lunchtime..
Found the water in the ponds crystal clear and no sign of the chalky marl. It was dry and sunny today at 5 C but felt much much colder with an icy occasional breeze.
The rubbish is start to accumulate around various areas again but nowhere near as bad as the Town Park.
Sadly the pond in the Town Park is looking in a very run down way
Aisling NÃ Airteadna principal of the Gaelscoil took this wonderful photo today of the wetlands when they were shrouded in fog.
Well I’d been in Mayo for the Summer so it was great to get back to walking through the wetlands. The ponds were fuller than when I last visited in Summer and much of the reeds have been cleared.
Enjoy the 360 4K videos.
