Bandon Environmental Action Group

25/08/2026

21/08/2026

Interesting event coming up at deBarra’s:

SAMHAIN 26: Seán Ronayne – Untold Sounds -

Saturday 7th November - Early Show 2pm

Fresh off the back of a sellout 2025 Irish tour, Seán Ronayne returns with a brand new talk – where he’ll delve into never-before-told-stories of Irish wildlife sound, as experienced by Seán on his never-ending ear-driven journeys through the wildest corners of our lands, and beyond.

17/08/2026

Litter dumped over Murragh Bridge! We have a long way to go still to convince people to respect the natural world.

17/08/2026

Kinsale Community orchard under threat.

Save the Community Orchard- Kinsale

17/08/2026

Did you know that some of Ireland’s precious frgaments of temperate rainforests survive right here in West Cork?

This Friday 21st August, acclaimed conservationist and author Eoghan Daltun will be in Bandon to talk about Ireland’s ancient Atlantic woodlands and the incredible biodiversity they support.
From mosses, lichens and ferns to birds, mammals and some of our oldest native trees, these woodlands are among the richest ecosystems we have, with some existing right here in the area known as ‘The Park’.

Eoghan will also explore the threats facing these precious habitats, including invasive species, habitat loss and climate change, and the positive role that local communities can play in protecting and restoring them.

📅 Friday 21st August
🕢 7.30pm
📍 Bandon Town Hall

Whether you’re passionate about biodiversity, local heritage, woodland conservation, or simply curious about the natural world, this promises to be a fascinating evening.

Organised by Bandon Walled Town as part of the Bandon Walled Town festival & National Heritage Week.

All welcome.

12/08/2026

Key Findings from the Government’s own risk assessment of cherry laurel:

Overall risk: High.

Confidence: High.

Spread: recorded in 63% of Ireland's 10km grid squares, up from just 4% before 1970.

Impact: rated "major" with high confidence — damaging EU-protected Annex I habitats, pressuring Special Areas of Conservation, and threatening protected species including the Killarney Fern.

Control cost: exceeds €10,000 per hectare — comparable to Rhododendron ponticum.

International precedent: already banned for sale in Switzerland; watch-listed in Belgium and Slovenia.

06/08/2026

Our latest Bulletin for those not on our mailing list, with a focus on light pollution this time.

30/07/2026

Call to action for Nature.

Our nature is under attack. We cannot let this happen.

25/07/2026

This has to be a picture for the age. Very disturbing. If ever a picture said a thousand words this was it!

09/07/2026

Did you know we share the town with the fastest Animal in the world?

During a high speed dive Peregrine Falcons can reach speeds of over 386km/h. They are the master of the skies, known to attack and kill birds much larger than them when threatened.

Sometimes you can hear them calling from the tops of the churches so keep an eye out if you are in the vicinity and hear a piercing, shrill sound from a height. Right before the photos were taken, this Peregrine was plucking its kill, which looked to be a crow, whose feathers were being tossed off the spire or the Catholic Church 😅

These birds pose no risk to pets or humans and are a natural part of the Irish ecosystem. So amazing to be living amongst them and many other brilliant animals here in town.

Photos courtesy of Robert Carroll