Garristown Biodiversity Group

20/08/2025

A talk on the Fingal Swift survey that took place this year. We have been involved with a few projects installing swift boxes over the last few years. Be interesting to see how the survey went this year.

19/08/2025

Our friends in The Ballyboughal Hedgerow Society are running this great event for heritage week

With Ecologist Dr Mary Tubridy explore the river meadows where the village started as a Grange farm for St Mary's Abbey in 1300's medieval Dublin. We have pipis...

26/04/2025

Our survey to kick off the public engagement to develop a Community Vision for Garristown is now live! This survey is your chance to help us begin the first stages of our work – we want to hear from you to understand what it’s like to live in Garristown, what the opportunities and challenges are, and what you see as important for its future.

Complete The Survey Here

It would be hugely helpful if you could help us spread the word, and share this survey with your friends, family, colleagues, and community groups in Garristown. We will be posting some more information in the coming weeks – keep an eye out at

Welcome to your community noticeboard for this project! This is your one-stop-shop for all things related to the work to develop a Community Vision for Garristown. Here you will find all the details on how to get involved and have your say, along with general information about the project, the teams...

13/03/2025

The kids from Skyne National School have written a song about saving the planet. Fair play 👏👏

Words by Darcy and her friends in 3rd class, Scoil Cholmcille, Skryne, including Alice and Eve (who are not featured in the video) based on "Die With a Smile...

08/03/2025

Helped the gang at Rush Tidy Towns today install a barn owl box. This was a box they purchased and built. It's a good location as it on the end of a quiet out building looking over farmland.

22/02/2025

Another Barn Owl box installation. This one was in the Rush area. The local resident had bought the box and we helped with the install. Now fingers crossed for some owls taking up residence.

22/02/2025

Delighted to help the gang from Rush tidy towns put up their first 2 swift boxes on the National school this week.

28/12/2024

05/10/2024

Last three swifts boxes of the year in place. These boxes are adjacent to a building that already has nesting swifts every year. The hope is that we can build a larger colony in the Garristown area. Each box has three nests. In total we have 21 extra nests in Garristown and the immediate surrounding areas. Thanks very much to The Heritage Council for the grant which enabled this work. Across Fingal we know of at least 50 extra nests installed ( including ours) this year. These are all carried out by voluntary groups which is fantastic to see.

04/09/2024

Delighted to be able to help out Lusk Tidy Towns biodiversity group get 2 swift boxes installed at the local national school.