11/05/2026
🌿 It is almost time for National Biodiversity Week, an annual celebration of all things nature, running from Friday 15th - Sun 24th May. 🌿
We are looking forward to an action packed week in Co. Sligo, with events all over the county including fascinating talks on Ireland’s eagles, squirrels and pine martens🐾, as well as a dawn chorus🐦, bat walk🦇, nature walks , cycles🚴♀️ , aquatic safari, whale watching 🐬 and much more!
🎉We launch on 15th May with a very special event in the National Surf Centre, Strandhill, where Dr. Monica Sullivan will share the wonders of the world’s longest known living vertebrate – the Greenland shark🦈, a recent visitor to Sligo!
🌳🍂🐚 We look forward to our annual Biodiversity Bioblitz with Woodrow Sustainable Solutions! We invite all ecologists, wildlife enthusiasts and members of the public to help record as many species as possible in a set time in beautiful Kilglass House & Gardens and Enniscrone beach on Saturday 23rd May. Full schedule to follow. 🍂🐚🌳
Keep an eye on this page for further information and links to booking where necessary. See https://biodiversityweek.ie/ for details of in-person and online events taking place all over the country.
🌷A sincere thank you to all the wildlife groups and individuals who help to make Biodiversity Week such a significant part of the wildlife calendar in Sligo.
National Biodiversity Week is organised by the Irish Environmental Network and the Local Authority Biodiversity Officer Network, and is supported by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Sligo County Council Sligo IWDG Sligo Weekender The Sligo Champion Sligo Tidy Towns Drumcliffe Rathcormac TidyTowns Enniscrone Tidy Towns Leave No Trace Ireland Nature Inspires Nature Learn Local Authority Waters Programme Tubbercurry Forest Trail Ballymote Tidy Towns and Tourism Ltd. Ballymote Community Library Sligo County Library BirdWatch Sligo Sligo Walks Wild Sligo Longford Demesne Wood TalamhBeo Sligo IWDG Bat Conservation Ireland Dark Sky Ireland Cliffoney Community Forum - CCF Dromore West Tidy Towns Easkey Kilglass House & Woodland
