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Irish Heritage Week 2025: Flight, Water, Home: The Birds of Drummin Bog

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Celebrating Exploring Our Foundations
& Water Heritage Day 2025


Sunday 24th August 2025

Please join us for a walk and talk on Drummin Bog to celebrate peatland birds and Water Heritage Day. We are delighted to share that our talk will be led by experienced birder, Mick Wright

What birds live on Drummin Bog? Where do they find water? What we can do to support them?

Wetlands birds and raised bogs, peatland birds and their surrounding landscapes; this bird walk and talk will be led by experienced birder Mick Wright.

In celebration of Water Heritage Day, Mick will talk about birds especially seen on raised bogs, but also the fact that, like water, the Drummin Bog boundary is porous, and birds move between this special place, the woods and the nearby River Barrow.

The walk and talk will increase our knowledge of the birds living on Drummin Bog itself, and in these critical times of habitat change, how Drummin Bog and the surrounding landscape can sustain them.

Meet at Drummond Church R95 DH34 @ 11am – 2pm

Refreshments and food provided.

Email, text or WhatsApp below or just turn up
email: drumminbog@gmail.com

Text/Whatsapp: 087 601 7051

Bring a coat and boots. The tour is on the bog over rough ground. No dogs please.

The Drummin Bog Project also acknowledges the kind support of LAWPRO and The Heritage Council

Volunteering– Have you been wondering how to contribute positively and locally in this time of evident climate change? Bogs are precious sites for carbon storage and much more. Come and help protect Drummin Bog, its flora and fauna, learn the science and appreciate the beauty
Would you like to get involved with the Drummin Bog Project?
Join the voluntary committee? People with diverse skills and knowledge are welcome. To find out more, please contact Alan Price, Chair of Drummin Bog Project at alandesprice@gmail.com

PLEASE NOTE: Access to Drummin Bog is limited due to the sensitive nature of the habitat and its status as a wildlife reserve. Great precaution must be taken in visiting the bog due to its unmarked deep drains, and other hazards. It is therefore recommended people do not walk on the bog alone. Children must always be supervised and no dogs please as efforts are in place to encourage birds to return. Thank you for understanding. In time, a woodland walkway is envisaged. The Drummin Bog Project is in its very early stages.