Bertra Connected is rooted within the heart of the community with a collective aim to protect the future of Bertra Beach and its environs in Co. Mayo
Westport, Co. Mayo
Joined February 2021
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Link to Podcast here: salthillmedia.com/thegalwayp…
The Galway Podcast Your Champion For Galway.
In conversation with Dr. Kevin Lynch from University of Galway about the effects of nature on Galway and the west coast of Ireland and what we can do about it.
Celebrate #WorldSandDuneDay with #CleanCoasts! We'll be talking all things #SandDune: from formation & ecosystems, to conservation efforts and more! Plus, join us at select sites across the Irish coast for special events: eventbrite.ie/o/clean-coasts…
#EnjoyAndProtect #SandDunes
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Celebrate #WorldSandDuneDay with #CleanCoasts! We'll be talking all things #SandDune: from formation & ecosystems, to conservation efforts and more! Plus, join us at select sites across the Irish coast for special events: eventbrite.ie/o/clean-coasts…
#EnjoyAndProtect #SandDunes
Have your say
We are inviting people who swim at beaches, lakes and rivers to help identify areas that should maintain existing bathing waters designations and areas that are commonly used for swimming but not identified at present.
Closing Date: July 21st
More info: mayo.ie/news/Bathing-Water-I…
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Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average. The unprecedented heat waves, glacier melt, wildfires, drought and marine heatwaves seen in 2022 "cannot be considered a one-off occurrence".
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Learn more about #Sanddunes
#worldsandduneday Sat 24th June 💙
Join us for our post on our profile for the event in #Sligo #Donegal
Learn more about #Sanddunes
#worldsandduneday Sat 24th June 💙
Join us for our post on our profile for the event in #Sligo #Donegal
Learn more about #Sanddunes
#worldsandduneday Sat 24th June 💙
Join us for our post on our profile for the event in #Sligo #Donegal
🌷 There’s lots of wildflowers in bloom on the dunes at the moment! This viper’s bugloss was very popular with the bees on World Sand Dune Day.
We’d love to see your wildflower photos from your dune visits - you can share them in the comments or by using #DynamicDunes
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Looking at scorched sandbanks that are heavily grazed, versus healthy swardsof extensively grazed sandybanks: this temperature gauge reflects what we see on the ground! @GYB_Project is seeing this on the Mullet penninsula. Don’t graze machair heavy in summer! @pippa_hackett
Sand Dune community gathering June 23/24 #Sligo #Donegal @CleanCoasts @LeaveNoTraceIrl @SligoPPN @DonegalPpn #sanddunes #beaches #cleancoast #coastalproperty #coastalerosion #coastalprotection #ClimateAction #protectthedunes #worldsandduneday @BlueFlagIreland
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"81% of people in Ireland own a reusable water bottle, but 80% don't know where they can fill it for free."
@RoisinGarvey introduced a Bill to the Seanad this evening which will get rid of the almost €2300 connection fee for public water refill stations 💧
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Yesterday, students of #DCU, #Finland and #Netherlands came to Bertra to plant #MarramGrass &helped repair damaged fencing and removed larger pieces of marine litter. We are very grateful for their help in restoring a section of Bertra’s #sanddunes @DCU #beachcleanup #beaches
Yesterday, students of #DCU, #Finland #Netherlands came to #Bertra Beach to plant #MarramGrass in the #sanddunes
students helped repair damaged fencing and removed larger pieces of marine litter. We are very grateful for their help in restoring #sanddunes
Some of our temp signage. 🤞🏾 walkers & dogs will stay off the freshly planted #marramgrass #sanddunes
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Calling all volunteers for a fun hour of planting Marram Grass on Bertrá Dunes Thursday April 20th 3pm with 42 DCU Students and their lecturers . Ideally bring a garden trowel or spade or just bring yourself 💙
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Done! ‘#Coastal #dunes: links between #aeolian processes and landform dynamics’ has 25 manuscripts (131 authors from 56 research organisations). Lucky to work 2 years with best editorial team & #ESPL: @IreneDelgadoFe2 @tag_smyth Bailiang Li & Christy Swann onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
