The ‘Biodiversity Regeneration In a Dairying Environment’ (BRIDE) project will provide farmers with effective wildlife management options for individual farms.
Castlelyons, Co. Cork
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Our "Farm Habitat Management Guidelines" are now available in hardcopy, to receive please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The BRIDE Project, Castlelyons, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Postage:
Ireland-€3.40
UK & Europe-€5.40.
No cost for book.
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The BRIDE Project final report based on the learnings from the project over the last 6 years is now available to download from the following link thebrideproject.ie/end-of-pr…. It contains learnings, tips and policy recommendations on all things farmland biodiversity improvement. Enjoy
Well done to @nagletony, @AlanMc_23 and @BirdWatchIE on winning the "Outstanding Individual" at the annual @EnvironForum awards last week. Years of effort and awareness raising in restoring Barn Owl numbers in Cork finally reaps rewards. Turning a corner for wildlife conservation
Gas Networks Ireland received best in Public Sector Award this week for improving biodiversity and changing management practices at their station in the Bride valley. Castlelyons community benefitted also (€1400) through the sale of woodchips from the project. Industry leaders
He had a true passion for nature and appreciated its value. Rest in peace, Michael. Your legacy lives on.
The late Ambassador for Farming for Nature Michael Hickey was honoured at our Awards last weekend with an Award in his name given out to the farmer with the most outstanding hedgerows. Here he is displaying why hedgerows was the chosen habitat for this award.
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Delighted that the BRIDE Project farmers feature in this lovely series based on pioneering farmers around the country going above and beyond for nature. Listen to how nature, soil and ways of life are protected and nurtured. Wed. night at 8.30 for 4 weeks - thanks to @TG4TV
FarmingWithNature-BRIDE Project retweeted
📣Calling All Farmers – We Want to Hear From You!
Fill in our survey focusing on the knowledge and communication needs of farmers here:
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We donated a Barnowl box to the national schools in the Bride valley during the spring. Amazingly one was taken up immediately. Lovely to see up to 40 children and teachers get a very hands-on insight into Barn Owls and their conservation. Thanks @AlanMc_23 @Corkcoco @BirdWatchIE
Unique experience in Castlelyons NS today. Alan McCarthy from UCC was here to ring the 4 Barn Owls who have moved into our Owl box. ❤️❤️ @BirdWatchIE @UCC @ClyonsParish
The dead, orange look, left by the use of Glyphosate spray along our field margins and roadsides is widespread. Try to change your mindset and help to improve pollinator habitat. Solutions are there - change from chemical to mechanical and be an agent green rather than orange!
How is this legal?
It shouldn’t be.
Ireland must follow the lead of France, the Netherlands, and Belgium in legislating against the use of herbicide in public places and along roadside verges.
@pippa_hackett @Irishwildlife @IrishDocsEnv @whittledaway @EamonRyan
This is what future dairy farmers will sound like - a farmer unashamedly telling a story of positive changes that benefit the environment and the farming family. Delivering a dairy product that the public should appreciate.
Well done, Gearóid.
🎧Listen to a short clip of Farming for Nature Ambassador & Dairy Farmer Gearóid Maher from Cappamore talking to @boucherhayes on @RTECountryWide about the Nature Restoration Law & his approach to nature on his land. Full piece - bit.ly/3VD4Ghg #Irishdairy #grasstomilk
Positive signs of change!
Well done to @GasNetIrl on their biodiversity improvement plan in their Bride valley site. Over 300 mixed native hedgerow plants, 60 native trees, pond, wildflower meadow, log piles, etc. This replaces 20 non-native Cypress trees and manicured management
Inspirational projects from across Europe at this event and delighted to have been part of it. Farmers finding solutions to farmers problems with the help of research and other actors. The success of the bottom-up approach needs to continue - small projects can make huge changes
We're very fortunate to have been nominated for an EIP Agri-innovation award in Portugal next May. We would really appreciate your vote (link below). We are one of 30 EIP's across Europe, all pioneering ways to a better agri-environmental future for us all surveymonkey.com/r/eip-agri-…
Nice to look back at this Aug 2018 feature on Ear to the Ground. Improvements have been made and we did what we set out to do. Farmers get the importance of biodiversity. Lack of incentives and encouragement from the wider industry still an issue, though. youtu.be/OTv8VelEXwk?si=efWx…
Wildflower meadow last summer and same field this week after being sprayed with glyphosate. This reflects the present insatiable, ruthless demand for land and its uses. Small farmers and nature have become a casualty of an unsustainable farming system that has lost its values.
Delighted to leave a legacy barn owl box for @CastlelyonsNS and for all the schools in the Bride valley. Fingers crossed they will be occupied in the coming few years.
Many thanks to @bride_project for the addition of an owl nest box! R.3 were delighted to watch it being put up! #birdwatchers #naturehero @BioInSchools @ClyonsParish @BirdWatchIE
Delighted to be part of this event. This is the story of 43 farmers getting rewarded for pioneering changes in their farming system. Over €1.2m given out in the Bride valley and its hinterland while delivering multiple environmental benefits based on verified improvements.
🗓 Next Monday, we’ll be in @corkcitycouncil with Commissioner @McGuinnessEU and @emireland to ‘Shine a light’ on the impact EU 🇪🇺 funding is having on #Cork.
For more information and to register to attend this hybrid event 👉 europa.eu/!nC7J6p
#EUforCork #EUdelivers
FarmingWithNature-BRIDE Project retweeted
Nurturing Nature: Under the leadership of the 🇪🇺 EU-funded @bride_project, 48 Cork farms 🚜 are leading the charge in restoring biodiversity & scaling back intensive farming practices across the county.
Learn more👉 europa.eu/!HX8KfQ
@corkcitycouncil @Corkcoco #EUforCork
We are delighted to gift a Barn Owl nestbox to each of the 11 national schools in the Bride valley as a parting legacy & to help raise awareness. In association with @BirdWatchIE they will be erected in a suitable location near each school. Incl. are teachers, pupils and parents
Despite Citizens Assemblies, Threat Response Plans, Nature Restoration Laws, Green Deals etc. etc. this beautiful species is disappearing before our eyes. It's also the only species that was lost in the BRIDE Projects 6 year term from 2018-2023. Surveyed in 2018 but gone in 2023
5th national survey of Hen Harriers in 2022 reveals shocking declines in this iconic bird of prey, with only 85 confirmed pairs of Hen Harrier recorded throughout the country.⬇️
birdwatchireland.ie/hen-harr…
