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The Wild Bee Festival is an annual event coordinated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre, aiming to raise awareness of Ireland’s pollinators and how to help them in local communities.   Wild Bee Festival 2025 The Wild Bee Festival 2025 … Continued

We are delighted to release a new resource: Protecting Pockets of Nature This new booklet, developed in collaboration with South Dublin County Council, provides guidance on identifying and protecting areas for nature in local communities. In 2019, the Irish and … Continued

We are delighted to release a new resource: Celebrating Native Wildflowers.  This booklet celebrates the many different native wildflowers on the island of Ireland, and includes instructions on how to help them grow. It was developed in collaboration with the … Continued

The National Biodiversity Data Centre has published a new illustrated guide to hoverflies which resemble bumblebees in Ireland and adjacent parts of Europe. This is a technical document, but we hope it might be of interest to some of you.  … Continued

The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is delighted to release a new free resource: Making a pollinator-friendly rainwater planter.   What is a rainwater planter? Rainwater planters are mini rain gardens that slow down the flow of rainwater from rooftops. By diverting … Continued

The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is delighted to launch a new online course ‘Managing School Grounds for Biodiversity’, developed in collaboration with the Department of Education. This free course is aimed at caretakers, groundskeepers, and those responsible for caring for school … Continued

We are delighted to publish this year’s ‘All-Ireland Pollinator Plan: Annual Review Business Supporters 2024’. All business supporters were invited to submit a mandatory 300-word report, this year via Microsoft Forms, plus map their evidence-based actions delivered on ‘Actions for … Continued