Bere Island Tourism & Environmental Group

A great day was had at the Bere Island summer camp with a special visit from our local clean coasts rep Elanie Dolye. The kids enjoyed a coastal walk and some fascinating experiments and chats along the way. Thank you to clean coasts for supporting all the great work the community of Bere island have done and continue to do, to keep our beautiful shoreline clean.
Clean Coasts also funded our new Biodiversity sign at Cloughland Strand. This sign shows the many different species of wildlife that you could spot along our coast. 🐋🐟🦐

Clean Coasts Biodiversity Ireland An Taisce National Spring Clean

Just a reminder that the rubbish collection for this month ( July ) is this FRIDAY 5th and Tuesday 23rd
Please Share to spread the word, Thanks 😀

New Pollinator Friendly signage has been out up around the Island with thanks to Wild Atlantic Glamping for purchasing the signs 😀

An Taisce National Spring Clean Biodiversity Ireland

Keep the kids busy once the school holidays start and promote pollinator awareness 😀 Paint stones to look like pollinators - bees, butterflys even bats 🦇🦇 and display them in the flower beds around the Island.

Attention all children of Bere Island 😀 Will you help us decorate our Island signposts? We are hoping you all will paint stones and shells and place them in the bases around the townland signposts to make our Island happy and colourful 🤩 Ask your parents to send us photos and we can display them here for everyone to see.

We would like to Thank everyone for their continued work to keep our Island looking its best 😀 As the time for judging is almost here if you see any pieces of litter could you please pick it up. This makes such a huge diffence not just to the appearance of the island but also to the animals and insects that also call this Island home 🐦

Please join us in our new 5 year Biodiversity Plan - So join the buzz & save the bees - Beeeeeee Poud of Bere Island 🙃

With the help of you all we are going to transform our flower beds, pots and green areas into a pollinators paradise and we hope to encourage our juniour pollinators to get involved.

Pollinator facts and info will soon be popping up in various flower pots around the island and we encourage all kids to paint a stone to look like their favourite pollinator and then to read these facts when they go to place their stones in the flower beds and pots.

If you would like to get involved or have any other ideas how we can expand our Biodiversity Plan please get in touch !!

An Taisce National Spring Clean Clean Coasts Cork County Council Murphy's Ferry Bere Island Bere Island GAA Bere Island Ferries Bere Island Hotel Bere Island Bakehouse Wild Atlantic Glamping

A huge THANKYOU to everyone who has helped over the last few days. Incredible work has been done by everyone and the island is looking FANTASTIC 😀 The Village has been given a much needed spruce up and wash and all of the flower pots, Grotto and Exchange have all been planted 🌷🪻 A special thanks to all of the children who have been busy painting stones for our flower beds.

Murphy's Ferry Bere Island Bere Island GAA Bere Island Bakehouse An Taisce National Spring Clean Clean Coasts

Have you a spare hour to join us tomorrow in the village?
As the Tidy Towns deadline is fast approaching we are hoping to give the village and amenity area a little spruce at 2pm tomorrow. We will be weeding and powerwashing so please come along and bring whatever gardening tools you have.
Hope to see you all tomorrow 😀

Attention all children of Bere Island 😀 Will you help us decorate our Island signposts? We are hoping you all will paint stones and shells and place them in the bases around the townland signposts to make our Island happy and colourful 🤩 Ask your parents to send us photos and we can display them here for everyone to see.

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Who will join us for
'Every No Mow May area, no matter how small, can be a lifeline for your local pollinators. Bees don’t fly far from their nests to look for food (bumblebees tend to forage within 1km, and solitary bees only within a few hundred metres). If only a fraction of Ireland’s gardens took part in No Mow May, the collective impact would be huge.
Taking part in No Mow May couldn’t be easier – just lock away the lawnmower for the month of May and wait and see what grows. You might be surprised by what appears over a few short weeks. You might see plants like Dandelions, Red and White Clover, and Birds-foot trefoil, all of which are excellent sources of food for pollinating insects, as well as bees, butterflies, and birds, all attracted by the feast on your lawn!' - Pollinators.ie

A huge Thankyou to everyone who joined us for our Bere Island Spring Clean with An Taisce National Spring Clean and a special Thankyou to Harrington's Euronics & Homevalue and Cork County Council for your donations and support 😀
Don't forget all of April is Spring Clean Month and we will continue to give out the Spring Clean Litter Bags for the whole month so there is still time to join in 😍

Fingers Crossed the weather is looking good for this weekend 😄 Hope to see you all at The Community Centre for our Bere Island Spring Clean.
An Taisce National Spring Clean

With our Spring Clean just around the corner, here you can see how long the pieces of litter would last for if we don't collect them. ♻️♻️♻️
An Taisce National Spring Clean Bere Island Spring Clean Clean Coasts

How long until it's gone? Ever wondered how long litter items last in our environment if not disposed of properly? Some, especially plastics, can endure for hundreds of years, breakin...

Join us for our Bere Island Spring Clean in partnership with An Taisce National Spring Clean
This family fun event will take place the weekend of April 6th & 7th. Follow here for more information and updates ♻️

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