2002 Events
28th of April
2002
- Gentian Hill (first visit).
- A look at the flora of this unusual 'Burren outlier'.
11th of May
2002
Saturday 25th of May
2002
- Dragonfly Course with Brian Nelson of Dragonfly Ireland.
- Places limited to 15.
- More details to follow shortly.
Saturday and Sunday, 15th and
16th June 2002
- Whale Watching Course with the IWDG
- All places on this course are now booked.
Sunday, 30th June
2002
- Bog Trot to Connemara with John Conaghan
- This excursion will concentrate on the botany of our western
bogs. It maybe extended to a weekend event, based in Letterfrack
hostel and looking at butterflies and moths on Saturday.
Saturday 20th July
2002
- Dragonfly Day in Menlo.
- Led by those who attended the Dragonfly Course in May.
Sunday 4th August
2002
- Gentian Hill Revisit
- Surveying the flower meadows in the absence of the horses and
focusing on invertebrate groups such as Diptera (flies), Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) and
Coleoptera (beetles).
Saturday and Sunday, 17th and
18th August 2002
- Bird Course with Mark Wilson.
- Saturday:
The group will meet at NUIG at 10am and head to
Kilcaimin, near Oranmore. After a break for lunch the afternoon will be
spent at Rusheen Bay.
Sunday:
Again the group will meet at NUIG
at 10am and will look at moths. The afternoon's excursion will
concentrate on Barna Woods and Birdwatch's Little Wood.
- Numbers will be limited.
Saturday 21st September
2002
- Seashore Day with Ian O Connor
- Finnavara