{"id":2921,"date":"2019-03-28T14:41:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T14:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/?p=2921"},"modified":"2019-03-28T14:41:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T14:41:34","slug":"help-record-kilkennys-biodiversity-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/2019\/03\/help-record-kilkennys-biodiversity-this-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Record Kilkenny’s Biodiversity this Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Help Record Kilkenny\u2019s Biodiversity this Spring<\/strong>
\nSpring is in the air and there is a stretch in the evenings.\u00a0 Birds such as swifts and swallows, which winter in warmer climes, will shortly return to Ireland to raise their young. Our beautiful spring flowers such as primrose and violet are coming into bloom now.<\/p>\n

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Bluebell (photo courtesy of\u00a0\u00a0 Liam Lysaght)<\/p><\/div>\n

We need your help to record the spring flowering plants and birds in Kilkenny. This helps to build a picture of the county\u2019s flora and fauna and to support conservation through better data. Very little experience is required – just a love of Kilkenny\u2019s biodiversity and enthusiasm!<\/p>\n

Birds<\/strong>: Birdwatch Ireland<\/a> is looking for volunteers to help record Kilkenny\u2019s birds.\u00a0 Take part in the Swifts Survey, Bird Track Survey or Spring Alive Survey.\u00a0 To find out more https:\/\/www.birdwatchireland.ie\/OurWork\/Volunteersurveys\/tabid\/1217\/Default.aspx<\/p>\n

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Swift (photo courtesy of Dick Coombes)<\/p><\/div>\n

Flowering Plants<\/strong>: The National Biodiversity Data Centre<\/a> and the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland are looking for your help to record 14 common Spring Flowering Plants such as bluebell, primrose and lord\u2019s and ladies.
\nTo find out more http:\/\/www.biodiversityireland.ie\/projects\/vascular-plants\/?fbclid=IwAR0RcV8lRUowLDOyYbaiNAigUQJTvoIr5jt-2RTOPtcmuqBS5UaRbMfHwZ8<\/p>\n

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Lesser Celandine (photo courtesy of Zoe Devlin)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Help Record Kilkenny\u2019s Biodiversity this Spring Spring is in the air and there is a stretch in the evenings.\u00a0 Birds such as swifts and swallows, which winter in warmer climes, will shortly return to Ireland to raise their young. Our beautiful spring flowers such as primrose and violet are coming into bloom now. We need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,1,139],"tags":[485,486],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}