Timahoe Wetlands North SAC - Community Heritage

10/05/2026

A glorious day for a walk or cycle on our wetlands ❤️ 🚴‍♂️ 🚴‍♀️ 🚶‍♂️ 🚶‍♀️ 🐕

10/05/2026

Whats is your bird star sign? Read more below 👇

10/05/2026

Listen out for one of our resident warblers - Whitethroat.

Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.

03/05/2026

Map of Timahoe Wetlands North SAC - Community Heritage amenity walkway as a integral part of Bord na Mona Timahoe North Solar Farm.

03/05/2026

Today is International Dawn Chorus Day. You dont have to be up at the crack of dawn to listen or watch the abundance of bird life on our wetlands. While the chorus is the announcement of the dawn entering daybreak it can be experienced any day during the summer bird breeding season.

Certain species may be seen before you hear them or may not hear them at all eg Bullfinch, moorhen, whitethroat, kingfisher, mallard & grey Heron to mention a few. Just bear that in mind if you are using the Merlin APP to identify bird song ⚠️ Look 👀 and listen 👂 is best survey practice.

While others may be heard but not seen eg Water Rail, cuckoo, pheasant, jay, Magpie, chiffchaff, willow Warbler, skylark, little grebe.

A total of 27 bird species were sighted or heard on our wetlands today.

Hope you manage to get out to walk our wetlands during the summer period.

25/04/2026

Birds are now flocking to solar panel arrays in the countryside. And a few unexpected visitors have been found. Read more here ......

New research from the University of Cambridge has found that some birds species are making a triumphant return to the area around solar panels in England.

19/04/2026

Great to see some many using the amenity trail for walking and cycling. Young families enjoying the great outdoors on a Sunday in the glorious sunshine 🌞

19/04/2026

Little Egret now resident and hopefully will successfully breed alongside our resident Lapwing🤞

19/04/2026

please remember to clean up after your dog. 🙏

19/04/2026

Listen carefully to the humming of electricity being generated from the sunshine!

The wet areas under the solar panels are potentially great areas for nesting resident Lapwing if they remain wet under foot until June. The cover of the panels will also provide cover from aerial predators e.g. Buzzard, Grey Hooded Crows, Magpie and Ravens. We live in hope of our resident Lapwings producing offspring right through to adulthood 🙏 🙌 🐦