Members of the Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee met recently to receive updates from Ramsar Europe and to discuss our objectives for the coming year. We were facilitated by NPWS at Ireland’s newest National Park, Brú na Bóinne which forms part of the World Heritage Property here set within an extensive demesne along the River Boyne and valley in County Meath.
We listened to a very interesting talk from Shirley Clerkin project manager of the innovative Tóchar, an exciting wetlands restoration project in the Midlands. for more about what is happening under this project, see here Home – Tóchar Wetlands
Our visit coincided with the arrival of some special visitors. These Old Irish Goats are being introduced for conservation grazing to help restore part of the estate. The Old Irish Goat is Ireland’s indigenous landrace breed, now critically endangered and only found in remote mountain ranges roaming in feral herds. Using these goats to help restore habitats by their grazing helps to conserve the breed.
