Environment - West Cork People

Festival celebrates biodiversity action in West Cork

WCP Staff May, 2025

Returning for a second year this May, BioFest will once again celebrate biodiversity action in West Cork. Taking place during National Biodiversity Week, the festival will be held at CECAS Myross Wood House on May 17, before hitting the road with the BioFest bus to visit two additional sites showcasing […]

Cuttlefish – their bones and their relatives

Dr Jeremy A. Dorman April, 2025

The strong easterly winds of the past few weeks have brought in all sorts of things to the cove at the end of our lane. There was a fleet of By-the-wind-sailors (Velella velella), those strange hydrozoans that look like little blue boats with transparent sails. Some have sails that go […]

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In praise of soft noses

WCP Staff April, 2025

Ian Wild, part of the Save Murragh Action Group, committed to protecting the Bandon River Valley, takes us on a walk alongside the Bandon River and reminds us of the bigger picture. I usually step out each morning for a walk by the Bandon River, just across from where a gravel […]

The efficiency of simplicity

Ruairi Kay April, 2025

This month we are focusing more on new build, looking into the efficiency of house design and how this can influence our energy use. If you are thinking about building a new home from scratch, it’s not just the insulation and heating system specification that will dictate how much energy […]

The facts on green mortgages

WCP Staff April, 2025

Veronica Daly is the Proprietary Director of Moneytree Finance, which she runs with her husband Con. With over 20 years’ experience as a mortgage broker, Veronica runs the mortgage department of the company. With the government push to become more climate aware, and the wider push for more sustainable products […]

Joyful sighting of the Chilean Torrent Duck

WCP Staff April, 2025

This month West Cork Branch committee member Nicholas Mitchell shares his “best bird experience”, a feature that will continue in this column during the months ahead. This is about a bird that I encountered, or more correctly a pair of birds, that were so special they had my wife Karen […]

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