Donal Hickey: Welcoming wildlife back — Ennis Men's Shed and Burrenbeo team up

Men's Shed creating pond used for demonstrations in Ennis

Ennis Men's Shed received a grant from BurrenBeo to help set up this pond. Ennis Men's Shed is now just one of six nationwide designated sites for pond demonstrations. Picture: Ennis Men's Shed

It’s now the busiest time of the year on farms, with silage-making and baling at full tilt — and beside all the activity by machines which seem to grow bigger and bigger, nature is also blooming.

If done with nature in mind, such work can help improve biodiversity on Irish farms, Teagasc points out. Field margins are important habitats and networks for nature that provide corridors for the movement of wildlife and a place for native plants and wildflowers to flourish.