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Funding of €150k from Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine & EIP-AGRI Support Facility in 2021 for the design of a Farming With Nature brand, Web Portal for measuring Space For Nature and App for scoring habitats, is now used. Delighted to have completed the first FWN biodiversity brand and certification in Ire

From little acorns... As the project concludes, each of the 43 BRIDE farmers have been given a native Irish oak tree and a BWI calendar. Small token in recognition of their participation and effort into improving biodiversity in the Bride valley area of East Cork & West Waterford

Despite Citizens Assemblies, Threat Response Plans, Nature Restoration Laws, Green Deals etc. etc. this beautiful species is disappearing before our eyes. It's also the only species that was lost in the BRIDE Projects 6 year term from 2018-2023. Surveyed in 2018 but gone in 2023

We are delighted to gift a Barn Owl nestbox to each of the 11 national schools in the Bride valley as a parting legacy & to help raise awareness. In association with BirdWatch Ireland they will be erected in a suitable location near each school. Incl. are teachers, pupils and parents

Nurturing Nature: Under the leadership of the 🇪🇺 EU-funded FarmingWithNature-BRIDE Project, 48 Cork farms 🚜 are leading the charge in restoring biodiversity & scaling back intensive farming practices across the county. Learn more👉 europa.eu/!HX8KfQ Cork City Council Cork County Council #EUforCork

Delighted to be part of this event. This is the story of 43 farmers getting rewarded for pioneering changes in their farming system. Over €1.2m given out in the Bride valley and its hinterland while delivering multiple environmental benefits based on verified improvements.

Delighted to leave a legacy barn owl box for Castlelyons NS and for all the schools in the Bride valley. Fingers crossed they will be occupied in the coming few years.

Wildflower meadow last summer and same field this week after being sprayed with glyphosate. This reflects the present insatiable, ruthless demand for land and its uses. Small farmers and nature have become a casualty of an unsustainable farming system that has lost its values.

Nice to look back at this Aug 2018 feature on Ear to the Ground. Improvements have been made and we did what we set out to do. Farmers get the importance of biodiversity. Lack of incentives and encouragement from the wider industry still an issue, though. youtu.be/OTv8VelEXwk?si…

We're very fortunate to have been nominated for an EIP Agri-innovation award in Portugal next May. We would really appreciate your vote (link below). We are one of 30 EIP's across Europe, all pioneering ways to a better agri-environmental future for us all surveymonkey.com/r/eip-agri-inn…

Inspirational projects from across Europe at this event and delighted to have been part of it. Farmers finding solutions to farmers problems with the help of research and other actors. The success of the bottom-up approach needs to continue - small projects can make huge changes

Positive signs of change! Well done to Gas Networks Ireland on their biodiversity improvement plan in their Bride valley site. Over 300 mixed native hedgerow plants, 60 native trees, pond, wildflower meadow, log piles, etc. This replaces 20 non-native Cypress trees and manicured management

This is what future dairy farmers will sound like - a farmer unashamedly telling a story of positive changes that benefit the environment and the farming family. Delivering a dairy product that the public should appreciate. Well done, Gearóid.

The dead, orange look, left by the use of Glyphosate spray along our field margins and roadsides is widespread. Try to change your mindset and help to improve pollinator habitat. Solutions are there - change from chemical to mechanical and be an agent green rather than orange!

We donated a Barnowl box to the national schools in the Bride valley during the spring. Amazingly one was taken up immediately. Lovely to see up to 40 children and teachers get a very hands-on insight into Barn Owls and their conservation. Thanks Alan McCarthy Cork County Council BirdWatch Ireland

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Delighted that the BRIDE Project farmers feature in this lovely series based on pioneering farmers around the country going above and beyond for nature. Listen to how nature, soil and ways of life are protected and nurtured. Wed. night at 8.30 for 4 weeks - thanks to TG4

He had a true passion for nature and appreciated its value. Rest in peace, Michael. Your legacy lives on.

Gas Networks Ireland received best in Public Sector Award this week for improving biodiversity and changing management practices at their station in the Bride valley. Castlelyons community benefitted also (€1400) through the sale of woodchips from the project. Industry leaders

Well done to Tony Nagle, Alan McCarthy and BirdWatch Ireland on winning the "Outstanding Individual" at the annual TheEnvironForum awards last week. Years of effort and awareness raising in restoring Barn Owl numbers in Cork finally reaps rewards. Turning a corner for wildlife conservation