4. Nature and Biodiversity in your Locality
4. Nature and Biodiversity in your Locality
Doing our best to enhance and support our community includes looking after our wildlife, flora, and fauna.
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Our Goals
Our Goals
2019 to 2022/23
2019 to 2022/23
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Competition Guide Notes:
Show your understanding and awareness of nature and biodiversity in your locality. This may include protected areas and/or areas important for conservation e.g. waterways, field boundaries, coastal features etc. Show an appreciation of how your local species and habitats should be best managed and protected. Evidence of co-operation with expert groups and relevant authorities, especially in carrying out work in sensitive areas is desirable.
- Trees
2023
2023
Engage with Wild About Navan for a Navan wide tree identifying project and create information boards/ QR codes for tree signs
Identify any trends from the Johnstown Tree Survey
Potential for a tree identification walking trail.
2022
2022
Continue recording, commence evaluating information and the habitats they provide. ✔️
Implemented 2 pilot sites with Wild About Navan and their Dispersed Urban Orchard Project. ✔️
Planted 50 native tree species in collaboration with MCC ✔️
2021
2021
Continue recording, commence evaluating information and the habitats they provide. ✔️
Engage with Wild About Navan and their Urban Orchard Project. ✔️
Continue tree planting projects. ✔️
2020
2020
Identify supporting groups, potential for consultant specialist, initiate online survey. ✔️
Engage with a tree planting project. ✔️
2019
2019
Commerce basic survey to identify what we host and how best to capture and record. ✔️
2. Hedgerows
2. Hedgerows
2023
2023
Identify supporting groups, potential for consultant specialist,
Initiate further survey work to identify locations.
Begin identifying any trends and create information boards/ QR codes for tree label signs. Potential for identification walking trail.
2022
2022
Undertake basic survey to identify what we host.✔️
2021
2021
Research how best to capture and record.✔️
3. Planting beds and displays
3. Planting beds and displays
2023
2023
Aim to develop the Sunflower Trail planting sites into longer term planting.
Opportunity for Information boards/ QR code. ✔️
2022
2022
Develop formal and 'wild' planting displays. ✔️
Extended the Athlumney Hall Wall Fruit and Herb verge.✔️
Engaged CnaMi TY students in planting at the school roundabout. ✔️
2021
2021
Engaged CnaMi TY students in planting at the school roundabout. ✔️
Implement a Planting trail project. ✔️
Bridge display planters to be Pollinator friendly with a large percentage to be reusable.✔️
Extended the Athlumney Hall Wall Fruit and Herb verge.✔️
Engage with residents to donate garden plants to public areas. ✔️
2020
2020
Carry out basic survey, identify high profile potential sites, implement a 'quick' publicity project to engage public. ✔️
4. Grass Lawns
4. Grass Lawns
2023
2023
Repeat lawn maintenance initiatives that promote biodiversity.
2022
2022
Promote Delayed estate lawn cutting, 'No Mow May' and 'Don't Mow' Yet initiatives.✔️
Promote and develop summer meadows to replace traditional estate lawns. ✔️
Increase the number of summer meadows / six-week cut pilot sites.✔️
2021
2021
Establish pilot areas and promote more sustainable, reduced cost, biodiversity friendly maintenance regime. ✔️
Promote 'No Mow May' with Wild About Navan group. ✔️
2020
2020
Research alternative maintenance regimes and identify potential hosts. ✔️
2019
2019
Establish the amount of green lawn spaces, their uses and maintenance providers ✔️
5. Waterways
5. Waterways
2023
2023
Map Streams
Trails
Implement River Experience
2022
2022
Research and propose an opportunity to provide school education about
River safety with Meath River Rescue. ✔️
River ecology with MCC environment department.✔️
Towpath cycling with Navan Cycling Initiative✔️
Riverside History with Navan History and the Ramparts groups✔️
2019 to 2021
2019 to 2021
Promote the Athlumney Riverside Trail ✔️
6. Wild Birds
6. Wild Birds
2023
2023
Build Bird Boxes
2021
2021
Promote 'Year of the Swift' with Wild About Navan group. ✔️
2020
2020
Create a survey to identify local garden wild birds ✔️
7. Bats
7. Bats
2022 & 23
2022 & 23
Engage with the community to record Bat sightings.
Opportunity to engage with a specialist.
8. Pollinators : Bees, Butterflies and other insects
8. Pollinators : Bees, Butterflies and other insects
2023
2023
Continue. Evaluate opportunities for intervention / support.
2022
2022
Promote Lawn, Tree and Hedge management. ✔️
Promote Actions for Pollinators ✔️
Only implement suitable planting ✔️
Promote Pollinators.ie and citizen Science.✔️
Implemented the Sunflower Trail 2022 ✔️
2021
2021
Implement pilot display projects to engage the public. ✔️
Attend workshops, online courses, and promote pollinator friendly actions ✔️
Record areas on National Pollinator Map. Identify areas missing from the 'Corridors'. ✔️
2020
2020
Research current best practice. Identify a project to engage the community in hosting pollinator friendly planting. ✔️
2019
2019
Introduced Pollinator friendly plants to St Martha's Bridge flower display ✔️
Introduced wildflower seeds to Athlumney Hall verge. ✔️
Introduced wildflower seeds and pollinator friendly climbers to former petrol station. ✔️
9. IDA Land
9. IDA Land
2023
2023
Engage directly with businesses to survey and establish opportunities within land under their ownership.✔️
2022
2022
Engage with maintenance contractor to identify pilot project areas to re wild verges and roundabouts, and to stop weedkiller use. ✔️
Engage IDA with the Sunflower Trail. ✔️
2021
2021
Engage the maintenance department with an introduction pilot project. ✔️
10. Air Pollution
10. Air Pollution
2022 & 23
2022 & 23
Work with Navan Cycling Initiative to review Car emissions during peak times.
11. Light Pollution
11. Light Pollution
2022 & 23
2022 & 23
Engage with Drone owners to survey street lighting and its impact on nocturnal wildlife ✔️
2020
2020
Identify Dark Spots for a suitable lighting feature. ✔️
12. Herbicide and Pesticides
12. Herbicide and Pesticides
2023
2023
Implement 'Stop Weedkiller Action Plan' in Residential Estates
2022
2022
Proposed, and applied for Community Capital Grant to utilise Foamstream as an alternative to weedkiller.✔️
Carried out survey of weedkiller usage by estate groups.✔️
2021
2021
Raise awareness of its dangers via social media and articles ✔️
Implemented 'Stop Weedkiller Action Plan' in public areas controlled by MCC.✔️
2020
2020
Identify alternatives to weed killer use ✔️
2019
2019
Identify 'worst offending' areas under Council Ownership. ✔️
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