Ballycarry, Kilkeel and Belleek
A national plant monitoring scheme, a foraging workshop in Kilkeel, and the Lough Erne Cot Regatta in Belleek.
Barbara Irvine speaks about the National Plant Monitoring Scheme where volunteer surveyors are collecting information on the many different species of plants and wildflowers; the site of a Renovated 18th Century Corn and Flax Mill are having their first foraging workshop and the Chairman of Lough Erne Heritage Fred Ternan on the Cot Regatta in Belleek.
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'These cots were still in use up to the 1890's'
Duration: 01:49
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Barbara Irvine: Volunteer Surveyor
Duration: 00:32
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'Doing this is carrying on the family tradition'
Duration: 00:34
National Plant Monitoring Scheme: Barbara Irvine
Kilkeel's Foraging Workshop
Brian Hegarty Bird Photographer
National Plant Monitoring Scheme: Bonny & Adam
Helen Mark met up with Bonny Cooper and her son Adam, two of the volunteer surveyors on the National Plant Monitoring scheme, near Cullybackey where Bonny explained what the scheme meant to her and her family.
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- Sat 14 Jul 201808:05BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle
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