Please read our Nature Blog about everything from birds to bees. New blog posts will be posted on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month.
Year of the Dragonfly
Tralee Bay Wetlands Eco & Activity Park will continue to host talks and events for the Year of the Dragonfly, focusing on the conservation issues surrounding these enigmatic insects, and what individuals and community groups can do to protect them....
Rewilding your Garden
We all want to help in encouraging our native wildlife such as butterflies and bees back to our gardens. But how can we do that? We can plant flowers, but what kind? We can place bird feeders, but what kind would suit garden birds? What’s the best...
National Biodiversity Week 2022
This years National Biodiversity Week begins on the 15th of May 2022. Tralee Bay Wetlands Eco & Activity Park will be running activities all this week long, focusing on our own native species of flora and fauna that make up our island’s...
The Mute Swan
In the Tralee Bay Wetlands, you can find a mating pair of Mute Swans (Cygnus olor), who mostly stay on the front pond island. The male, known as a ‘cob’, is a bit bigger with a large black knob on its bill. This swells during the breeding season...
