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Summer Solstice Celebrations

10 June 2022

Join us for an evening of Storytelling, puppetry, music and more at Cronin's Yard, Glencar to celebrate the summer solstice and our natural heritage.Hosted by the Kerry Biosphere Reserve and Skellig Scéal Up.

Make a Bird Box evening

10 May 2022

Join us for an evening of Bird Box making and storytelling with Killarney Men's Shed and The Kerry Eco-Social Farming EIP Project.

Upland Birds Walk

29 April 2022

Join us for a walk in the MacGillycuddys Reeks to learn about Kerrys Upland Birds. This walk will be led by Dr. Allan Mee and ornithologist with many years experience surveying bird species in the MacGillycuddy Reeks.

Farmyard BioBlitz for Biodiversity Week 2022

25 April 2022

Want to help record Biodiversity in the Kerry Biosphere? These events are for you! The Kerry Biosphere is proud to be working with the Kerry Eco-Social Farming EIP project to deliver two BioBlitz events during Biodiversity week this year.

Calendar Art Competition launched

14 March 2022

The ‘My Kerry Biosphere’ primary art calendar competition has just launched as part of the ‘Our Planet, Your Biosphere’ events series, with support from Creative Ireland Kerry, and South Kerry Development Partnership. The theme for this year’s calendar is ‘Birds of the Kerry Biosphere’. Schools ...

Responsible Outdoor Recreation Training Course

03 March 2022

Free training in Responsible Outdoor Recreation for frontline hospitality staff in the Kerry Biosphere area just announced. Dates are available in March with events happening in Killarney, Killorglin, Kenmare and Glencar. Speakers include Kerry Climbing, Kerry Mountain Rescue, The MacGillycuddy ...

Nature Series online for Primary Schools

28 February 2022

We are delighted to announce the upcoming Nature series webinars for Primary schools with Nessa Darcy from Creative Entomology. In this series we will explore Insects through the five senses. Workshops will be held online via zoom starting April 26th, from 10 -11am.

Upcoming Webinar with the Isle of man Biosphere

05 January 2022

As part of the ongoing Tri-Biosphere webinar series celebrating the 50th year of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme UNESCO Biosphere Isle of Man is to host a webinar on the Isle of Man’s built heritage. Mann Made: Built Heritage and a Sustainable Future takes place on Wednesday 9th Febru...

New Logo for the Kerry Biosphere

15 December 2021

Congratulations are due to designer Akos Csontos whose logo design submitted to our open competition earlier this year has been selected by popular vote as the new logo to represent the Kerry Biosphere Reserve.

Nature Blogger prize comes to Kerry

06 December 2021

Young people who love nature and the outdoors were invited to take part in a summer writing challenge this year. After a successful launch year in the Isle of Man in 2020, The Young Nature Blogger 2021 went international as Kerry Biosphere and Dublin Bay Biosphere joined the competition. The over...