To celebrate National Biodiversity Week 2025, MKO is teaming up with Galway County and City Council and other project partners to host a Biodiversity Festival and Bioblitz at Rinville Park, Oranmore. Join us on the evening of Thursday, May 22nd, and throughout Friday May 23rd, in Renville Park. There will be various biodiversity events, surveys, and of course, the BioBlitz competition.
What is a BioBlitz? It’s a race against the clock to find and identify as many species as possible within 24 hours. It’s a fun and educational way to learn about the amazing biodiversity right in our own backyard.
National Biodiversity Week Ireland takes place 16th – 25th May 2025.
| Thursday 22nd May | |
| 7:00pm – 7:45pm | Bioblitz Countdown Timer starts. Big Beach Survey with Galway Atlantaquaria. |
| 8:00pm – 9:00pm | Public talk on moths and mammal/bat surveys. Demonstration of setting up of moth and camera traps along with small mammal traps and hedgehog tubes |
| 9:00pm – 11:00pm | Bat walk and nocturnal foray – all welcome |
| Friday 23rd May | |
| 6:30am – 8:00am | Dawn Chorus walk in the park and along the shore |
| 9:00am – 10:00am | Moth and small mammal trap opening |
| 11:30am – 12:30pm | Biodiversity of the Park walk, and botanical species recording |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Pond dipping and aquatic sampling demonstration |
| 2:30pm – 3:00pm | Conservation Detection Dogs demonstration |
| 3:30pm | Camera trap viewing and species counting |
Further details to follow
Check out our highlights from the 2024 and 2023 Bioblitz.
