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Choughs Allihies Mines

Wednesday 04/06/2014 Richie

Choughs Allihies Mines a protected bird which is known as the friendly crow rearing their chicks mainly on sea cliff areas but also in the mine shafts of the old Copper Mines of Allihies on the Beara Peninsula. Recently I was contacted by Carol who used to work at the museum. She was keen to do a one hour survey of the comings and goings of the birds as part of a statistical survey for Ireland. Nationally these birds have been declining so it is important to keep up the counting of them to see how they are doing. We spent a nice afternoon counting birds in and out of the shafts and seeing if they were carrying food or cleaning out nests. We did not see any chicks but they can be heard screeching for food fairly easily. Very worthwhile thing to do.

Choughs Allihies Mines

Coming up soon, if anyone is interested is a free one day course to be held locally on identifying butterfly’s. You do not need to be an expert as this course will show you all you need to know if interested feel free to email Carol here. Dates to be confirmed.

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Castletownbere Coast Guard

Thursday 15/05/2014 Richie

Castletownbere Coast Guard were out last night for a cliff exercise at Dooneen (near Allihies). The team trains every two weeks to keep prepared and up to date with rescue procedures. Here four sets of ropes were set up to practise different scenarios: for example rescuing or assisting people who have fallen off a cliff or become stranded by incoming tide. All the exercises went well and the team finished off with a short visit to the bar.

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Gracies Art show Allihies Mine Museum

Thursday 08/05/2014 Richie

Gracies Art show, Allihies Mine Museum, today on the 8th of May 2014. It was a great success, an almost sell out show with only two pictures left on sale for the duration of the show. The show will last for another three weeks. Gracie did her work with Clara at Co-Action a centre which helps people from all areas of life on the Beara, one of the peninsulas on the south west coast of Ireland.