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Today was our first summer outing when we visited Wild Flower Alley in South Belfast. This community project has turned antisocial alleyways into peaceful green havens. It was also a Day of action for Nature Park’s and Green Spaces. #VoteForNature #DayOfAction
Are you joining the #CityNatureChallenge from 25-28th April?
Use the free iNaturalist app to document Belfast's nature, as cities compete for the most records! Record as you go, but check out the events occurring too 👀 We're hosting 3 bioblitzes - CEDaR, BSBI & Buglife have events on also! 🐞🌱🐝
An illustrated artwork of a Woodpigeon by Will Rose on a pale background. Wording alongside reads: Birds in Greenspaces. Tell BTO what birds you encounter in your local greenspace. www.bto.org/greenspaces
Have you signed up for our Birds in Greenspaces project yet? ➡️ www.bto.org/greenspaces
Starting 1 April, we'd love to know the birds that use your local greenspaces, whether it’s a single species record or complete list, so we can discover their importance for nature and people. 🌳 🪶
It's this evening ...
Millin Bay site
Tuesday 10th March 7.30 to 9pm Ulster Museum; also zoom (register@bnfc.org.uk if not a BNFC member) Lisa White (QUB) talks about "Grave Matters - New research on human remains from megalithic sites in County Down" with an emphasis on Millin Bay
It's Saturday ...
Clonmore Shrine
Belfast Naturalists Field Club
Saturday 21st February - A visit to Ulster Museum's Saints and Scholars Gallery covering the time of St Patrick to the Reformation
BNFC members only. Not a member? Join at bnfc.org.uk/membership-a... and contact secretary@bnfc.org.uk
It's tonight ...
It's on Tuesday ...
Tuesday 10th February 7.30 to 9pm Matthew Jebb, Director of the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin tells the hidden history of the world's trees
Zoom - register@bnfc.org.uk if not a BNFC member
Are you interested in learning more about identifying plant pathogens in the wild? Come along to my webinar at 7pm on the 27th of January!
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
#FungiFriends #WildPlantDisease
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Tuesday 13th January 7.30 to 9pm
Michael Meharg talk: "Future Natural - winners and losers - how climate change may shape Northern Ireland"
- the changes over time, we are now, and the future of habitats and species.
Zoom - register@bnfc.org.uk if not a BNFC member
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Whitehead 1868
Tuesday 16th December 7.30 to 9pm joint with Belfast Geologists Society
Ian Enlander talk: "Whitehead and its historical economic Geology - our rocks and what we did to them"
Zoom -register@bnfc.org.uk if not a BNFC member
It's December and time for your next Winter Bird Survey visit! Here are some thoughts from James Heywood, @bbs-birds.bsky.social and WINBS Organiser, after his second visit.
Discover more ➡️ www.bto.org/winbs
Survey guidance ➡️ www.bto.org/get-involved...
Thank you to all our WINBS surveyors!
It's tonight ...
Tuesday 11th November 7.30 to 9pm Ulster Museum; also zoom (register@bnfc.org.uk if not a BNFC member) Helen James, Ulster Museum, speaks on "Freshwater Insects of Ireland" highlighting their life cycles, and the threats facing our freshwater ecosystems and their inhabitants
Check out our winter 2025-26 programme. Do become a member - see bnfc.org.uk/membership-a...
A basket filled with fungi and decorated with autumn berries and leaves
@belfastnfc.bsky.social last Saturday’s fungus foray might have been cancelled but that didn’t stop one of our members exhibiting a collection of fungi from her garden at the annual Conversazioni.
It's tonight ...
Female Irish hare at Bull Island, Dublin
Tuesday 14th October 7.30 to 9pm Ulster Museum; also zoom (register@bnfc.org.uk if not a BNFC member)
Neil Reid, QUB, speaks on "The Natural History of the Irish Hare: The Ice Age to present"
(Photo: Alan Wolfe)
Don't forget about our upcoming online talk, 'Archaeology of Divis & Black Mountain' on Tues 21 Oct (7pm - 8.30pm)
This will be a unique opportunity to hear from National Trust Archaeologist, Mal Conway, as he explores recent archaeological finds on Divis & Black Mt
belfasthills.org/events/archa...
Discover some of the best plants for bees: Devil's bit scabious youtu.be/7FQ0LgljTos? An absolute beauty :)
Marjoram: One of the absolute best plants for pollinators! This is one of a series of short videos in a YouTube playlist highlighting some of the best plants to grow if you want to attract bees, butterflies, hoverflies and more.
youtu.be/gisVGo-Yirk
Saturday 2nd August, afternoon: Divis archaeology trip to see excavation of a circular stone enclosure
Leader: Mike King
NT Archaeologist on site: Malachy Conway
BNFC members only. Not a member? Join at bnfc.org.uk/membership-a... and contact secretary@bnfc.org.uk
It's tomorrow ...
Saturday 28th June: This BNFC outing celebrates the Irish Naturalists' Journal centenary
- Bee orchids and other botany at Glenarm and Glenarm Forest
Leader: David McNeil (BSBI Antrim recorder)
BNFC members only. Not a member? Join at bnfc.org.uk/membership-a... and contact secretary@bnfc.org.uk
Saturday 28th June: This BNFC outing celebrates the Irish Naturalists' Journal centenary
- Bee orchids and other botany at Glenarm and Glenarm Forest
Leader: David McNeil (BSBI Antrim recorder)
BNFC members only. Not a member? Join at bnfc.org.uk/membership-a... and contact secretary@bnfc.org.uk
Saturday 21st June: Mid-Antrim Iron and Bauxite mines – Geology and industrial history - joint with the Belfast Geologists' Society
Leader Ian Enlander
BNFC members only. Not a member? Join at bnfc.org.uk/membership-a... and contact secretary@bnfc.org.uk
