https://www.belmullettidytowns.com/initiatives-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-12 https://www.belmullettidytowns.com/initiatives-1/jj204uj1tii9rnywinkys1cay412k3 monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/29bdeab6-4dfb-4517-aa3e-562a233b8389/dogs.jpeg Initiatives - Anti-dog Fouling campaign - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.belmullettidytowns.com/initiatives-1/project-one-4d53z monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/c1e582e9-8db3-44b3-8668-c8fe27268c76/mural-wall.jpeg Initiatives - Mural of the Great Yellow Bumblebee - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.belmullettidytowns.com/initiatives-1/project-one-4d53z-leebg monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/62a83ab0-4966-4760-8852-4b4fba58ac16/painting.jpeg Initiatives - Paint the town blue - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.belmullettidytowns.com/home daily 1.0 2024-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/ae0ba08c-1a14-43e8-9d83-37590d629da7/mureal.jpg Home - About Faoi Belmullet Tidy Towns entered it’s first competition in 1960’s and have grown to an award winning group who organise a variety of events for everyone to participate in. These include a national heritage week, community recycling information, an annual Corncrake tour. Belmullet Tidy Towns work alongside Mayo County Council organising workshops with schools/youth groups and to educate with the public about An Taisce's (clean coasts) and Irish Water 'Think before you flush' campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/1634208461393-JLN1P30J1MVAENX53PPP/Get-involved-1-homepage.jpg Home - How to get involved Conas a bheith páirteach Belmullet Tidy towns are always on the lookout for volunteers, the more the merrier. There are so many ways to get involved, to share your ideas and improve biodiversity on your home patch and all while making new friends and improving the environment we call home.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/1634208525501-QGV2X49GVZO5G8F1QDOP/Awards-homepage.jpg Home - Awards Dámhachtanaí Belmullet Tidy Towns - have won numerous awards, a testament to the dedication of its volunteers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/cc696b67-ed56-462e-a53a-343aa9d0d00f/BookLaunch.jpeg Home - New Book Leabhar Nua An Bhumbóg Mhór Bhuí ar Strae is a beautifully illustrated bilingual children’s book by Baile Slachtmhar Bhéal an Mhuirthead volunteers Katherine Mangan and Margaret Tallott. Inspired by the conservation work of Belmullet Tidy Towns, to save the Great Yellow Bumblebee, this book follows the story of an endangered bee’s journey westwards, searching for sustenance on her way to the beautiful and biodiverse habitats of Erris and Belmullet. An Bhumbóg Mhór Bhuí ar Strae’ is available to buy locally from: Carey’s Newsagents and Bookstore (Main Street, Belmullet); Hegarty’s Gift Shop (Carter Square, Belmullet); Oifig Fáilte (Tourist Office, Main Street, Belmullet); Áras Inis Gluaire (Belmullet); SOLAS Visitor Centre (Eachléim); Castle Book Shop (Castle Street and Main Street, Castlebar). You can order it online from the book illustrator Jean Beard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/383c3354-95e9-41e2-883b-d267a01b170e/book3.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/d67d7539-7f8a-47e5-8b1c-2b485bb97632/Book1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/5f1c047d-01c7-44d7-b491-eb729c655572/Book2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/d534c845-f823-4ab8-9ed3-7f6dc3fa0441/gallery-1.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/d76a4225-4691-4589-8405-25c727c365b2/gallery-2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/1f65e072-0ca2-41c2-8825-7d51bbe97b2a/gallery-5.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/c11d6938-6a9c-4b0e-90ae-89c9d123e969/gallery-4.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/b53fb05d-b4eb-4d1e-871f-ae4bb85e7465/gallery-3.jpg Home https://www.belmullettidytowns.com/about daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://www.belmullettidytowns.com/great-yellow-bumblebee daily 0.75 2023-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/5f054e79-438f-4eb0-846e-09158fdcce11/Habitat_1.jpg Great Yellow Bumblebee - Project’s Primary Focus Príomhfhócas na dtionscadal The primary focus is on farmland sites on the Belmullet western coast, with a particular focus on the Mullet peninsula and Erris coastal mainland. This locally led project focuses on working with farmers’ who are willing to enhance flora-rich farmland habitats on their land, and provide vital food and nesting places for bees. It is hoped that this will allow populations of the bee to increase. Actions taken by farmers include delaying cutting of grasslands until late September, reducing stocking levels of animals, and /or promoting winter grazing and reducing pesticides and fertilisers on farms with the aim of increasing flora rich habitats and availability of flowers late in the season. Connecting suitable habitats in the landscape to allow movement and dispersal of the bees to new areas is also being investigated. You can keep up to date and read more about this is our project section. The project team includes Life on Machair, farmers, local representatives of Belmullet Tidy Towns, Agri-advisors, an Ecologist, BirdWatch Ireland, Mayo County Council, NPWS, Teagasc and School ofAgriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/bca49a4b-d1b2-42b9-868c-a866b39d5723/GYB_1.jpeg Great Yellow Bumblebee - The Great Yellow Bumblebee Bumbog Buí Mhór The Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus), is Ireland’s rarest bumblebee species and is currently classified as ‘Endangered’ on the Irish Red List, and ‘Vulnerable’ at a European level. The Mullet Peninsula and possibly coastal habitats of the Erris mainland, holds what is probably the only remaining healthy population of this species in Ireland. The Great Yellow Bumblebee is a large species where the abdomen and thorax are entirely covered with sandy-yellow hairs, with the exception of a black band across the thorax between the wing bases. Loss of flower-rich meadows and changes in agricultural practices has contributed to an 80% decline in distribution of this bumblebee in the last century. The Great Yellow bumblebee is now restricted to machair (exceptionally flower-rich coastal grasslands) and other flower-rich areas, particularly where traditional farming and low intensity agricultural practices are still maintained, such as the Mullet peninsula. It is essential to continue to protect and expand these areas, to ensure that not only the Great Yellow bumblebee, but other insect species sharing the same range and habitat, such as the scarce Large carder bee (Bombus muscorum), do not disappear from Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/69bb0fe4-d93a-4112-b062-e94a077976ad/GYB.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/fb8aaaae-7a44-4e01-984d-ecc79a616e65/GYB400x800.jpg Great Yellow Bumblebee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/46317e88-c8ab-4dd2-85e0-ad3a96e43fa9/CitizenScience.png Great Yellow Bumblebee - Log your sightings Logáil do chonaic If you see a Great Yellow Bumblebee you can log a record of your sighting by taking a clear photo of it and logging your sighting on the National Biodiversity Data Centre - Citizen Science Portal and click the Bumblebees section to enter your sighting. They also have a Biodiversity capture app which can be downloaded from their website so you can log sightings while out and about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/deb3fc4c-dad4-4aa3-af08-97a05f101d4e/Birdwatch-ireland-logo.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/8debb09e-6f82-4010-8686-ec19030d6828/Mayo-coco.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/0ef294f7-33ac-490f-8867-82c965d4c36d/EU-agri.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/54464b8c-27f2-4aad-95bd-88533316fe35/logo+2+new.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/c0268031-c458-47b5-8811-592ec15150f0/Belmullet_tiday-towns-logo.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/11551365-3452-4684-8068-03652cdfa94e/birdwatchireland_Gaeilge.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/c69947b5-4506-44ad-9e61-f56c09799f42/Dept-ag-food-marine.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/1761bf39-b8ca-4604-9605-b4b603d58c0e/NPWS-logo.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/fe69ae31-8194-4f38-b159-493a46decfec/NPWS+New+Black.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/3ad7f294-f7bc-4670-b15f-e6df7516262d/EIP-Agri.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/65fffb94-5028-4ed2-ab59-3f8001286d05/UCD_LOGO.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/8047663a-b3f7-4b27-b2f9-f9856fec7b8d/Teagasc.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/f3f6b139-defb-4491-ba7d-41045981b5d7/GYB_2.jpeg Great Yellow Bumblebee Photo courtesy of Dave Suddaby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/328fc199-3fd7-4f21-898e-a0dce21c6600/GYB_Dave_Sudabby.jpg Great Yellow Bumblebee Photo courtesy of Dave Suddaby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615da5f22426255a4a60177b/bca49a4b-d1b2-42b9-868c-a866b39d5723/GYB_1.jpeg Great Yellow Bumblebee Great Yellow Bumblebee on apple blossoms in spring time. 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