founded February 1950
Cookstown Wildlife Trust
Welcome to the website of Cookstown Wildlife Trust
Welcome Located in the heart of Mid-Ulster, the club has some 30 members who are interested in the conservation and promotion of wildlife. We want to encourage people to join the club and would encourage those interested to come to club meetings. Complete the contact form or talk to a club member. If you live in the Mid-Ulster area and have any wildlife Information of interest , we would be grateful if you would use our contact form to pass on your knowledge. This will be credited and posted on our web-site . We would be particularly interested to know of sightings of mammals such as Red Squirrels, Otters and Pine Martins . Thank you for visiting the club's website.
     Chairman 2013-2014:  Michael Mullan      Michael is a Dairy Scientist with a keen      interest in all aspects of Natural History.      He has written several monographs,and      runs (among others) a Dairy Science      web-site.      Michael has held a number of positions in      Cookstown Wildlife Trust over the year.
Talks Programme 2013/2014
Date
Talk
Speaker
Information:  Secretary:       Mona O'Kane 8676 2445 Press Officer:  Ronnie Irvine 8676 5142
Talks  from 7:45pm-9.15pm  March-April              South West College of Education, Burn Road ,Cookstown     Spring and Summer Outings below
Welcome About us. Our Area Nature News Contact us Links
Tuesday 08th Oct. 2013           Seaweeds-from toothpaste to beer. Tuesday 12th Nov. 2013                     Loughry Estate
  Tuesday 10th  Dec. 2013   Tuesday 14th January 2014
Charmaine Beer
 Ronnie Irvine
    Flora of Co.Fermanagh
Robert Northridge
    Members’ Night
  Tuesday 11th  Feb. 2014   Tuesday 11th March 2014
Ballinderry River through time               and space.
Patricia Rutherford
         Declan Looney
  Tuesday 08th April
AGM
                                  C.W.T   Summer Outings 2013                                                                Sat 11th May                  Car Trip to Beltrim Castle,Gortin                       Meet ASDA  2:00PM                         
       May TBC
                                                                                               Lough Neagh Shore,Kinturk to Ballinderry        Brendan McKeown
                                                                                              Sat 8th June                  Bus Trip to N.Antrim,leave Tesco’s C.P. at                                                                                                                                 9:00am,return 7:00pm.Bring flasks etc.                                                                                                                    Stop Ballycastle around 12:30.                                                                                                                                   Bus around £15-18. Deposit by April 9th                                                                                                                                                          Sat 29th June                Rathlin Island-Cars leave Cookstown Tesco Car Park 7:45am SHARP                                                                                                                                 to take10:15 Ferry.                                                                                                                                                                                    If going please contact Mona  8676 2445  A.S.A.P.                                                                                                                                                                         Senior citizens with Smart Pass-free,otherwise Adult return £11.60                                                                       Aug  TBC                      Bat night with Mark Edgar.                                                                               Aug  TBC                     Walk along Slieve Gallion ridge.
Below is a link to a survey gathering information on our perception of wild deer throughout the island of Ireland, part of a wider All-Ireland study into deer populations. Dr Ruth Carden is concerned that Northern Ireland should be well represented in the study, so please do take the five minutes or less it takes to fill this in – it’s very quick and painless. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FORDEER
You may have seen the recent Butterfly Conservation report on the State of Britain’s Larger Moths in the headlines over the weekend, which has shown very worrying declines in our larger moths over the past 40 years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21246322   You can now read the report for yourself online below http://butterfly-conservation.org/files/state-of-britains-larger- moths-2013-report.pdf Although Irish and Northern Irish data isn’t included in this, it is very likely that similar trends are happening here.
may be contacted by mobile. 07717732034 or E-mail: mark.edgar@dungannon.gov.uk
                 Mark Edgar(Biodiversity Officer for Cookstown,                       Magherafelt and Dungannon Councils)
Biodiversity Outings 2013
Date
Outing 
Arrangements
Saturday 23rd March 2012
Lunch at  'An Creagan' Visit to Creggandeveskey Court Cairn.
Meet 10.30am (probably)
Thurs 08th Aug- Sat 10th Aug.
Moth nights followed by identification & Count
 Saturday 20th July - Sun 11th Aug.
Sat. 06th July
BCNI Tyrone Outing
Fri 31st May-Mon 03rd June
Field Weekend at Derrygonnelly F.S.Centre.Visits to Geopark, Correl Glen etc.
Venue to be confirmed.
Saturday 20th April
First AGM of Fed.of Irish Field Clubs
Saturday 06th April
Butterfly Recorder’s Day Peatlands Park
      River Mammals
 Big Butterfly Count 2013
       Information on Natural History events.
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