Brittas Bay Wins Silver For Biodiversity Project

It is, of course, one of the finest beaches in all of the land, and now, Brittas Bay has been crowned one of the smartest too.

At this week’s All-Ireland Community & Council Awards 2020, the golden getaway picked up silver for the Brittas Bay Biodiversity Project.

Started in 2019, the project involves a programme of actions designed to enhance the biodiversity of the WCC-owned land and habitats between the north and south beach car parks. The hope is to also raise public awareness of the rich flora and fauna of the area.

Volunteers have been working steadily collecting data on the beach in recent years, including ecologist Alan Lauder, who says, “A lot of people from Dublin have childhood memories of coming to Brittas Bay but, in the summer, the dunes are covered in litter, broken glass and cans. If it was a nature reserve, we could celebrate the site and bring people on guided walks along paths through the dunes…”

With the Brittas Bay Biodiversity Project ongoing, upcoming on Saturday, March 21st is an Explore The Shore workshop, which is being held in association with the National Biodiversity Data Centre.

Naturally, the information on that workshop isn’t up on wicklow.ie yet, so, might be easier to email the WCC heritage officer, Deirdre Burns, on [email protected] for further info.