founded February 1950
Cookstown Wildlife Trust
Welcome to the website of Cookstown
Wildlife Trust
Welcome
Chairman 2019
Ernie Hunter
Ernie, a retired Contultant Physician has
further developed his keen interest in
Natural History since retirement,and has an
extensive knowledge on birds. Ruth,his wife,
is also a keen naturalist.
As Treasurer of C.W.T. over the last few
years, Ernie has kept our finances very
soundly,not easy to do in a small
self-financing club.
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Talks Programme 2019/2020
may be contacted by mobile. 07717732034 or
E-mail:
Mark Edgar(Biodiversity Officer for Mid-Ulster Council)
Information on other natural history events.
Send your wildlife records to Cedar.
Find records for species recorded in N.Ireland
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Details on Bumblebee identification can be accessed at this
informative web-site.
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One of our members-Sebastian Graham has set up an interesting
and successful web-site on ‘old mills’.Well worth a look.
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You might be interested in taking part in this scheme.
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Butterfly Council-Newsletter
Click logo for web-site
Talks from 7:45pm-approx 9.15pm March-April
Food Technology Building, Loughry College ,Cookstown
Click for records from 1972
50 years ago,a butterfly garden was established in Drum Manor. In 1972, Dr.Henry Heal surveyed butterflies
there, and advised on setting up the ‘Butterfly Garden’
Sebastian Graham forwarded Dr.Heal’s report on ‘Butterflies in Drum Manor’ (link below).
Interesting reading-Wood White, Wall and Silver Washed Fritillary were present- now gone.Has Drum
deteriorated as a habitat?
Henry Heal was an inorganic chemistry lecturer at Q.U.B. A tall gangly man,always with a smile on his face
(even when I made lab. mistakes).
Thanks to Sebastian for Species 1972.
Silver-washed Fritillary
in Drum.
Ulster Wildlife champions native wildlife in Northern Ireland, working with local people to secure space
for nature in countryside, towns, coastlines and seas. Through twin visions of ‘Living Landscapes’ and ‘Living
Seas’, they hope to inspire people to champion nature, protect and restore habitats through action and
research, to stand up for nature by influencing government policy, and promote health and well-being
through enjoyment of the natural environment.
UWT has almost 12,000 members whose generosity and commitment are making a real difference for
wildlife and wild places here in NI.
Explore records of
all species on the
Island of Ireland.
Some statistics:
Our Web-site averages around 34,000 hits per month and around 1200 actual visits. About 8% are from G.B.,8% from USA, and European countries 16%.
There are visits from Brazil/Greece/Germany and Canada among others.The most popular pages are Aliens/Drum Manor/Local Geology/Wellbrook
R.Irvine 2019
Lecture programme 2019 / 2020
Date
Talk
Speaker
Tuesday
08th Oct. 2019
Transforming a
Tyrone desert into a
wildlife garden
Sir Bob Salisbury
Tuesday
12th Nov. 2019
Natural History of
Swifts
Mark Smyth
Tuesday
10th Dec. 2019
Wildlife Presentations
and Social Evening
Committee
Tuesday
14th Jan. 2019
Climate change in
N.I.-Potential Impact
& Response
David Laughlin
Tuesday
11th Feb 2020
Global warming in
Tyrone.
Emma Louise Kells
Tuesday
10th Mar 2020
Butterflies & Moths.
Rose Cremin
Tuesday
14th April 2020
End of year round-up
and key-note
presentation.
Committee
Outings 2019
Date
Outing
Leaders
Friday 17th May
2019 7:00 pm
Ballinderry River Walk
7pm,C.P. Knockanroe
Rd, Ardtrea
Sebastian & Sophie
Thursday 06th June
2019 7:00pm
James Johnston’s Fm.
6:30pm ,Loy St C.P
Ronnie
Saturday 15th June
2019 9:30am
Rams Island
11:00am Sandy Bay
Marina,BT28 2LQ
Ernie:
Note: £10 adult.£5
per child for boat.
Bring packed lunch
Saturday 29th June
2019 7.00pm
Roy’s Wood,Killymuck
Loughry College C.P.
11:00am
Roy
Sat. 6th July
2019 10:00am
Jim Henry ‘Wildwood’
M’felt 10:00am
Henry Bros Yard
Ernie
Sat 03rd August
2019
Ballynahone Bog
Curran Picnic Area
10:00am
Sat 24th August 2019
Seaforde Butterfly
Gardens
8:45am for Bus at
9:00am Loy St C.P
Maureen
Ernie/Ronnie
Members can download,
then complete and return
at next meeting.
2018 Reports
Time to start looking for Spring flowers.
Getting to our
meetings
Great Spotted Woodpecker
-from John Spratt
Thursday 6th June-James Johnston’s Farm-details SOON.
Holly Blue Butterflies at Cabin Wood and three sightings in
Springhill.
Comments from Ian Rippey-one of our most knowledgeable lepidopterists
‘’There was another Co. Tyrone record earlier this month, and it has also been in
Fermanagh, Down, Armagh,Antrim, and near Ballyronan in Co. Londonderry, so perhaps
for the first time ever it has been seen in all N. I.counties in a single year (there only 4
previous records from Co. Londonderry, 1 of which was of several specimens at a
different site near Ballyronan.I think there was a previous record of the Holly Blue in
Cookstown a few years ago, possibly by yourself in your garden at Adair Avenue? The late
Thomas Greer recorded several in an oak wood with Hollies (later felled) at Killymoon, a
few years before 1920; I think Cabin Wood must be close to this site, so the recent record
is a return to an original site’’.
