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. .

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 • Details on Bumblebee identification can be accessed at this informative web-site. • One of our members-Sebastian Graham has set up an interesting and successful web-site on ‘old mills’.Well worth a look. • You might be interested in taking part in this scheme. • Butterfly Council-Newsletter

Located in the heart of Mid-Ulster, our club has some 48 members interested in conservation and promotion of wildlife. We encourage people to join,and welcome those interested to our meetings. Complete our contact form or talk to a club member.If you live in Mid-Ulster area and have wildlife Information of interest, please use our contact form to pass on your knowledge/information. This will be credited and posted on our web-site . We are particularly interested in information on sightings of mammals such as Red Squirrels, Otters and Pine Martins . Thank you for visiting the club's website.

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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