Did you know… Blue tit parents can bring over 1,000 meals per day when their chicks are on the nest!  Thats 1,000 caterpillars and bugs taken from your garden…

Fitting a bird box can give hours of pleasure as well as benefits to your garden; by helping wildlife and installing natural pest control.  NatureNorthwest can supply bird nest boxes and cameras for schools.

Click here to find out more about nest boxes with the British Trust for Ornithology

Follow the links below to see suppliers of nest boxes, cameras and other nature exploration tools.

www.nhbs.com

Supplier of ecological equipment as used by NatureNorthWest

Heritage in Schools resources

Great website with school resources

Green Schools Ireland

More useful resources for schools

Bat website for teachers and parents

Great website for teaching children about bats

www.birdfood.ie

Irish bird accessory supplier

BirdWatchIreland

Irish NGO for birds

www.fsc.org

Huge range of identification sheets as used by NatureNorthWest

Biodiversity Data Centre

The website for all info on Biodiversity in Ireland plus excellent local I.D. tools

Wildflowers Of Ireland

The website for Irish flower identification

AskaboutIreland

Handy resource pack on environmental teaching for teacher

Water and community office

Spycamera

Suppliers of bird nest box cameras

Download the all-Ireland pollinator plan here