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The Hare’s Corner
March 20
Sligo County Council and Burrenbeo Trust are bringing the Hare’s Corner to County Sligo!
Sligo landowners can apply for support to create wildlife ponds, mini-woodlands, wildlife hedges, mini-orchards and ‘plans for nature’ on their land through The Hare’s Corner initiative.
The application window runs from 6th until 20th March so don’t delay in submitting!
Visit burrenbeo.com/thc for details and to apply.
Inspired by the term ‘The Hare’s Corner’ – an old farming expression for an awkward section of a field which wasn’t intensively farmed and so was ‘left to nature’ – the aim of this project is to help create habitats that have proven benefits for biodiversity, for climate-action as well as for the wellbeing of participants. The Hare’s Corner project offers landowners practical support to carry out simple but impactful actions for nature such as creation of a wildlife pond, a native mini-woodland, a wildlife hedge, a heritage mini-orchard, with apple trees from Irish Seed Savers Association and/or a bespoke ‘plan for nature’ for their site. This support is offered in the form of materials (mixed species of native trees and heritage apple trees), micro-funding (towards machinery costs for pond digging), professional services (such as a hydrologist’s visit to help plan a pond, or an ecologist’s visit to ‘plan for nature’) and guidance.
Burrenbeo Trust is partnering with Sligo County Council through the Biodiversity Officer Programme to be able to offer Hare’s Corners to landowners. The Biodiversity Officer Programme is supported nationally by the Heritage Council. The Hare’s Corner initiative in 2025 will be funded through a combination of public and private sector funding, including the National Parks and Wildlife Service’s Local Biodiversity Action Fund.
Landowners, farmers, community groups, and schools with land in an eligible county – or with permission to undertake work on a site within that county—are welcome to apply. However, those participating in the ACRES or NPWS Farm Plan Scheme, as well as landowners with sites in designated areas (SACs, SPAs etc), are not currently eligible.
For full details please visit burrenbeo.com/thc