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Heritage Week 2023

List of Heritage Events taking place - click here to find out more!

News about Louth's Heritage

County Louth has a new Local Biodiversity Action Plan, since January 2021. It translates the policies in the European Strategy and the National Biodiversity Action Plan to a local level. You can download a copy of the plan from here: Louth Biodiversity Plan 2021 - 2026.

It's important to know what wildlife we have and where.  The new Louth Biodiversity Action Plan aims to increase the number of people recording wildlife sightings with the national biodiversity database in the County to 200 a year by 2026. We're asking all elected members and staff of Louth County Council to record at least one wild species on the national biodiversity database. If you see any interesting wildlife, be it a buzzard, or a newt, a rabbit or a daisy, please go to National Biodiversity Data Centre - start recording and log your record. Help us smash that target now! There is an App you can download too, if you want to get serious about recording biodiversity. Both the Android and iPhone Apps can be downloaded from this page, near the top right corner.

Louth County Council has been awarded substantial funding for biodiversity projects in county Louth under the Local Biodiversity Action Plan Fund grant scheme. The funding, provided by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, will go towards wardening Little Terns at Baltray, and various other projects to protect biodiversity in Louth. Last updated 5th October 2022.