Source: https://www.tidytowns.ie/u_reports/2018/cork-west/2018-County-Cork_West-Skibbereen-693.pdf
“Like the adjudicator in 2017, we are most impressed with your considered approach to projects under this category with good examples to be seen of protecting and conserving the natural amenities and habitats and raising awareness of them among the wider community in Skibbereen. We applaud your decision to undertake a wildlife scoping study over the next three years and we note and appreciate the aims of this study. While we concur that your committee, Sustainable Skibbereen, the community, businesses and schools should be involved in this project, we recommend that scoping study should identify specific tasks that can be undertaken by all of these groups in recording, monitoring and conserving wildlife and habitats when the scoping study is complete. This will ensure that the recommendations of the study can be more easily implemented and that it succeeds in raising awareness of biodiversity in your town amongst the wider community. The involvement of the schools is seen to be particularly important in this regard and while we note that a key role is envisaged for the schools in the GIY project, it is recommended that their involvement is not limited to this. It is further recommended that the identified objectives of your wildlife strategy are reflected in other tidy towns categories like landscaping (whereby pollinator friendly planting is included in your landscaping schemes) and approach roads (with strimming of roadside verges and hedge cutting being reduced to facilitate the development of wildlife corridors). The joint venture between the Ludgate and UCC in streaming an online 8 session training course on sustainability is also applauded and we wondered if any committee members from the tidy towns group or its volunteers participated in it?”
Skibbereen Tidy Towns 