Lecale Conservation is the leading environmental group in County Down.
Here are details of some of our projects and campaigns that we run at the Lecale Conservation Association. Simply click on a heading you are interested
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Lecale Conservation is the leading environmental group in County Down.
Holymount Forest access restored
Lecale members were delighted to attend the association’s recent Annual Walk at Holymount fore...
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Tyrella Beach Sand dune Planting
Lecale Conservation Association members were delighted to have been at Tyrella Beach today, May 27th...
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Campaigning for an accessible Bothy
Lecale Conservation have written to the National Trust to place on record our formal complaint about...
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Ballykinlar Seal Colony under threat 2010
Local Lecale member Councillor Cadogan Enright has been working with seal biologist Sue Wilson on de...
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Beach Restoration with True Harvest Seeds
The Lecale Conservation Association has been restoring degraded beaches around Lecale for the last 8...
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£10K won for Tyrella beach
Lecale Conservation Association has received funding from the Department of Infrastructure (DfI) ‘...
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Youth Members join Global Climate Strike
This Friday (15/09/23), members of Lecale Conservation joined hundreds of activists and campaigners ...
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ANNUAL BALLYHORNAN BEACH CLEAN 2023
The sun was shining as over 300 visitors came to Ballyhornan Beach to enjoy the joint Downpatrick Co...
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2010 LECALE CONSERVATION MAKES PRESENTATION TO DOWN COUNCIL CHIEF EXECUTIVE
In 2010 Down Council Chief Executive announced he was taking up a position with Belfast City Council...
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2008 Quads crushing the nests of golden plovers at Minerstown – renewed calls for beach bye-laws
Renewed calls were being made for Down Council to speed up the process of Passing Bye Laws to protec...
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Simmy Island Planning Campaign 2007
LECALE CONSERVATION PLANNING CAMPAIGNS This was one of several campaigns during this period where de...
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Artists’ Protest over East Down AONB 2009
Lecale Conservation member and Artist Jim Manley from Coastguard Cottages in Killough organised 30 o...
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Ardglass – Cleanest beach in Ireland
Lecale Conservation campaigned for thirteen years to get the Northern Ireland Ports Authority (NIPA)...
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TRAINING COURSES IN KILLARD NATURE RESERVE ON BUTTERFLY COUNTING
In 2018 Lecale Conservation discovered that due to cut-backs the Department of Environment had disco...
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2018 LITTER COLLECTION ALONG LECALE COAST BY CANOE
Lecale Conservation Association members had a joint campaign with the Loch Cuan Canoe Club to assist...
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AONB VICTORY AT TYRELLA 2010
In April 2010 Lecale Conservation welcomed the announcement at Tyrella Beach of a climb-down by the ...
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POLLUTION AT RETAIL PARK AND FOOTBALL PITCHES 2011
This was one of numerous sewerage spills onto Dunleath Park that often closed the playing pitches or...
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POLLUTION ON FINNEBROUGE RIVER 2008
As part of our ongoing campaign to halt gross pollution of the Quoile River we came across a particu...
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1st BYE-LAWS TO PROTECT WILDLIFE ON LOCAL BEACHES 2010
FIRST DRAFT OF BYE-LAWS READY FOR CONSULATION AT MINERSTOWNÂ see here Bye-laws-for-Minerstown-Beach...
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POLLUTION ON QUOILE RIVER 2008
The picture shows Lecale Members Ian Knox, Barbara Haig, Cadogan Enright and Mike Mann with Trevor L...
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EXPOSING MASSIVE FISH KILLS ON QUOILE RIVER AFTER DUP MINISTER SAMMY WILSON DENYS IT
DUP Minister for Environment denied (on the Hansard record) there had been another fish kill on the ...
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BALLYHORNAN RIVER POLLUTION 2008 Quoile
This post reflects the 8-year campaign Lecale Conservation had with NIWater were we sought their pro...
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ANNUAL QUOILE RIVER CLEAN UP BY CANOE
Lecale Conservation has a cross-membership with the Loch Cuan Canoe Club which is a water-based envi...
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BI-ANNUAL GRANT AID FOR COMMUNITY-LED BIODIVERSITY PROJECTS
Lecale Conservation, working with Councillor Cadogan Enright, persuaded Council to include a bi-annu...
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CAMPAIGNING IN COUNCIL TO BRING FORWARD A BIO-DIVERSITY PLAN TO COMPLY WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENT UNDER EU DIRECTIVE
Lecale Conservation worked with Councillor Cadogan Enright who went to the Audit Committee and exter...
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FORCING COUNCIL TO HIRE BIO-DIVERSITY OFFICER
In 2009 we succeeded in persuading a majority of Councillors in Down Council that ignoring its legal...
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BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT 2022
– including 108 Islands on Strangford Lough Lecale Conservation does publicity annually for the â€...
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2008 CAMPAIGNING AGAINST GANGMASTERS ABUSING MIGRANTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
Lecale Conservation campaigned for many years for the safety and lives of young migrant workers alon...
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CAMPAIGNING FOR PERIWINKLES 2007.
The Wildlife (NI) Order 1985 in Northern Ireland allowed the Department of Environment Northern Irel...
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BAT BRICKS AND SWIFT BRICKS 2023
– Changing planning policy in Newry Mourne and Down Council Lecale Conservation are currently camp...
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BATWOMAN REACHES COUNTY DOWN 2015
Lecale Conservation members conducted the County Down Bat Survey as part of the all- Island survey f...
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BANNING SPRAYING OF BEACHES BY COUNCIL STAFF
Lecale Conservation Association lobbied Council Management to change environmentally unfriendly prac...
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TYRELLA BEACH DUNE RESTORATION PROJECT 2023
It has been a long-standing objective of Lecale Conservation to persuade local Councils and the Nati...
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KILCLIEF SAND DUNE RESTORATION
Kilclief Residents Association were concerned about erosion at their beach caused by huge numbers of...
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BALLYHORNAN BEACH DUNE RESTORATION 2015 to 2023
Links to Facebook posts over the years of this huge project show us working with a wide range of com...
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Changing Council’s Constitution – 2012
This was part of our campaign to have Council create by-laws to protect the seal-pupping and shore-n...
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KILLARD NATURE RESERVE BENCHES AND TABLE
We got permission from the local Trainor family to build and site a small picnic area near the entra...
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ARDGLASS COMMUNITY GARDEN 2020
We were delighted to work with the Ardglass Development Association in the conversion of some dereli...
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KILCLIEF COMMUNITY GARDEN – Our largest to date!
When the Kilclief Residents Association Chairperson, Maurice Denvir reached out to Lecale Conservati...
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EAST DOWN AONB CAMPAIGN 2010
On this campaign Lecale Conservation worked closely with Councillor Cadogan Enright who is also one ...
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COAST CARE AWARDS 2017
This picture shows Lecale’s first beach restoration project winning the overall first prize in 201...
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COAST WATCH PROJECT 2015
Here are pictures of the Coney Island Residents Forum, supporters of the EU Beach campaign in Killou...
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WILD SWIMMERS PROTEST 2017
As part of the Ardglass East Beach Campaign, Lecale Conservation members teamed up with the local Wi...
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ARDGLASS BLUE GLOVE FISHING CAMPAIGN
During the 1990’s Ardglass’s East Beach gained the reputation as the ‘dirtiest beach in Irelan...
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BEACH CLEANS GALORE 2017
Lecale Conservation members have run or participated in dozens of beach cleans around Lecale over th...
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TREES PRESERVED AT TOBAR MHUIRE SAVES MONASTERY 2008
Lecale Conservation members Bill Corry and Cadogan Enright succeeded in getting TPOs on the trees in...
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COUNCIL MANAGEMENT ECO-INITIATIVES
Our current campaign to have local Councils use their planning powers to tackle climate change and t...
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LECALE YOUTH ENERGY CAMPAIGN
Lecale Conservation Youth is our association’s youth group. As a group of 20 13-18 year olds, ...
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PROTECTION OF LECALE’S BUILT HERITAGE
Working with the Down Planning office to protect heritage buildings in Lecale over a 30 year period....
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