Citizen Science
The Dalgan river monitoring initiative was launched on the 21st of April 2023 in collaboration with The Local Authorities Water Programme.
The Ballyhaunis Citizen Science programme, the first in County Mayo, wishes to engage communities and raise awareness in schools. Freshwater monitoring follows a simple “traffic light system” of good and bad indicator species, i.e. easily identifiable insects indicating the health of the aquatic environment.
The sampling is carried out at specific sites each season, and the data is entered in the National Biodiversity Database, to inform water quality trends and initiatives to improve it. We welcome volunteers to help us in our biodiversity actions.
Learn more about our work
Watch the video to see what we do as Citizen Scientists!
The Dalgan river is a beautifully rich limestone stream and an important spawning tributary of the Clare River, which then flows into Lough Corrib before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
Let the story and voice of the Dalgan inspire you.
Citizen Science Guide
Read through our findings in 2023 and the Citizen Science Stream Index (CSSI) used to monitor and track our work.