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Local Biodiversity Action Fund - Projects funded in 2026
- Published on: 21 May 2026
- Last updated on: 21 May 2026
The Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) is operated by the NPWS to assist Local Authorities to carry out projects that target the objectives of Ireland’s 4th National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) 2023-2030.
Local Biodiversity Fund 2026
In 2026 €3 million in funding has been allocated for projects under the Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) 2026. A diverse range of local authority-led projects have been selected for support through this fund. The list below describes the projects which were awarded funding.
| Local Authority | Project Title | LBAF Grant 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Carlow | Carlow Wetlands Survey 2026-2028 | €34,000.00 |
| Carlow | The Hare's Corner in Co. Carlow | €29,750.00 |
| Carlow | Carlow Protected & Rare Flora Survey | €11,050.00 |
| Carlow | Urban Pollinator Foraging Network Management | €10,000.00 |
| Carlow |
Education & Awareness Programme, including Farming for Nature Celebration |
€9,775.00 |
| Carlow | Carlow Catchments Hedgerow and other Wooded Lands Survey | €2,125.00 |
| Cavan |
Survey of aquatic invasive species in Lough Sheelin |
€1,568.25 |
| Cavan | Wetlands Survey 2026 | €39,572.18 |
| Cavan | Bat Surveys at Castle Saunderson & Church | €3,090.48 |
| Cavan | Erection of Swift Boxes, Cavan Town | €1,000.00 |
| Cavan | Biodiversity Awareness, Education and Outreach | €15,470.00 |
| Cavan | Bat Surveys at Bawnboy Workhouse | €3,825.00 |
| Clare | County Clare Native Woodland Survey | €20,400.00 |
| Clare | County Clare Wetland Survey | €20,400.00 |
| Clare | West Clare Invasive Species | €8,500.00 |
| Clare | Ennis Otter Survey | €6,290.00 |
| Clare | Towards building a Strategic Marine Alliance in Liscannor Bay | €6,257.32 |
| Clare |
Clare Biodiversity Awareness – Connecting Nature with People |
€6,800.00 |
| Clare | Clare Lesser Horseshoe Bat Project | €8,500.00 |
| Clare | The Orchard Way – a Pilot Project | €5,950.00 |
| Clare | Killaloe Invasive Species | €8,500.00 |
| Clare | Shannon Town Pollinator Project | €4,250.00 |
| Cork City | Cork City Himalayan Balsam Mapping and Removal Project | €11,200.00 |
| Cork City | Cork City Wildflower Meadow Enhancement Project | €48,000.00 |
| Cork City | Cork City Ecological Awareness Project | €16,150.00 |
| Cork City | Cork City Ecological Enhancement Project | €21,250.00 |
| Cork County | Barn Owl Monitoring and Conservation | €2,125.00 |
| Cork County | Bride Valley Invasive Alien Species Management Project | €54,400.00 |
| Cork County |
Harper’s Island Wetlands Reserve Conservation Management Plan Phase 1 Implementation |
€17,000.00 |
| Cork County |
Amphibian Habitat Enhancement Project, Gallanes Lough, Clonakilty- Amphibian Surveys, Citizen Science Project Support |
€5,865.00 |
| Cork County | County Cork Swift Conservation Project | €4,250.00 |
| Cork County | County Cork Wetlands Survey | €35,700.00 |
| Donegal |
Woodland Bat Monitoring Survey for County Donegal |
€2,034.18 |
| Donegal | Survey of the Alpine Newt in Donegal | €2,509.20 |
| Donegal | Donegal Wetlands Field Survey 2026 | €17,425.00 |
| Donegal | The Hare’s Corner – County Donegal | €34,000.00 |
| Donegal | Swift surveys of Letterkenny and Buncrana | €16,082.00 |
| Donegal | Putting Donegal Biodiversity on the Map | €15,300.00 |
| Donegal | Restoring and Celebrating Culdaff Dunes | €5,100.00 |
| Donegal |
County Donegal Grassland Survey - Phase 1 - Consolidating datasets |
€4,250.00 |
| Dublin City |
Status and distribution of the common lizard, Zootoca vivipara, on North Bull Island |
€2,975.00 |
| Dublin City | Nature Explorer for Schools Programme | €10,200.00 |
| Dublin City | Capacity Building and Biodiversity Awareness in Dublin City | €19,125.00 |
| Dublin City | Dublin City Habitat Mapping Project | €42,500.00 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
DLR IAS Treatments Carrickmines Catchment, Dodder Catchment, Booterstown Marsh (part of SPA) and Ballyman Glen SAC |
€23,413.00 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
DLR Fitzsimons Woods pNHA Newt and Pond Restoration Monitoring, Bat surveys and staff woodland workshop |
€9,309.00 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
DLR Dingle Glen pNHA Habitat and Species Surveys | €8,330.00 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Continued implementation of key actions of the DLR Loughlinstown Wood pNHA Woodland Management Plan |
€30,933.00 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Macrofungal and lichen surveys of Loughlinstown Wood pNHA | €4,705.00 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Feasibility Study on River System & Habitat Restoration in Clonkeen Park |
€14,025.00 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Killiney Hill Bat Surveys and Public Engagement 2026 | €8,500.00 |
| Fingal |
Ireland's Eye Seasonal Wardens and IAS Control [Option 1 - part time wardens] |
€36,425.00 |
| Fingal | Portrane Little Tern Conservation Wardens | €60,275.00 |
| Fingal | Ecological study of the Mayne and Sluice Rivers | €19,000.00 |
| Galway City |
Galway City Biodiversity Areas – Habitat Survey, Mapping & Reporting. |
€19,208 |
| Galway City |
Galway City IAS Management & Education Project 2026 |
€53,986.00 |
| Galway City |
Feasibility Study for Reed Bed & Swale between Bothar na dTreabh and Terryland Pond. |
€8,840.00 |
| Galway City |
Connacht Biodiversity Officers Conference on “Our Road Network – Working for Nature” |
€2,550.00 |
| Galway City | Green Network Planning - City Tree Map Project | €4,675.00 |
| Galway City | Continuation of Pilot Hedgerow mapping at Menlo | €6,205.00 |
| Galway City |
Ballyloughane Conservation Grazing Project – Botanical Monitoring and Survey 2026 |
€1,062.50 |
|
Galway County |
Monitoring and removal of the Alpine Newt in County Galway. |
€16,512.00 |
|
Galway County |
Galway Raised Bogs Bird Baseline - Establishing pre-restoration evidence for peatland recovery |
€10,030.00 |
|
Galway County |
County Galway Wetlands Survey 2026 - 2028 | €34,500.00 |
| Galway County |
West Connacht Islands Invasive Species Management Programme 2025-2027 |
€8,500.00 |
| Galway County | Preliminary Lagoon Survey of Camus Bay, Connemara | €3,450.00 |
| Galway County |
Survey of the Invasive Amphipod Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in the Shannon River System and Public Awareness of Aquatic Invasive Species |
€560.77 |
|
Galway County |
Working with Nature 2026 | €14,960.00 |
|
Galway County |
Invasive Alien Species - Awareness and Management Project |
€10,200.00 |
| Kerry | The Hare’s Corner – County Kerry | €29,750.00 |
| Kerry |
Eradication of invasive alien plants species from regional road network and other public spaces in the Dingle/Castleisland MD and Listowel MD areas |
€12,750.00 |
| Kerry | Managing Biodiversity on Local Authority Land Banks Kerry | €8,500.00 |
| Kerry | Countywide Ecological Surveys for Kerry | €27,200.00 |
| Kerry |
Pilot Ground Truthing of the VWT modelling of landscape connectivity for Lesser Horseshoe Bats in County Kerry. |
€11,900.00 |
| Kerry |
Capacity building and Awareness raising for Nature in Kerry |
€8,500.00 |
| Kildare | Kildare American Skunk Cabbage Control 2026 | €10,455.00 |
| Kildare |
Kildare Himalayan Balsam Control & Community Engagement on River Liffey 2026 |
€2,500.00 |
| Kildare | Kildare Hogweed Mapping and Eradication Project 2026 | €18,700.00 |
| Kildare |
Woodland Bat Monitoring Survey for County Kildare |
€2,034.00 |
| Kildare |
Kildare’s Leixlip Spa Hydrology and Ecology Project 2026 |
€21,863.00 |
| Kildare | Kildare Biodiversity Conference 2026 | €7,765.00 |
| Kildare |
Kildare - Survey of the Invasive Amphipod Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in the Shannon River System and Public Awareness of Aquatic Invasive Species |
€560.00 |
| Kildare | Kildare Native Provenance Tree Nursery | €7,310.00 |
| Kildare | Kildare Biodiversity Awareness Project | €15,300.00 |
| Kildare | Kildare Wetlands Survey 2026 | €10,455.00 |
| Kilkenny | Woodland Bat Monitoring Survey for County Kilkenny | €2,034.17 |
| Kilkenny | The Hare's Corner - Kilkenny | €29,750.00 |
| Kilkenny | Public Grassland Restoration Project | €12,962.00 |
| Kilkenny | Kilkenny Tree Strategy (Phase 1) | €29,750.00 |
| Kilkenny |
Continued Control of Invasive Plant Species in Woodstock Estate Woodlands |
€21,250.00 |
| Laois | Bat Survey on the River Barrow and River Nore SAC | €13,600.00 |
| Laois | Semi-natural grassland survey | €25,500.00 |
| Laois | ReFarm Laois - Wetland restoration/creation in Laois | €21,250.00 |
| Laois | Laois Living Boundaries Project | €4,250.00 |
| Laois | Triogue Invasive Species Survey | €17,850.00 |
| Laois | Abbeyleix Road Verge Alignment | €2,125.00 |
| Laois | Significant Tree Survey | €10,200.00 |
| Leitrim | Demon Shrimp Survey in River Shannon System | €560.77 |
| Leitrim | ReFarm Leitrim | €21,250.00 |
| Leitrim |
Connacht Biodiversity Officers Conference "Our Road Network - Working for Nature" |
€2,550.00 |
| Leitrim | Return to Nature | €12,750.00 |
| Leitrim |
North Leitrim Habitat Creation, Restoration and Protection |
€8,500.00 |
| Leitrim | Conservation of Ancient Oak Woodland at Garadice Lough Wood | €15,300.00 |
| Leitrim | County Leitrim Grassland Survey | €11,900.00 |
| Leitrim | Biodiversity Awareness and Community Engagement | €21,250.00 |
| Limerick |
Survey of the Invasive Amphipod Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in the Shannon River System and Public Awareness of Aquatic Invasive Species |
€560.77 |
| Limerick | The Hare’s Corner – County Limerick | €35,000.00 |
| Limerick |
A Control Programme of Giant Hogweed in the Loobagh and Maigue Catchments, tackling invasive species on the Loobagh , Maigue and Morningstar rivers |
€15,000.00 |
| Limerick |
Specialised breeding bird surveys of important wetland sites in County Limerick |
€12,495.00 |
| Limerick |
Coonagh Nature Terrestrial/Small Mammal Survey, (including bat activity) and detailed plant survey |
€5,100.00 |
| Limerick |
Increasing Biodiversity Awareness and assisting long established Limerick Branch of BWI / IWT and Bat Rehabilitation Ireland |
€1,275.00 |
| Limerick | Biodiversity Awareness and Events | €10,200.00 |
| Limerick | Limerick Wetlands Survey Phase III | €22,100.00 |
| Limerick |
Limerick Wildlife Walls - Increasing Biodiversity Awareness with HIGH IMPACT urban-art biodiversity mural. |
€7,225.00 |
| Longford |
Survey of the Invasive Amphipod Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in the Shannon River System and Public Awareness of Aquatic Invasive Species |
€560.77 |
| Longford |
Specialised breeding bird surveys of raised bogs in County Longford to understand the response of bird communities to rewetting and restoration and inform future local restoration initiatives |
€4,675.00 |
| Longford | Woodland Bat Monitoring Survey for County Longford | €2,740.91 |
| Longford |
ReFarm Longford – working with our farmers to create more space for nature on Irish farmland |
€21,250.00 |
| Longford | Longford Biodiversity Workbooks | €12,750.00 |
| Longford | Longford Biodiversity Summer School | €20,000.00 |
| Longford | Longford Grasslands Survey | €21,250.00 |
| Longford | Biodiversity awareness, outreach and capacity building | €13,500.00 |
| Louth | Louth - Baltray Little Tern Conservancy | €31,450.00 |
| Louth | Louth - The Hare’s Corner | €29,750.00 |
| Louth | Louth - Woodland Bat Monitoring Survey | €1,215.03 |
| Louth |
Louth - Birds on the Green: Our Pitches, Their Habitat |
€3,927.00 |
| Louth | Louth – Biodiversity Enhancement of Local Authority Lands | €9,107.97 |
| Louth |
Louth – Building Ecological Capacity & Biodiversity Awareness |
€17,000.00 |
| Louth | Louth – Faith Communities “Return to Nature” | €4,250.00 |
| Mayo |
Connacht Biodiversity Officers Conference “Our Road Network – Working for Nature” |
€2,550.00 |
| Mayo |
West Connacht Islands Invasive Species Management Programme 2025-2027 |
€17,000.00 |
| Mayo | Mayo Hedgerow Survey 2025-2026 | €21,250.00 |
| Mayo | Church Return to Nature Project | €5,100.00 |
| Mayo | Mayo Invasive Species Strategy | €11,050.00 |
| Mayo | Mayo Grassland Survey 2026-2028 | €19,550.00 |
| Mayo | Wild About Mayo - Biodiversity Awareness Programme | €19,975.00 |
| Meath | County Meath Biodiversity and Habitat Surveys | €84,500.00 |
| Meath | Survey of aquatic invasive species in Lough Sheelin | €1,515.98 |
| Meath |
Commons of Lloyd Biodiversity and Conservation Agriculture Project |
€8,500.00 |
| Meath |
Woodland Bat Monitoring Survey for County Meath |
€2,241.25 |
| Monaghan | Hare's Corner Monaghan | €38,250.00 |
| Monaghan |
Woodland Bat Monitoring Survey for County Monaghan |
€2,550.00 |
| Monaghan | Monaghan Biodiversity Audit | €20,753.13 |
| Monaghan | Monaghan Otter & Riparian Habitat Survey | €15,841.00 |
| Monaghan | Monaghan Grasslands Project | €11,900.00 |
| Monaghan | Monaghan Biodiversity Awareness | €7,400.00 |
| Offaly | The Hares Corner Offaly 2026 | €29,750.00 |
| Offaly | Offaly Community BAP Action Support 2026 | €10,200.00 |
| Offaly | Wildflowers of Offaly YouTube Series 2026 | €8,500.00 |
| Offaly |
Survey of the Invasive Amphipod Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in the Shannon River System and Public Awareness of Aquatic Invasive Species |
€560.77 |
| Offaly | Offaly Wetland Survey Phase 2 | €21,250.00 |
| Offaly | Offaly Grassland Survey Part 1 | €21,250.00 |
| Offaly | Offaly Grasslands Improvement Project 2026 | €8,500.00 |
| Roscommon |
Survey of the Invasive Amphipod Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in the Shannon River System and Public Awareness of Aquatic Invasive Species |
€560.77 |
| Roscommon |
Grassland survey of the Karst landscape of The Uí Maine Kingdom, South Roscommon. |
€6,423.45 |
| Roscommon |
Pilot Biodiversity and Climate Action Initiatives at Loughnaneane Park, Roscommon Town |
€14,450.00 |
| Roscommon | Wetland Survey of County Roscommon Phase 2 | €18,700.00 |
| Roscommon |
Roscommon Actions for Biodiversity & Awareness – Connecting People with Nature |
€8,660.28 |
| Roscommon | Roscommon Community Actions - Biodiversity Enhancement Projects | €21,080.00 |
| Roscommon |
Botanical Invasive Alien Species Control programme, Co. Roscommon |
€8,500.00 |
| Roscommon |
Breeding Bird Survey - Carrowbehy Bog and avian bioacoustics monitoring in the County and Barn Owl Survey Phase 2. |
€6,400.00 |
| Roscommon |
Grassland Survey and importance grassland fungi as habitat indicator |
€6,800.00 |
| Roscommon |
Connacht Biodiversity Officers Conference on “Our Road Network – Working for Nature” |
€2,550.00 |
| Sligo | Woodland Bat Monitoring Survey for County Sligo | €2,034.18 |
| Sligo |
Connacht Biodiversity Officers Conference on “Our Road Network – Working for Nature” |
€2,550.00 |
| Sligo | The Hare’s Corner – County Sligo | €29,750.00 |
| Sligo |
Development of a Dune Vegetation Management Plan for Killaspugbrone Dunes SAC |
€17,000.00 |
| Sligo | Sligo Invasive Alien Species Programme | €6,800.00 |
| Sligo | Wild Sligo Biodiversity Awareness | €28,900.00 |
| Sligo | County Sligo Grassland Survey | €9,775.00 |
| South Dublin | South Dublin County Swift Survey 2026 | €12,750.00 |
| South Dublin | Habitat Survey of the Dodder River pNHA- 2026 | €34,000.00 |
| South Dublin |
2026 Study on the invertebrate diversity of Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) Cells in South Dublin County |
€17,000.00 |
| South Dublin | Grasslands Restoration project | €21,250.00 |
| South Dublin | Survey of Helleborine Orchids in South Dublin County | €12,750.00 |
| Tipperary |
Specialised breeding bird surveys of raised bogs in County Tipperary to understand the response of bird communities to rewetting and restoration and inform future local restoration initiatives |
€9,265.00 |
| Tipperary | Tipperary Wetlands Survey | €28,228.50 |
| Tipperary |
Survey of the Invasive Amphipod Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in the Shannon River System and Public Awareness of Aquatic Invasive Species |
€560.76 |
| Tipperary | Tipperary Barn Owl Project | €5,630.40 |
| Tipperary | Building Ecological Capacity Within Tipperary County Council | €7,961.00 |
| Tipperary | Community engagement, education and outreach | €17,000.00 |
| Tipperary |
Invasive species management on council owned lands |
€17,000.00 |
| Tipperary |
Pollinator habitat enhancement on council owned lands |
€15,300.00 |
| Waterford |
Waterford Sand Dunes Restoration & Management Plan for Tramore and Bunmahon |
€26,350.00 |
| Waterford | Survey of Waterford pNHAs | €12,750.00 |
| Waterford | Waterford Bats in Bridges Survey 2026 | €18,700.00 |
| Waterford |
Habitat Enhancement at Duckspool Wetland, Dungarvan |
€29,750.00 |
| Waterford | Invasives Species Control, Goff’s Wood, Waterford City | €20,400.00 |
| Westmeath | Survey of aquatic invasive species in Lough Sheelin | €1,515.58 |
| Westmeath |
Specialised breeding bird surveys of raised bogs in County Westmeath to understand the response of bird communities to rewetting and restoration and inform future local restoration initiatives |
€10,200.00 |
| Westmeath |
Survey of the Invasive Amphipod Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in the Shannon River System and Public Awareness of Aquatic Invasive Species |
€560.77 |
| Westmeath | Westmeath County Semi Natural Grassland Survey 2025 & 2026 | €24,697.52 |
| Westmeath | In Your Nature Podcast 2025 Series | €3,966.95 |
| Westmeath |
Managing Public Lands for Pollinator-Friendly Actions: Achieving Key AIPP Actions. |
€10,200.00 |
| Westmeath |
IAS management & eradication at Belvedere House and Gardens |
€8,500.00 |
| Westmeath |
Biodiversity Training, Events, Equipment, Resources |
€8,500.00 |
| Westmeath | Nature Restoration on Council-Owned Lands | €12,750.00 |
| Westmeath |
Robinstown Proposed Biodiversity Amenity Area – Council-Owned Lands |
€6,800.00 |
| Westmeath |
Westmeath County Biodiversity Areas – Mapping & Ground-Truthing (Ancient & Long-Established Woodlands) |
€8,500.00 |
| Wexford | Cherry Laurel Control at Tintern Abbey, Wexford | €10,637.00 |
| Wexford |
Wetlands Survey of Wexford - New Ross Municipal District Part 1 |
€25,259.00 |
| Wexford | The Hares Corner - Wexford | €30,000.00 |
| Wexford | Biodiversity Awareness and Educational Events | €6,375.00 |
| Wexford | Swift Survey 2026 -Enniscorthy & New Ross, Co. Wexford | €14,535.00 |
| Wexford |
"Return to Nature” Co Wexford Church & Grounds Biodiversity Project |
€9,194.00 |
| Wicklow |
Woodland Bat Monitoring Survey for County Wicklow |
€2,503.00 |
| Wicklow |
Landscape Restoration & Nature-Based Solutions Programme 2026 |
€31,365.00 |
| Wicklow | Council Land Biodiversity Enhancement Programme 2026 | €31,365.00 |
| Wicklow |
County Biodiversity Education, Engagement, Research and Monitoring |
€31,466.62 |
