New opening hours
The Visitor Centre will now be open every day from 9am to 5pm.
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Bug Hunting in the Raven
Next Tuesday 19th July, there will be Bug hunting in the Raven Nature Reserve between 10am and 12pm. No need to book, just turn up and follow the sign! This activity will take place every week during the school holidays on either a Tuesday or a Thursday, so keep checking back here, or on our facebook page, for further details.
Life Insular Project
The Life Insular project is a new project to protect and manage sand dune ecosystems. There are four sites across Ireland which are part of this; three in County Donegal and the Raven Nature Reserve. If you are a regular, or not so regular, visitor to the Raven, check out the website here and take the user survey.
Centre Closure
The Visitor Centre and car park will be closed this Tuesday 21st June due to staff leave and will re-open the following day.
Little Terns at Curracloe
We would ask that all visitors to Curracloe beach and the Raven Nature Reserve take notice of the following press release; Little Terns, which are among Europe’s rarest seabirds, have been identified nesting at the east edge of the beach at Curracloe, covering an area just over 1 hectare in size. The National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Dept. of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, has erected a number of signs requesting that visitors to Curracloe beach and the...
Centre Closure
The Visitor Centre, enclosure and car park will be closed on Wednesday 4th May, reopening on Sunday 8th May.
Job Vacancy
We are currently advertising for an Education Guide down here at the Reserve on a temporary contract until the end of the year. Applications close on Friday 15th April so if you're interested please click here
Visitor Centre reopening
The Visitor Centre and new trail within the enclosure are set to reopen this Monday 28th February. We will be open 9am to 5pm on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with the Reserve being closed Thursday to Saturday. The Visitor Centre will also close at lunchtime between 1pm and 2pm.
Visitor Centre phone
We now have a new telephone number for the Visitor Centre, 01 539 3460.
Storm Barra
Please note that during the orange and yellow weather warnings, the Raven Nature Reserve and Wexford Wildfowl Reserve and surroundings are closed to the public.
