Inchicore Biodiversity Sensors

In Summer 2026 we engaged Polliknow to carry out an insect pollinator and birdsong assessment in the pocket forest in Mercy Secondary School, Inchicore. In a seven-day period, the pocket forest had 956 total detections of insect pollinators, compared to just four in a nearby control area of cut grass. And sixteen different species of bird visited the pocket forest during that time, including some amber-listed species. Read more below: