Cave Hill Conservation Campaign
Established in 1989
Awarded The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in 2019.
Photos of Member Events held in 2025
26 April 2025 Rocks of Cave Hill
On an early spring day in April, the first of our guided walks, Rocks of Cave Hill, took place. The weather was rather misty but the geology walk was fascinating and the twelve who joined it, enjoyed every minute.
Dawn Chorus on Cave Hill
It was a perfectly splendid this morning, on 17th May, for a dawn chorus walk. Eleven of us met Aaron Kelly at 5 am at the gates to the Park and we spent the next two hours we strolled, chatted and above all, listened to a range of birds singing at top volume. Aaron proved very knowledgeable, entertaining and informative. A lovely walk!
The Birds of Cave Hill
Aidan Crean, well-known birdman and licensed bird-ringer allowed seventeen of us to look on while he ringed small birds on Cave Hill this morning. The weather was kind and Aidan was in top form. We were able to get very close to blue tits, a great tit and the smallest bird in Ireland, the gold crest. It was a lovely life-affirming occasion.'m a paragraph.
Community Event at Belfast Castle
Belfast City Council organised a large community event yesterday - Saturday- at Belfast Castle. We were invited to put up a stand where we engaged the public. We gave line drawings of Cave Hill to children to colour in and we guided two 45-minute walks around the Park for interested groups. And the forecast rain nearly held off - we just had a couple of showers. It was, all in all, a memorable and enjoyable event.
Planting wild flowers at the Maze
In late May we added to the maze by planting a mix of native seeds. We planned 30 different varieties in a small area beside the fruit trees.
Belfast City Council then stood us coffee and scones on the terrace of the Castle as a well-deserved treat.
We now look forward to seeing a variety of native wide flowers later on in the summer!