The third annual Nature Festival will take place at the Wexford Wildfowl Reserve this month, featuring an exhibition by local wildlife artist Dave Daly.

Dave first began exhibiting in 1988 and has mounted over 20 exhibitions during Wexford Festival Opera. He has illustrated several books including The Complete Garden Bird Book and Bill Oddie’s Birds of Britain. He is a member of The Artists for Nature Foundation based in Holland. In 2009, he was elected to the Watercolour Society of Ireland.

The event will take place on Sunday September 13 from between 11am and 4pm and a number of local and national nature groups will also attend, including Seal Rescue Ireland, Kildare Wildlife Rescue, Irish Wildlife Trust, National Biodiversity Centre, WSPCA, Gorey Bat Group, Wexford Barn Owl Project, Tomhaggard Clean Coasts Group and the Wexford Naturalists Field Club.

Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about nature and wildlife, with items also available to buy and free refreshments provided.

Further information is available through the Wexford Wildfowl Reserve’s social media channels or by calling 01 539 3460.