The Irish Government has indicated that it wants public bodies to lead from the front on restoration activities. The BirdWatch Ireland Restoration Plan for birds identifies 9,000 hectares of habitat ...

On July 3rd last, World Seabird Day, BirdWatch Ireland, Ireland’s largest conservation NGO, in conjunction with BirdLife International, published a very short little booklet with the long tittle ...

BirdWatch Ireland recently advised people to stop feeding birds over the summer to limit the spread of the disease ...

Few conservation battles in Ireland have been as fraught as that over the hen harrier. This mid-sized bird of prey hunts ...

More than a quarter of Ireland's 211 native bird species are now considered to be endangered, according to a new report from BirdWatch Ireland. The report stated that 54 of Ireland's 211 species of ...

Birdwatch Ireland has appealed for the public’s help in tracking the number of barn owls in Cork as part of a survey of the population of the endangered bird of prey. The barn owl has come under ...

Birdwatch Ireland has welcomed the decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for a proposed new section of the Boyne Greenway. The Boyne Greenway is a planned 52 kilometre route along ...

BirdWatch Ireland has renewed calls for volunteers and skilled observers to help monitor and record wintering waterbird populations at important wetland sites around the country. One such site is ...

The latest State of the World’s Birds report, published this week, paints the most concerning picture yet of the future of avian species and, by extension, all life on Earth. Nearly half of all bird ...