Environment
'Crisis point' as hen harrier numbers decline by a third
The publication of a recent survey of the hen harrier in Ireland has shown that the number of breeding pairs...
Environment
The publication of a recent survey of the hen harrier in Ireland has shown that the number of breeding pairs...
Environment
A survey has shown that the barn owl population in Co. Cork has reached levels not seen in the county...
biodiversity
BirdWatch Ireland has said it will be “critical” that the government increases its “current budget spending” on biodiversity. The organisation’s...
Agri-Business
BirdWatch Ireland has called on the government to urgently invest in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)...
Pig/Poultry
Farmers in the poultry sector are being urged to remain vigilant following a recent outbreak of confirmed avian influenza (bird...
Environment
BirdWatch Ireland is currently seeking applications for researchers to study breeding barn owls in two areas of the country. The...
CAP / Schemes
BirdWatch Ireland has encouraged farmers to consider opting into the barn owl conservation measure under the new Agri Climate Rural...
Environment
BirdWatch Ireland has today (Tuesday, July 5) warned heritage minister Darragh O’Brien, Minister of State for heritage, Malcolm Noonan and...
Other
Birdwatch Ireland, described as the largest independent conservation organisation in Ireland, is under statutory investigation by the Charities Regulatory Authority...
Environment
On World Curlew Day today (Wednesday, April 21), BirdWatch Ireland has said that the curlew is a “symbol of successive...
Environment
Swifts, puffins and kestrels have been identified among the birds most at peril as a new cross-border report shows a...
Environment
Hen Harrier populations in several of the designated Special Protected Areas (SPAs) have declined 26.6% since 2005, the results of the the...
Environment
Modern farming practices have caused farm bird numbers to decline, according to Dr Alex Copland of Birdwatch Ireland. Speaking at...
Rural Life
The deaths of two ewes by seagulls in Co. Kerry has been dismissed by Dr. Stephen Newton, Senior Seabird Conservation Officer, Birdwatch Ireland....
Environment
Conservation Groups are calling for ‘meaningful support’ for farmers in Hen Harrier areas and warn of dangers of lifting ban...