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 pair of barn owls has surprised and shocked conservationists in Co. Down with the arrival of an extremely late...
Tillage
A team of researchers in the US have tested ‘laser scarecrows’ that use light to deter birds from crops. Researchers...
Rural Life
The robin is a bird that is synonymous with the festive season appearing on everything from Christmas cards, to gifts,...
Rural Life
Some wild birds have developed immunity to the avian flu amid the ongoing H5N1 bird flu epidemic, according to new...
Environment
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Daragh O’Brien has defended his decision to remove four bird species from the...
Environment
Among the ways farmers can be incentivised to engage in environmental schemes, through the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) they...
N.Ireland
Farmers can make small changes to hedgerow management to benefit the environment, according to an adviser with the College of...
Rural Life
A project to track cuckoos has gotten underway in order to discover where the bird spends its winter months, and...
biodiversity
Rathvilly, Co. Carlow man Fergus Coogan, who is a sales manager at Borris Agri Sales, has been busy carrying out...
Rural Life
Esri Ireland, the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) operator, has created a digital map highlighting the flight paths of a number...
Environment
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is set to reintroduce the osprey to Ireland this summer, according to Minister...
Environment
A pair of common cranes have successfully hatched two chicks on a rewetted peatland, following a breeding attempt last year,...
Environment
BirdWatch Ireland has today (Tuesday, July 5) warned heritage minister Darragh O’Brien, Minister of State for heritage, Malcolm Noonan and...
Agri-Business
Birds in the EU are less abundant than a few decades ago, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the...
Environment
At Carlow Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Gerard Griffin upheld a decision of Carlow District Court to convict and fine Brian O’Reilly, Clonagh, Hollywood,...
Environment
Swifts, puffins and kestrels have been identified among the birds most at peril as a new cross-border report shows a...
Agri-Business
Three key farmland bird species have increased in numbers over a five-year period in response to agri-environmental schemes (AES), according...