December 1st, 2016 Do you have what it takes to advocate for the conservation of birds, their habitats and wider biodiversity in Ireland? If so BirdWatch Ireland may have the role for you. The organisation is seeking a suitably experienced person to join the policy and advocacy team to further Read more…
Image: Sooty Shearwater Seabird Photographer: Anthony McGeehan November 28, 2016 BirdWatch Ireland launched their annual report entitled ‘Life on the Edge : Seabirds and fisheries in Irish waters’ in Buswells Hotel last Friday (November 25). The report explores the interactions between fisheries and seabirds including the knock-on effects of food shortages Read more…
November 18th 2016 Irish Senators are continuing to strongly object to proposed laws which will allow extended hedge-cutting and scrub burning. The bill which will allow land owners to cut hedgerows and burn scrub in uplands for an extra month will damage wildlife experts have warned. Yesterday Senators continued to question Read more…
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-right”]November 11th 2016[/cs_text][cs_text]A taskforce is to established with immediate effect in response to the plight of one of Irelands iconic bird species, the curlew. This decision arose as a direct result Read more…
Image: Colum Clarke October 26th, 2016 One of Ireland’s best known birds the curlew is on the “edge of extinction” and one of the country’s “highest conservation priorities”, experts have revealed. That’s according to Dr Anita Donaghy, Senior Conservation Officer with Birdwatch Ireland, ahead of their workshop on the curlew. A Read more…
August 18th, 2016 Thousands of Terns have begun to gather on Sandymount Strand at dusk, as the nesting season comes to a close. The vast majority of the marine birds to be seen in this fantastic spectacle, which will continue until mid-September, are Common Terns, joined by smaller numbers of Arctic Terns Read more…
August 9th, 2016 Four leading Irish conservation groups have joined forces in a campaign aimed at convincing the Minister responsible for Natural Heritage, Heather Humphreys T.D., to maintain the closed period for hedge cutting as it currently stands: from the 1st of March to the 31st of August. BirdWatch Ireland, Read more…
July 29th, 2016 The Environmental Pillar have reiterated that it remains illegal to routinely cut hedges during the month of August. In a statement released yesterday, the advocacy coalition of 28 Irish NGOs have reinforced that under the Wildlife Acts, it is illegal to routinely cut hedgerows during the closed Read more…
July 14th 2016 Image: Taken by Brian Burke under NPWS licence Roseate Terns nests have increased by around 150 compared to last year on Rockabill island in North Dublin, researchers have found. The small island, off the Skerries coast, is home to one of Ireland’s rarest sea birds and it is Read more…
June 21st, 2016 Twenty five Irish Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are among over 300 European SMEs that signed up to a Declaration of Support for the Birds and Habitats Directives. The Birds and Habitats Directives are under threat of being weakened as part of the Fitness Check process currently Read more…
