Countryside & Wetlands

Managing land for birds and wildlife

 

Habitat Restoration

Restoring blanket bog habitats

 

CABB Partner Organisations

Co-operation Across Borders for Biodiversity

 

CABB SACs Conservation Plans

Blanket bog conservation

 

Corncrake Conservation

Protecting Corncrakes and their habitats

The landscape is changing faster than ever. Increasing pressures on land resources are posing serious threats to the existence of our wildlife. Here you can find out about our work on a number of cooperative conservation projects to protect vulnerable species across Ireland.

The CABB project

Cooperation Across Borders for Biodiversity (CABB) is a cross-border INTERREG VA project to protect breeding waders and manage bog habitats in border counties of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

The Curlew EIP

BirdWatch Ireland is working with partners to protect breeding Curlew in Galway and Leitrim as part of a European Innovation Partnership (EIP) which is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Marine (DAFM), supporting cooperative action at a local level.

Corncrakes

Corncrakes were one of Ireland’s best-loved and most familiar birds of rural areas.  Efforts to save them have prevented extinction, but they are now confined to part of Donegal and West Connaught.

Our News and Events

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February 5, 2026

Landmark Publication – Waterbird trends from the last 30+ years!

BirdWatch Ireland is proud to announce that the latest report from the Irish Wetland Bird Survey is now freely available online at https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/irish-wildlife-manual-162.pdf. This landmark publication, “The status and distribution of…
Kilcoole through the Seasons – Spring
Kilcoole through the Seasons – Spring Wicklow

Kilcoole through the Seasons – Spring

Date: March 21, 2026
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Kilcoole Train station https://maps.app.goo.gl/LXqDMsS6YFEmRYBF6
Join our Wicklow branch for an Outing to Kilcoole beach to see the effects and changes Spring bring to the locality **** If a Met Eireann Orange or Red warning is in force at the location where and when a branch outing is due to take place, then members should assume that the outing is cancelled **** Branch contact details Clodagh Duffy or Joe Lennon at birdwatchwicklow@gmail.com