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.

PeacePlus Nature

PeacePlus Nature is an ambitious programme to tackle the decline in priority species and habitats in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland. PeacePlus Nature a project supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).

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.

Corncrake Conservation

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Swift

August 25, 2026

Swift Surveyor Signoffs

With the Swift season all but over, our Swift team take a look back at the 2026 season... Tara Adcock – Urban Birds Project Officer The Swift season is exactly…

Tara Adcock

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Mayo

A Visit to Clew Bay

Date: December 13, 2026
Location: TBC
Our Mayo branch invite you for a Visit to Clew Bay to see wintering birds. The leader for the outing has to be confirmed along with the meeting point and time. For times and a meeting point please contact the branch directly Graham Cawdell (secretary) 089 273 1549 – birdwatchmayo@gmail.com or WhatsApp group BWMayo Chat