Events

Date: September 12, 2026
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Meet at Robertstown Church carpark
Our Limerick branch along with our Clare branch invite you to join them for an outing to The Shannon Estuary with leaders Clodagh Glasgow, Gearoid Jackson and Nuala and Tom Lynch We will be traveling to the southern shore to hopefully see waders, gulls and possibly eagles. From Robertstown we will go to Loughill to Tarbet. For further details or to be added to the Limerick mailing list contact: limerickbranchbwi@gmail.com Clodagh Glasgow or Jane Griffin For Clare: Tom Lynch – 065 682 2145 tnaclynch@gmail.com Austin Cooney – 065 682 4804

Date: September 9, 2026
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Ballincollig Biodiversity Hub
Our Cork branch invite you to join them for an evening with Gemma Kelleher (Cork branch) discussing The Birds of Japan in Winter. To be added to a mailing list or for more details contact: Paul Moore, 087 690 8108 – paulwmoore01@gmail.com Conor O’Keeffe, 083 155 1514 – calabkilworth@gmail.com

Date: September 8, 2026
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Ashford Community & Heritage Centre A67 DH34
Spring Birding in Northern Greece by Charlie Cowan Admission is free, a voluntary contribution to cover the cost of room hire would be appreciated Details will be shared to the Wicklow branch mailing list and social media Branch contact details Clodagh Duffy or Joe Lennon at birdwatchwicklow@gmail.com

Date: September 6, 2026
Time: 11:00 am
Location: East Coast Nature Reserve
Our South Dublin branch invite you to join them for a visit to the East Coast Nature Reserve, Newcastle Co Wicklow. **** There is limited parking at entrance of the reserve, some parking near the railway300m down the road *** The bus that links Bray dart station is the L2. Please check times. To be added to a mailing list or for further details of any event contact: secretary@southdublinbirds.com

Date: September 6, 2026
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Meet Easkey castle carpark at 10am or Coonanmore point if arriving late
Our Sligo branch invite you to join them for Seawatch at Coonanmore Point. Details will be confirmed by the branch directly; Thelma Hunter (Sec) – 086 795 3349 sligobirdwatch@gmail.com Michael Bell (Chair) – 085 175 1000 nature.learn1@gmail.com

Date: September 5, 2026
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Meet at base of Nimmo's Pier
Join our Galway branch for a walk along Nimmo’s Pier For contact: Find us on Facebook or to be added to a mailing list just pop a line to the below; Cyril Manning (chair) – cyril.a.manning@gmail.com Bláithín Kennedy (sec) – blaithin.kennedy@gmail.com

Date: September 1, 2026
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: The Graduate Pub, Killiney
Our South Dublin branch are hosting an evening with Graham Prole discussing Dublin, Finland, Ukraine and Mauritania: The Dublin Gull projects The Dublin Gull Projects—spearheaded by BirdWatch Ireland and institutions like University College Dublin—revolve around the ecological monitoring, GPS tracking, and conservation of urban and coastal gulls (such as the Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull) These initiatives connect directly with Finland, Ukraine, and Mauritania through complex, international ecological tracking and conservation science. To be added to a mailing list or for further details of any event contact: secretary@southdublinbirds.com

Date: August 26, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Online only (Zoom)
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (the “AGM”) of the Irish Wildbird Conservancy (the “Company”) will be held at 7.00pm sharp on Wednesday, 26th August 2026. The meeting will be held online only, via Zoom. Holding the AGM in this manner, and notifying the members accordingly, is permitted under the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid 19) Act 2020.

Date: August 24, 2026
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Meet at car park closest to Merrion Gates
Our South Dublin branch invite you to join them for a visit to Sandymount Strand to watch thousands of Terns gather to roost on the strand. **** Wellington boots are advised **** To be added to a mailing list or for further details of any event contact: secretary@southdublinbirds.com