Events

Date: January 3, 2026
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Meet at the Pier Seafield
Join our Clare branch for an outing to Seafield, Quilty and nearby Lough Donnell where we hope to find hundreds of Waders *** This is an excellent outing for beginners *** For Contact: Tom Lynch – 065 682 2145 tnaclynch@gmail.com Austin Cooney – 065 682 4804

Date: January 3, 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: December 28, 2025
Time: 1:45 pm
Location: Meet at Harty's Quay apartments
Our Cork branch invite you to join them for their annual Christmas walk along the Douglas estuary with Tony Nagle and friends. For contact: Paul Moore, 087 690 8108 – paulwmoore01@gmail.com Conor O’Keeffe, 083 155 1514 – calabkilworth@gmail.com

Date: December 28, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Meet at Templetrine Church carpark at 12noon
Our West Cork branch invite you to join them for a Christmas outing to Ballinspittle Wood and Garretstown Marsh. Why not bring a picnic and enjoy the birds and more. For further details contact; Fiona O’Neill – 086 813 0650 – secretary@birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie Nicholas Mitchell – 087 121 5256 – treasurer@birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie

Date: December 27, 2025
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Meet at Westfields Entrance off NCR
Why not join our Limerick branch with leader Tom Tarpey for an Outing to Westfields and other Limerick city sites to shake off those Christmas cobwebs. We will look for waterfowl, gulls etc Limerick branch contacts; limerickbranchbwi@gmail.com Clodagh Glasgow or Jane Griffin Find us on www.facebook.com/birdwatchlimerick

Date: December 20, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Meet at top car park, Magheroarty pier
Join our Donegal branch for a visit to Magheroarty and Ballyness Bay. Lunch will be arranged for after the meeting. For contact: Chris Ingram (sec) 086 370 0243, chrisingram43@hotmail.com Tony Gallagher (chair) 087 383 2935, tonyg@sky.com

Date: December 20, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Meet at the entrance to the ECNR on Sea Road, Newcastle, Co Wicklow
Our Wicklow branch invite you to join them for an outing to the East Coast Nature Reserve, Newcastle, Co Wicklow Parking is limited so please carpool where possible. Some parking is available in Newcastle village (a 1.5k walk to ECNR) **** Bad Weather Protocol: 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

Date: December 14, 2025
Location: Contact branch for details
Our Mayo branch are having an outing to Killala and Ross Strand to see wintering waterbirds. Leader; Colin Guilfoyle Branch contacts; Graham Cawdell (secretary) 089 273 1549 – birdwatchmayo@gmail.com or WhatsApp group BWMayo Chat

Date: December 13, 2025
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Meet at the Lakes
Our Kildare branch invite you to join them for the annual Christmas walk. After the walk we will go to a local hostelry for pizza and refreshments. Find us on Facebook (@bwikildare) – birdwatchkildare@gmail.com Chairman: Neil J Bourke