Date: November 11, 2025 Time: 8:00 pm Location: Aras an Mhuilinn, Mount Street Mullingar Join our Westmeath branch for an evening discussing the Lough Enell Catchment Management Plan.
Contact;
Instagram @birdwatch_westmeath
birdwatchwestmeath@gmail.com – Gordon Wycherley (Chair) Grace Kelly (Secretary)
Date: November 9, 2025 Time: 10:00 pm Location: Meet on middle of the causeway on Causeway Road, North Bull Island. https://maps.app.goo.gl/hT5sQsdyqJvs498U8 Our South Dublin invite you to join them for an outing to North Bull Island.
Branch contact Mary Daly (Sec) 086 1586330 secretary@southdublinbirds.com
**** 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 ****
Date: November 9, 2025 Time: 11:30 am Location: Meet at Union Hall carpark at 11.30 Join our West Cork branch for a visit to Union Hall, Moyross Inlet and Lough Cluhir
Union Hall is a picturesque fishing village in County Cork.
For further details contact;
Fiona O’Neill – 086 813 0650 – secretary@birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie
Nicholas Mitchell – 087 121 5256 – treasurer@birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie
Date: November 9, 2025 Time: 9:30 am Location: Meet at Woodenbridge on the River Erkina Join our Laois branch for an I-WeBS count.
For Contact:
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Des Finnamore (sec)
086 229 1637, birdwatchlaois@gmail.com
John Maher (chair)
086 601 3483
Date: November 8, 2025 Time: 10:30 am Location: Meet in the Turvey Nature Reserve carpark off Turvey Ave Join Our Dublin Fingal branch for an An I-WeBS Count
The count commences 30 minutes after meeting time.
For contact:
Frank Prendergast (sec) 087 131 9884, frank.prendergast@tudublin.ie
Paul Lynch (chair) 087 631 9209, paulllynch@gmail.com
Date: November 4, 2025 Time: 8:00 pm Location: The Graduate Pub, Killiney Join our South Dublin branch for an evening with Robin Pollard to discuss "The Birds of Gambia"
Robin has been interested in birdlife since growing up on a farm in the midlands and has been involved in both the Kildare and South Dublin BirdWatch Ireland branches for many years. He has travelled extensively birding across Europe, Canada and the United States and he will speak about his recent adventure to Gambia in West Africa. Robin enjoys bird photography so we can expect a visual feast.
Contact Mary Daly (Sec) 086 1586330 secretary@southdublinbirds.com
Date: November 4, 2025 Time: 6:30 pm Location: Fingal Library Skerries K34 PN56 Our Dublin Fingal branch invite you to join them for an evening with Eamon and Christine O'Daly to discuss A Wild journey through France.
A "Wild journey through France" explores the country's diverse birdlife, which includes migratory birds like geese flying through its skies, wetland birds such as flamingos and various gulls in areas like the Camargue, and forest-dwelling birds like woodpeckers and black kites.
****** Parking is available at Supervalu ******
For contact:
Frank Prendergast (sec) 087 131 9884, frank.prendergast@tudublin.ie
Paul Lynch (chair) 087 631 9209, paulllynch@gmail.com
Date: November 1, 2025 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: October 22, 2025 Time: 8:00 pm Location: Orchard House, Golf links road R95 XRC4 Our Kilkenny branch invite you to join them for a evening with Ian McCullagh to discuss Ireland's Garden Birds.
Branch contacts:
birdwatchkilkenny@gmail.com
