Annual General Meeting 2026

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Irish Wildbird Conservancy (the “Company”) will be held at 19:00 (7 pm) on Wednesday, 26^th August 2026.

The meeting will be held online only. Holding the AGM in this manner, and notifying the members accordingly, is permitted under the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid‑19) Act 2020.

Please click here to access the Zoom link for the online meeting
(you must be logged in as a member in order to access it).

Members of BirdWatch Ireland should go to the Company website https://birdwatchireland.ie/ and login to their account to access the details needed to join the meeting. Documents related to the AGM are also available to members on the website.

In accordance with Article 16 of the Company’s Articles of Association, Yvonne Kelly and Congella McGuire will fall to retire as members of the Board at this AGM.

Both Board members are willing to remain on the Board and are eligible for re-election.  Accordingly, the Board is pleased to nominate them for re‑election.

Conor O’Brien has decided to step down from the Board personal reasons. This will leave a vacancy on the Board.

In accordance with Article 7 (c) of the Company’s Articles of Association, any Member entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint a proxy. That proxy need not be a Member. The procedure for Voting by Proxy is laid out in Article 13 of the Company’s Articles of Association (which can be found on the BirdWatch Ireland website). Proxy votes in respect of the 2026 AGM must be received at the registered office of the Company by 17:00 (5 pm) on Monday, 24^th August 2026.

The following documents are currently available for members to download:

• Minutes of the 2025 AGM;
• Financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31^st December 2025;
• Abridged financial statements for BWI Retail and Services Ltd. for the year ended 31^st December 2025;
• BirdWatch Ireland’s Annual Report 2025;
• Branch Reports for 2026 AGM;
• Memorandum & Articles of Association (2023); and
• Form of Proxy for the AGM.

Alternatively, to obtain copies of any of these documents, please send an email to secretary@birdwatchireland.ie after 1^st August 2026.

A summary of the Company’s financial statements for the year ended 31^st December 2025 will be included in the Annual Report 2025 and in the Winter 2026 issue of Wings magazine.

The agenda is as follows:

1. To consider the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 17^th June 2025.
2. To review the Annual Report of the Board for the year ended 31^st December 2025.
3. To consider the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31^st December 2025 together with the reports of the directors and the statutory auditor thereon.
4. To authorise the Board to fix the remuneration of the statutory auditor.
5. (a).    To re-elect Yvonne Kelly as a Director.
   (b).    To re-elect Congella McGuire as a Director.
6. To receive reports from the Branches.
7. To transact any other business as may be transacted at an annual general meeting.

By order of the Board

Jonathan Taylor
Secretary
BirdWatch Ireland
Unit 20, Block D
Bullford Business Campus
Kilcoole, Co Wicklow
A63 RW83

1^st July 2026