Date: June 17, 2025 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 Tuesday, 17th June 2025.
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: June 14, 2025 Time: 10:30 am Location: Kerdiffstown Park carpark Join our Kildare branch for a nature walk in Kerdiffstown Park.
Following a 2.5-year construction programme (2020 – 2023), this exciting project remediated the former Kerdiffstown Landfill into a 30 – hectare multi-use public park.
Kerdiffstown Park’s 3 ponds provide the perfect haven for aquatic animals including frogs, swans, ducks, dragon flies and many more!
Find us on Facebook (@bwikildare) – birdwatchkildare@gmail.com
Chairman: Neil J Bourke
Date: June 14, 2025 Join our Mayo brnach for a visit to South Inishkea Island
The Inishkea Islands (Oileáin Inis Cé), off the coast off Belmullet, County Mayo are rich in history, believed to be named after Saint Kea who lived on one of the islands.
The time and meeting place will be sent out to all our branch contacts and posted on our website around 5 days beforehand.
Contact;
Graham Cawdell (secretary) 089 273 1549 – birdwatchmayo@gmail.com or WhatsApp group BWMayo Chat
Date: June 12, 2025 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Naas library, town hall Naas Our Kildare branch invite you to join them for an evening with Elaine McGoff to discuss - Wings of change: Protecting Ireland's birds and their ecosystems.
Find us on Facebook (@bwikildare) – birdwatchkildare@gmail.com
Chairman: Neil J Bourke
Date: May 25, 2025 Time: 11:45 am Location: Meet at Cape Clear bird observatory at 11.45am (Ferry from Baltimore at 11am) Join our West Cork branch invite you to join them for a trip to Cape Clear island.
Cape Clear Island, Ireland’s southernmost inhabited Gaeltacht island, 3 miles long by 1 mile wide, lies 8 miles off the coast of West Cork. 3 miles west of the island stands the solitary Fastnet Rock.
Cape Clear’s remote island location, coupled with its proximity to the continental shelf, makes it the foremost centre for bird watching in Ireland.
For further details contact;
Fiona O’Neill – 086 813 0650 – secretary@birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie
Nicholas Mitchell – 087 121 5256 – treasurer@birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie
Date: May 25, 2025 Location: Foxford Join our Mayo branch for a Visit to Foxford
The time and meeting place will be sent out to all our branch contacts and posted on our website around 5 days beforehand.
Contact;
Graham Cawdell (secretary) 089 273 1549 – birdwatchmayo@gmail.com or WhatsApp group BWMayo Chat
Date: May 24, 2025 Time: 10:00 am Location: Meet in the main carpark at visitors centre at 10am Join our Tolka branch for their May outing to Lough Boora Discovery Park and Surrounds.
Over 130 bird species can be seen in Lough Boora Discovery Park, many of which are endangered red and amber listed species such as the Lapwing, Snipe, Redshank and many more on wetland habitats. The endangered Grey Partridge survive here in the natural grasslands and farmlands, and this is the only indigenous population of this bird species surviving in Ireland.
For further details or to be added to the mailing list contact;
Rosena McShane (chair) Marie Sinnott (secretary) or Jim Dixon (treasurer) at dublinbirding@gmail.com
Date: May 22, 2025 Time: 8:00 pm Location: Meet at the gates of Kilkenny Castle Join our Kilkenny branch for an evening listening to the sounds of the dusk.
Branch contacts:
birdwatchkilkenny@gmail.com or patandmarydurkin@gmail.com on 056 776 2130
Also listen to KCLR or Kilkenny City Community Radio for details.
Date: May 22, 2025 Location: Venue to be confirmed Join our Sligo branch for a National Biodiversity Week Talk: History of Wolves in Ireland by Dr Kieran Hickey (Dept of Geography, UCC) author of Wolves of Ireland; A Natural and Cultural History.
This event is co-hosted and sponsored by Sligo Heritage Office
For more details please contact the branch,
Thelma Hunter (Sec) – 086 795 3349 sligobirdwatch@gmail.com
Michael Bell (Chair) – 085 175 1000 nature.learn1@gmail.com
