Events

Date: October 13, 2026
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Ashford Community & Heritage Centre A67 DH34
Join our Wicklow branch for an evening discussing The Life of an Irish Birder by Cian Cardiff 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: October 11, 2026
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Mizen Vision car park
Our West Cork branch invite you to join them for an outing to Mizen head to find Autumn migrants with leaders Jez Simms and Nicholas Mitchell This is a full day outing with a half day option - Bring your own lunch For further details or to be added to a mailing list contact: Fiona O’Neill – 086 813 0650 – secretary@birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie Nicholas Mitchell – 087 121 5256 – treasurer@birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie Jez Simms – 087 689 6964

Date: October 11, 2026
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Meet at Vartry Trails carpark
Join our South Dublin branch for a trip to Vartry reservoir. To be added to a mailing list or for further details of any event contact: secretary@southdublinbirds.com

Date: October 10, 2026
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Meet on the causeway
Join our Kildare branch for an outing to Bull Island. For further details or to be added to a mailing list email birdwatchkildare@gmail.com Find us on Facebook (@bwikildare) Events: Tom McCormack Secretary: Brendan Murphy Chairman: Neil J Bourke

Date: October 10, 2026
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Meet on the causeway, Bull Island
Join our Wicklow branch for an Outing to North Bull Island. **** 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: October 6, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Skerries Library (Top Floor) K34 FT61
Our Dublin-Fingal branch will host a talk, speaker to be confirmed. Please check bwifingal.ie nearer to date for details. This event will be notified to branch e-list. To be added to the mailing list or for contact: Frank Prendergast (sec) 087 131 9884, frank.prendergast@tudublin.ie Paul Lynch (chair) 087 631 9209, paulllynch@gmail.com

Date: October 6, 2026
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: The Graduate Pub, Killiney
Dublin Bay Oyster reintroduction Project with David Lawlor. David Lawlor, founder of the Green Ocean Foundation, will discuss his innovative efforts to reintroduce native Oysters to Dublin Bay after a 200-year absence as a nature-based solution for improving water quality and enhancing marine biodiversity. To be added to a mailing list or for further details of any event contact: secretary@southdublinbirds.com

Date: October 3, 2026
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Kilbaha Village
Join our Clare branch for a joint outing with our Limerick branch to Kilbaha and Loop Head. We will look for scarce and rare migrants. Keatings bar should be open for food from late morning. To be added to the mailing list or for further details: Tom Lynch – 065 682 2145 tnaclynch@gmail.com Austin Cooney – 065 682 4804

Date: October 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