Date: January 13, 2026 Time: 7:30 pm Location: Ashford Community & Heritage Centre A67 DH34 Join our Wicklow branch for an evening in Ashford Community centre for a talk, yet to be arranged.
Admission is free, a voluntary contribution to cover the cost of room hire would be appreciated
For public transport options see https://www.transportforireland.ie/plan-a-journey/
Branch contact details
Clodagh Duffy or Joe Lennon at birdwatchwicklow@gmail.com
Date: January 11, 2026 Time: 10:00 am Location: Meet at Booterstwon Dart station carpark Join our South Dublin branch for an outing to Booterstown Marsh.
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: January 11, 2026 Time: 9:30 am Location: Meet at Woodenbridge on the River Erkina Join our Laois branch for an I-WeBS count.
For Contact:
Find us on Facebook
Des Finnamore (sec)
086 229 1637, birdwatchlaois@gmail.com
John Maher (chair)
086 601 3483
Date: January 10, 2026 Location: Meet in the Turvey Nature Reserve carpark off Turvey Ave Join Our Dublin Fingal branch for an An I-WeBS Count
**** Time to be confirmed ****
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: January 10, 2026 Time: 10:30 am Location: Meet on the Causeway Join our Kildare branch for their annual outing to Bull Island Co Dublin.
Find us on Facebook (@bwikildare) – birdwatchkildare@gmail.com
Chairman: Neil J Bourke
Date: January 6, 2026 Time: 8:00 pm Location: The Graduate Pub, Killiney Our South Dublin branch invite you to join them for an evening with BirdWatch Ireland's CEO Andrew Kelly (CEO) to discuss BirdWatch Ireland's Work and Future Strategy.
Branch contact Mary Daly (Sec) 086 1586330 secretary@southdublinbirds.com
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
