Date: December 28, 2025 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Meet at Templetrine Church carpark at 12noon Our West Cork branch invite you to join them for a Christmas outing to Ballinspittle Wood and Garretstown Marsh.
Why not bring a picnic and enjoy the birds and more.
For further details contact;
Fiona O’Neill – 086 813 0650 – secretary@birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie
Nicholas Mitchell – 087 121 5256 – treasurer@birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie
Date: December 27, 2025 Time: 10:30 am Location: Meet at Westfields Entrance off NCR Why not join our Limerick branch with leader Tom Tarpey for an Outing to Westfields and other Limerick city sites to shake off those Christmas cobwebs.
We will look for waterfowl, gulls etc
Limerick branch contacts;
limerickbranchbwi@gmail.com Clodagh Glasgow or Jane Griffin
Find us on www.facebook.com/birdwatchlimerick
Date: December 20, 2025 Time: 10:00 am Location: Meet at top car park, Magheroarty pier Join our Donegal branch for a visit to Magheroarty and Ballyness Bay.
Lunch will be arranged for after the meeting.
For contact:
Chris Ingram (sec) 086 370 0243, chrisingram43@hotmail.com
Tony Gallagher (chair) 087 383 2935, tonyg@sky.com
Date: December 20, 2025 Time: 10:00 am Location: Meet at the entrance to the ECNR on Sea Road, Newcastle, Co Wicklow Our Wicklow branch invite you to join them for an outing to the East Coast Nature Reserve, Newcastle, Co Wicklow
Parking is limited so please carpool where possible. Some parking is available in Newcastle village (a 1.5k walk to ECNR)
**** 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 ****
Branch contact details
Clodagh Duffy or Joe Lennon at birdwatchwicklow@gmail.com
Date: December 14, 2025 Location: Contact branch for details Our Mayo branch are having an outing to Killala and Ross Strand to see wintering waterbirds.
Leader; Colin Guilfoyle
Branch contacts;
Graham Cawdell (secretary) 089 273 1549 – birdwatchmayo@gmail.com or WhatsApp group BWMayo Chat
Date: December 13, 2025 Time: 3:00 pm Location: Meet at the Lakes Our Kildare branch invite you to join them for the annual Christmas walk.
After the walk we will go to a local hostelry for pizza and refreshments.
Find us on Facebook (@bwikildare) – birdwatchkildare@gmail.com
Chairman: Neil J Bourke
Date: December 11, 2025 Time: 8:00 pm Location: Riverside Hotel, Sligo Our Sligo branch invite you to join them for a Christmas Social Event in the Riverside Hotel, Sligo
There will be raffles, talks and refreshments are provided.
For further details contact the branch
Thelma Hunter (Sec) – 086 795 3349 sligobirdwatch@gmail.com
Michael Bell (Chair) – 085 175 1000 nature.learn1@gmail.com
Date: December 9, 2025 Time: 7:30 pm Location: Ashford Community & Heritage Centre A67 DH34 Join our Wicklow branch for an evening with our own Dick Coombes to discuss all things Cape Clear.
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: December 9, 2025 Time: 8:00 pm Location: Aras an Mhuilinn, Mount Street Mullingar Join our Westmeath branch for an evening with author Conor O'Brien to discuss his book "The Living and the Dead; Tales of loss and rebirth from Irish Nature"
Contact;
Instagram @birdwatch_westmeath
birdwatchwestmeath@gmail.com – Gordon Wycherley (Chair) Grace Kelly (Secretary)
