Date: November 15, 2025 Time: 10:00 am Location: Meet in the car park near the lighthouse Join our Donegal branch for a visit to Fanad
For contact:
Chris Ingram (sec) 086 370 0243, chrisingram43@hotmail.com
Tony Gallagher (chair) 087 383 2935, tonyg@sky.com
Date: November 15, 2025 Time: 10:00 am Location: Kilcoole Train station https://maps.app.goo.gl/LXqDMsS6YFEmRYBF6 Our Wicklow branch invite you to join them for an outing to Kilcoole for "Kilcoole Through the Seasons - Winter"
**** 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: November 15, 2025 Time: 11:00 am Location: Meet at Liscannor Pier Join our Clare branch for an outing to Clahane, Liscannor, Lahinch Marsh and Lahinch Bay.
We hope to see Golden Plover, Gulls, Divers, Common Scoters and more.
For Contact:
Tom Lynch – 065 682 2145 tnaclynch@gmail.com
Austin Cooney – 065 682 4804
Date: November 15, 2025 Time: 10:00 am Location: Meet at the Mute Swan roost on north shore (GPS 53.466 -6.199) Join our Dublin Fingal branch for A Guided walk in Broadmeadows Estuary, Sponsored by Fingal County Council
Broadmeadows Estuary is a popular birdwatching site in Dublin, hosting a wide variety of birds including ducks, waders, and seabirds. It is a haven for waterfowl in autumn, winter, and spring, and you can expect to see Brent Geese, Shelduck, and numerous waders like Redshank and Greenshank. It also attracts divers such as Cormorants and Great Crested Grebes.
For contact:
Frank Prendergast (sec) 087 131 9884, frank.prendergast@tudublin.ie
Paul Lynch (chair) 087 631 9209, paulllynch@gmail.com
Date: November 15, 2025 Time: 10:30 am Location: Meet in reserve car park Our Kildare branch invite you to join them for an outing to Wexford Wildfowl Reserve.
Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is located on flat farmland on the North Slob which was walled off from Wexford Harbour and reclaimed from the sea.
Over 250 bird species have been recorded on the Reserve, many of them Winter migrants from Greenland and Arctic Canada or from Scandinavia and Arctic Russia. Greenland White-fronted Geese are the most numerous and important goose species on the reserve and it is for them that it was established. They breed on the western lowlands of Greenland during the summer and winter in Ireland and Scotland from October to March. The North Slob holds about 5,500 or approximately 30% of the current world population of Greenland White-fronted Goose during these months.
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Chairman: Neil J Bourke
Date: November 14, 2025 Time: 8:00 pm Location: To Be Confirmed Our Sligo branch are hosting an evening with Richard Nairn to discuss RJ Ussher: A Giant among Irish Naturalists
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: November 13, 2025 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Naas public Library Our Kildare branch invite all members to the branch AGM.
This meeting will be followed by a talk by Neil Bourke to discuss Wonderful Waders
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Chairman: Neil J Bourke
Date: November 12, 2025 Time: 7:30 pm Location: The Boardroom of Bridge street centre H12 WC52 Join our Cavan branch for an evening with Owen Murphy to discuss The Breeding Wader EIP
For more details please contact Tom Broe (sec) cavanbirdwatching@gmail.com or Michael McKiernan 086 885 4989.
Date: November 11, 2025 Time: 7:30 pm Location: Ashford Community & Heritage Centre A67 DH34 Join our Wicklow branch for an evening with Eric Dempsey to discuss "A year of Birds, a photographic journey through the seasons"
Admission to this event is free but a voluntary contribution to cover the cost of the room hire would be greatly appreciated.
Branch contact details
Clodagh Duffy or Joe Lennon at birdwatchwicklow@gmail.com
