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Countryside & Wetlands

Managing land for birds and wildlife

 

CABB Partner Organisations

Co-operation Across Borders for Biodiversity

 

Habitat Restoration

Restoring blanket bog habitats

 

CABB SACs Conservation Plans

Blanket bog conservation

 

Corncrake Conservation

Protecting Corncrakes and their habitats

The landscape is changing faster than ever. Increasing pressures on land resources are posing serious threats to the existence of our wildlife. Here you can find out about our work on a number of cooperative conservation projects to protect vulnerable species across Ireland.

The CABB project

Cooperation Across Borders for Biodiversity (CABB) is a cross-border INTERREG VA project to protect breeding waders and manage bog habitats in border counties of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

The Curlew EIP

BirdWatch Ireland is working with partners to protect breeding Curlew in Galway and Leitrim as part of a European Innovation Partnership (EIP) which is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Marine (DAFM), supporting cooperative action at a local level.

Corncrakes

Corncrakes were one of Ireland’s best-loved and most familiar birds of rural areas.  Efforts to save them have prevented extinction, but they are now confined to part of Donegal and West Connaught.

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A Visit to Downpatrick Head
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A Visit to Downpatrick Head Mayo

A Visit to Downpatrick Head

Date: July 13, 2025
Our Mayo branch invite you to join them for a Visit to Downpatrick Head 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
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