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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.

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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.

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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.

Corncrake Conservation

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Andrew Kelly, CEO of BirdWatch IrelandNewsTeamBirdWatch Ireland appoints a new permanent Chief Executive
May 9, 2025

BirdWatch Ireland appoints a new permanent Chief Executive

BirdWatch Ireland is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Andrew Kelly as its new Chief Executive. Andrew has a strong background of senior leadership in a range of organisations,…
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May outing to Lough Boora Discovery Park and Surrounds
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May outing to Lough Boora Discovery Park and Surrounds Dublin-Tolka

May outing to Lough Boora Discovery Park and Surrounds

Date: May 24, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Meet in the main carpark at visitors centre at 10am
Join our Tolka branch for their May outing to Lough Boora Discovery Park and Surrounds. Over 130 bird species can be seen in Lough Boora Discovery Park, many of which are endangered red and amber listed species such as the Lapwing, Snipe, Redshank and many more on wetland habitats. The endangered Grey Partridge survive here in the natural grasslands and farmlands, and this is the only indigenous population of this bird species surviving in Ireland. For further details or to be added to the mailing list contact; Rosena McShane (chair) Marie Sinnott (secretary) or Jim Dixon (treasurer) at dublinbirding@gmail.com
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