Countryside & Wetlands

Managing land for birds and wildlife

 

Habitat Restoration

Restoring blanket bog habitats

 

CABB Partner Organisations

Co-operation Across Borders for Biodiversity

 

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.

Our News and Events

NewsRunning for Nature—Hazel Nolan’s Half Marathon Journey
March 30, 2026

Running for Nature—Hazel Nolan’s Half Marathon Journey

BirdWatch Ireland has an extraordinary network of volunteers around Ireland and beyond. One of these amazing people is Hazel Nolan, who has offered to donate her fundraising proceeds for her…
Biodiversity Week walk on Gartnanoul Loop Trail
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Biodiversity Week walk on Gartnanoul Loop Trail Cavan

Biodiversity Week walk on Gartnanoul Loop Trail

Date: May 16, 2026
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Meet Gartnanoul Point
The Gartanoul Loop Trail is a roughly 4.5km to 5.3k moderately graded circular and well-marked walking path located within the Killykeen Forest Park in Co. Cavan. It offers scenic views of the surrounding woodlands and Lough Oughter in addition to a number of points of interest including the Icehouse. There is parking on the Killeshandra side of the footbridge at Killykeen Forest Park and also on the Cavan town side and cross the footbridge For more details please contact Tom Broe (sec) cavanbirdwatching@gmail.com or Michael McKiernan 086 885 4989. .