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.

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A joint outing with our Clare branch to Kilbaha and Loop Head
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A joint outing with our Clare branch to Kilbaha and Loop Head Clare

A joint outing with our Clare branch to Kilbaha and Loop Head

Date: October 4, 2025
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Meet in Kilbaha village
******************** Due to weather forecast and Health and Safety considerations this event may be cancelled. Check www.clarebirdwatching.com prior to travelling to this outing******************** Join our Limerick branch along with our Clare branch for an joint outing with our Clare branch to Kilbaha and Loop Head to look for rare migrants. After meeting in Kilbaha village you will drive to the Lighthouse carpark. Then walk the headland and ramble along part of the Fodry if time allows. Then go to Keating's bar for lunch or coffee/tea Leaders from both Clare and Limerick branches; limerickbranchbwi@gmail.com Clodagh Glasgow or Jane Griffin or Clare branch Tom Lynch – 065 682 2145 tnaclynch@gmail.com Austin Cooney – 065 682 4804