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.

PeacePlus Nature

PeacePlus Nature is an ambitious programme to tackle the decline in priority species and habitats in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland. PeacePlus Nature a project supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).

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

SurveysThe Fourth Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey is Back This Winter
October 23, 2026

The Fourth Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey is Back This Winter

The fourth Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey (NEWS IV) will be taking place this December and January. NEWS is an essential monitoring tool for assessing waterbirds on rocky, sandy and shingle shores,…
Joint Outing to Kilcolman Fen, Co Cork
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Joint Outing to Kilcolman Fen, Co Cork Clare

Joint Outing to Kilcolman Fen, Co Cork

Date: January 17, 2026
Time: 10:45 am
Location: Meet at carpark alongside Charleville Cemetary to carpool
Our Limerick branch are hosting a joint event to go to Kilcolman Fen along with our Clare branch. Kilcolman Bog is situated on the southern foothills of the Ballyhoura Mountains in Co. Cork. Kilcolman Bog is an important site for wintering waterfowl, with nationally important populations of Whooper Swan, Teal, and Shoveler. Limerick branch contacts; limerickbranchbwi@gmail.com Clodagh Glasgow or Jane Griffin Clare branch Contact: Tom Lynch – 065 682 2145 tnaclynch@gmail.com Austin Cooney – 065 682 4804