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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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March 31, 2025

March Migrations: Rare Birds and Returning Migrants

March is brimming with excitement, poised on the cusp of changing seasons. In the bird world, this is a time of movement - many species are either on the move…
A Trip to Cape Clear Island
A Trip to Cape Clear Island West Cork

A Trip to Cape Clear Island

Date: May 25, 2025
Time: 11:45 am
Location: Meet at Cape Clear bird observatory at 11.45am (Ferry from Baltimore at 11am)
Join our West Cork branch invite you to join them for a trip to Cape Clear island. Cape Clear Island, Ireland’s southernmost inhabited Gaeltacht island, 3 miles long by 1 mile wide, lies 8 miles off the coast of West Cork. 3 miles west of the island stands the solitary Fastnet Rock. Cape Clear’s remote island location, coupled with its proximity to the continental shelf, makes it the foremost centre for bird watching in Ireland. For further details contact; Fiona O’Neill – 086 813 0650 – secretary@birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie Nicholas Mitchell – 087 121 5256 – treasurer@birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie
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