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Welcome to BirdWatch Ireland, the largest independent conservation organisation in Ireland. Established in 1968, we currently have over 15,000 members and supporters and a local network of over 30 branches nationwide.

All of us at BirdWatch Ireland are deeply shocked and saddened by the sudden passing yesterday of our friend and colleague Steve Wing, on his beloved Cape Clear Island.
Steve was the Wildlife Officer at our Cape Clear Bird Observatory for many years and, as anyone lucky enough to have met him will know, a truly lovely, kind man. We will be paying a full tribute to him and his life very soon and would like to express our deepest condolences to his friends and family at this very sad and difficult time. May he rest in peace.
Please note, our Kilcoole, Banagher and Letterkenny offices will be closed between 12:30 p.m. and 14:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1 for the funeral of our dear colleague & friend, Steve Wing. If you have any queries during these hours, please email info@birdwatchireland.ie and somebody will contact you on their return.
(Published September 20th, 2024)

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We are the largest independent conservation organisation in Ireland. The primary objective of BirdWatch Ireland is the protection of wild birds and their habitats in Ireland. In order to fulfil this objective we undertake a wide variety of work:

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In Ireland we have around 200 ‘regularly occurring’ bird species, some of which are here all year round and others that migrate to spend part of the year here. Of those migratory species, some come here for the summer to nest and other comes here to spend the winter. If we include rare ‘vagrant’ species, then over 450 bird species have been recorded in Ireland.

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