Description
Irish Birds is BirdWatch Ireland’s annual peer-reviewed ornithological journal.
The 2025 issue features papers on:
- Cormorants breeding in SPAs in the Shannon Estuary
- Estimates of breeding seabirds in the Shannon and Fergus Estuaries
- Productivity analysis of the Common Swift at next box projects
- Factors influencing trends in coastal grassland breeding waders in Cos. Donegal and Sligo
- County birds lists of Ireland
- Wintering birds of the non-estuarine coast in Cos. Sligo and Leitrim
- The breeding gulls and terns of Loughs Mask and Carra in Co, Mayo
- A synopsis of inland records of the Kittiwake in Ireland from 1959 to 2023
This issue also includes both the Irish Rare Bird Report and the Irish Ringing Report for 2022, as well as ornithological notes, a review of the BirdTrack online recording tool and an obituary of John Temple Lang (1936-2022).








