Publications

Discover a wide range of publications from the BirdWatch Ireland archive

In addition to our membership magazines, Wings and Bird Detectives, BirdWatch Ireland issues a wide range of factsheets, articles, reports, scientific papers and other publications about birds and biodiversity in Ireland. Select from our Archive below:

CBS News 2024

The 2024 edition of ‘CBS News’ – the annual newsletter of the Countryside Bird Survey.

CBS News 2023

The 2023 edition of ‘CBS News’ – the annual newsletter of the Countryside Bird Survey.

CBS Species Trends 1998-2021 (Methods)

Background and methodology for calculation of Countryside Bird Survey (CBS) species trends, 1998-2021.

CBS News 2022

The 2022 edition of ‘CBS News’ – the annual newsletter of the Countryside Bird Survey.

CBS Trend Methods (2022)

Details of how species trends are calculated, based on data from the Countryside Bird Survey (CBS)

CBS Data Request Form

To request data from the Countryside Bird Survey (CBS), fill in this form and email it to ljlewis@birdwatchireland.ie and bburke@birdwatchireland.ie. Please allow for a circa two week response time.

Countryside Bird Survey (CBS) Report 1998-2019

This CBS report presents a summary of bird species trends within the CBS over the 22-year period from 1998 to 2019 inclusive. For the first time, this report also includes…

CBS News 2021

The 2021 edition of ‘CBS News’ – the annual newsletter for the Countryside Bird Survey.

Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland (BOCCI) – Red & Amber Lists, 2014-2019

Birds listed on the red and amber lists of conservation concern in Ireland for the period 2014-2019, from the published study by Colhoun & Cummins (2013).

CBS News 2020

The 2020 issue of the newsletter of the Countryside Bird Survey, published in March 2020.

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