BirdWatch Ireland News

• Would you like to work or volunteer with BirdWatch Ireland? (20/08/2010)
• Appeal for your summer bird sightings for BirdAtlas 2007-11 (10/08/2010)
• Support an EU Action Plan to reduce seabird bycatch (12/07/2010)
• Environmental Pillar nominates BirdWatch Ireland Policy Officer Siobhán Egan to European Economic and Social Committee (09/07/2010)
• New study on long-term wintering waterbird data gets underway. (28/06/2010)
• BirdWatch Ireland backs a new call for action to help Irish Red Grouse. (23/06/2010)
• BirdWatch Ireland welcomes rejection of proposal to infill part of Dublin Bay. (09/06/2010)
• Grants forcing farmers to burn scrub, causing huge environmental damage and destroying nests. (27/05/2010)
• Bird Atlas summer season begins . . . and we need your help. (01/04/2010)
• Sligo conference a great success. (29/03/2010)
• BirdWatch Ireland launches its new strategy - 2020 vision - at All-Ireland Conference.
  Download here (PDF: 3MB). (28/03/2010)
• New BirdWatch Ireland logo unveiled. (27/03/2010)
• Another Irish eagle poisoned. (04/03/2010)
• Sponsor a Bird Atlas species. (04/02/2010)
• Petition to stop the illegal slaughter of birds in Malta. (02/02/2010)
• Wildfowl hunting ban extended until 20th January 2010. (18/01/2010)
• Volunteers needed for Shannon Callows Breeding Wader Project. (13/01/2010)
• Redwings and Fieldfares flocking to Irish gardens. (12/01/2010)
• BirdWatch Ireland welcomes temporary suspension of hunting. (08/01/2010)
• Feeding Garden Birds in Cold Weather. (05/01/2010)

• Next International Census of Whooper & Bewick's Swans, 16th & 17th January 2010. (22/12/2009)
• A response to recent remarks regarding proposed monitoring work on frogs and birds. (10/12/2009)
• Garden Bird Survey 2009/10 begins today. (30/11/2009)
• eWings, BirdWatch Ireland's new electronic newsletter, launched. (02/10/2009)
• BirdWatch Ireland moves to new headquarters in Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow. (18/08/2009)
• Another Setback for Ireland’s Farmland Birds and Rural Environment. (15/07/2009)
• President McAleese opens BirdWatch Ireland's East Coast Nature Reserve to the public. (11/06/2009)
• Climate Countdown to Copenhagen - Be part of a day of Action on Saturday 13th June (08/06/2009)
• Make your mark this June! BirdWatch Ireland asks election candidates to pledge to protect our natural environment. See who signs up, and use your vote to get a better result for wild birds and their habitats. (18/05/2009)
• World Migratory Bird Day, 9th-10th May 2009. (05/05/2009)
• Milestone report on Ireland's breeding birds published. (26/03/2009)
• 40 Years of BirdWatch Ireland: a message from our Chairman. (06/03/2009)
• National Nestbox Day 2009. (14/02/2009)
• Carlingford Birding Weekend: 30th January - 1st February 2009. (16/01/2009)
• 15th Annual Garden Bird Survey now underway. (01/12/2008)
• Are Great Spotted Woodpeckers about to settle in Ireland? (25/11/2008)
• New Irish Brent Goose Research Group website goes live. (31/10/2008)
• Call for Bird Atlas volunteers. (22/10/2008)
• Major new report indicates many Irish birds need urgent help. (16/10/2008)
• International census for Golden Plover this weekend 18th/19th October - I-WeBS Office calls for records. (16/10/2008)
• Irish-wintering Barnacle Geese are on the increase. (04/10/2008)
• Dingle Peninsula Bird Report 2005-2007 now available. (08/07/2008)
• Umbrella Action Day is on Sunday 15th June. BirdWatch Ireland is part of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition. (13/06/2008)
• West Kerry Branch of BirdWatch Ireland takes Heritage and Environment Award. (07/05/2008)
• New shrew species discovered in Ireland. (28/04/2008)
• Maltese 2008 spring hunting season banned by European Court. (25/04/2008)
• Bird Atlas 2007-11: Newsletter now available for download (PDF - 795KB). (22/04/2008)
• WEB meets with Minister Gormley for the first time to ‘Halt the Loss of Biodiversity by 2010’. (03/04/2008)
• Population estimates and trends in numbers of Ireland's wintering waterbirds published. (29/02/2008)
• Climate Change study predicts hazy future for Ireland's birds. (15/01/2008)
• H5N1 confirmed at a swannery in southwest Britain. (10/01/2008)
• Harsh winter weather can spell doom for garden birds: see what you can do to help. (04/01/2008)
• Applications invited for Chough research position. (20/12/2007)
• European Court of Justice upholds EU Commission complaints against the Irish Government. (14/12/2007)
• Garden Bird Survey: 2007/08 season now underway and 2006/07 results announced. (03/12/2007)
• Applications invited for new Shannon Callows Breeding Wader Research Officer position. (28/11/2007)
• Tracing Gulls with Colour Rings: a new ringing study in Co. Mayo. (21/11/2007)
• Wing-tagged Hen Harriers: a new project to keep track of this beautiful bird of prey. (14/11/2007)
• Bird Atlas 2007-11 now underway: every record counts - even yours! (01/11/2007)
• Dublin House Sparrow Survey Launched: your help is needed with a transition year project. (26/10/2007)
• BirdWatch Ireland/RSPB All Ireland Conference on Bird Conservation: details announced - book now! (15/10/2007)
• Record Year on Rockabill: Roseate Terns at Europe’s largest colony have their best breeding season ever. (02/10/2007)
• Red Kites on the Wing in Wicklow: reintroduction project underway. (28/09/2007)
• White-tailed Eagles Arrive: exciting new reintroduction project to return these magnificent raptors to Ireland. (19/09/2007)
• BirdWatch Ireland's Atlas project coordinator, Brian Caffrey, speaks at all-Ireland BTO Conference about our major new national bird-mapping project. (17/09/2007)
• Volunteer now for our exciting new national Bird Atlas mapping project. (17/09/2007)
• Outbreaks of disease amongst Greenfinches and other garden birds. (10/09/2007)
• Where have all the White-fronts gone? – news of the decline of the Greenland White-fronted Goose. (31/08/2007)
• BirdWatch Ireland launches Garden Biodiversity Competition in Association with Corrin Hill Ice Cream. (16/08/2007)
• BirdWatch Ireland Chairman calls for volunteers. (16/08/2007)
• Latest on Avian Influenza. (15/08/2007)
• BirdWatch Ireland's new website goes live. (14/08/2007)