BirdWatch Ireland is involved in a wide range of conservation work, including a number of survey and research projects, applied conservation projects, and the development and advocacy of policies in relation to issues of importance for the conservation of birds and their habitats in Ireland. This information forms a basis for the legal framework for the protection of Ireland's birds. Click here for more information on why birds deserve our protection.

We aim to target our resources effectively to deliver nature conservation. Our work is focused through the identification of priority bird species at National, European and Global, levels.  Many of our conservation projects are carried out in collaboration with other institutes and organisations, particularly:

·         Government departments and semi-state bodies, including the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the Heritage Council, the Department of Agriculture and Food, and the Office of Public Works.

·         Bird organisations in the UK, including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the British Trust for Ornithology and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust.

·         Research bodies, including Teagasc and University College Cork.

·         Other non-governmental organisations, including the Irish Raptor Study Group.