Research & Surveys

BirdWatch Ireland is involved in many research and monitoring projects. These include ongoing and long-term monitoring projects that aim to track how populations of Ireland's birds are faring over time.

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Volunteer surveys

Some surveys are annual and require additional help from volunteer members of the public

Spring Alive
Breeding Curlew 2018
Swift Surveys
Dublin City Urban Birds Project
Countryside Bird Survey
Seabird Monitoring Programme
Irish Wetland Bird Survey
BirdTrack
Garden Bird Survey
River Bird Survey 2017

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Other projects

Barn Owls
Baseline Waterbird Monitoring of Coastal Special Protection Areas
Breeding Wader Management
Corncrakes
Dublin Bay Birds Project (since 2013) new
Greylag Goose marking project (since 2012) new
Little Terns at Kilcoole
Roseate Terns at Rockabill
Cape Clear Bird Observatory

Projects completed

Some of these are undertaken on a cyclical basis include:

Bird Atlas, every 20 years, last between 2007 & 2011 recently completed
Breeding Wader Machair Survey, last in 2008
Breeding Wader Research, Shannon Callows
Chough, every 10 years, last in 2002
Clare Bird Atlas - analysis & development, 2011
Common Scoter (breeding), last in 1996
Farmland Bird Survey, 2006 - 2009
Hen Harrier, every 5 years, last in 2010
Irish Wildbird Conservancy Project - Ballyhoura, 2011
Peregrines, every 10 years, last in 2002
Red Grouse, 2006 - 2008
Seabirds, every 15 years, last between 1998 and 2002
Tern Survey, 1984 & 1995
Upland Bird Survey, 2002 - 2004
Waterways Bird Survey, 2006 - 2010