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Ireland
BirdWatch Ireland
BirdWatch Ireland is the BirdLife Partner
Founded in: 1968Members: 5,000
Staff: 14
Address: BirdWatch Ireland,
Unit 20,
Block D,
Bullford Business Campus,
Kilcoole,
Co. Wicklow,
Ireland
Email: info@birdwatchireland.ie
Web: http://www.birdwatchireland.ie
Mission of the organisation
To Protect and Study Birds and their Habitat.
Key Activities
- Research and Surveys
- Education
- Site Protection and Land Management
- Lobbying and Advocacy
Recent Achievements
- More than 2,000 visitors took part in BirdWatch Ireland's open day, "Discovering Birds at Bull Island"
- 21 branches organised events around the National Dawn Chorus Day, the fourth year the event has been held
- Branch volunteers organised a total of 369 nationwide events, raising awareness of the organisation and the work it carries out
- Opened a new branch in West Kerry
- Published planing and site protection guidelines, and held a workshop on the topic
- The Cape Clear Bird Observatory national appeal raised in excess of US$33,000;
- The Seabird 2000 programme surveyed seabirds at the largest seabird colonies of international importance. Ireland hosts Europe's healthiest population of Roseate Terns
- Made 20 site protection interventions, each in response to development pressure affecting a SPA. Of the 20 interventions, in five cases the threat was removed, in two the decision went against conservation and the outcome of the remaining cases is awaited