BirdWatch Ireland wetland conservation on the Shannon Callows. Wednesday, 26 October 2016. Volunteers help protect breeding waders on Inishee in 2016. To ensure the successful operation of the predator-proof fence, and thus the protection of the breeding waders present, the fence must be monitored and maintained throughout the breeding season. BirdWatch Ireland have undertaken this work annually since 2009 and did so again in 2016 with funding from the Heritage Council.

Month by month, the behaviour, numbers and movements of garden birds in a rural garden in county Wicklow are chronicled. Thursday, 6 April 2017. Just the like the spring migrants, we are on the move. This blog is now updated regularly on our new website www. Come and see us soon, like we say, its the home of garden birds. Friday, 3 March 2017.

Monday, 7 August 2017. Not a Shingle Warden Left. and all the Little Tern Conservation Project team. Friday, 28 July 2017. Living Life On The Fledge Vol.

Breeding plumage adult Med Gull. The number of post-breeding Mediterranean Gulls found in Ireland begins to build at well-known staging sites such as South Dublin Bay and Cork Harbour from June onward with peak counts often recorded from late July to mid August.

My absolute favourite garden was gold medal winning.

Seagrasses are species of aquatic flowering plants which are grass-like in appearance. Globally there are four families of seagrass. From the family Zosteraceae is the only genus of seagrass present in Ireland. Despite the grass-like appearance they are more closely related to the pondweeds than the grasses.