Lapwing are around 28-31 cm long with a wingspan of 70-76cm. They are typically seen here on estuaries, farmland and wetlands ...

With 63% of Ireland's birds at risk of extinction, an Irish ornithologist is utilising recordings he is making to advocate ...

I spotted this rook with a very unusual beak in Galway city lately. Despite the unusual shape it seemed very healthy and was ...

A human hand found on a playground in Ireland is believed to have been dropped by a bird flying overhead. The body part was dumped onto an empty schoolyard in northern Dublin around 10:30 a.m ...

Agriculture and the agri-food industry in Northern Ireland face "a triple threat" from bird flu, bluetongue virus and foot ...

Birds of Ireland: A field guide By Jim Wilson, with photographs by Mark Carmody Featured in Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide, (Gill Books) by Jim Wilson, with photographs by Mark Carmody.

More than 60,000 birds are to be slaughtered after a suspected avian flu case was detected at a poultry operation in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland’s department of agriculture has said. Disease ...

A team of locals and conservationists have erected the largest temporary predation exclusion zone for wildlife in Ireland in ...

A Tyrone based councillor and farmer, has observed "concern and worry" among the Northern Irish poultry sector, amid rising cases of bird flu ...

Local bird experts are calling for the consolidation and promotion of the swift population in Northern Ireland.

BirdWatch Ireland is seeking volunteers to help monitor bird populations over the coming months as part of the Countryside ...