waders are the largest and one of the most important groups of birds in Ireland. When a large group of waders, such as dunlin or golden plover, takes to the sky, they fly over the estuary as a ...

The bird in question was a four-month-old red kite, one of 27 released in Northern Ireland earlier that summer as part of a reintroduction programme led by the Royal Society for the Protection of ...

A stunning 12ft mural of a barn owl in flight has been unveiled at Bog Meadows Nature Reserve in west Belfast, symbolising ...

A striking 12ft barn owl mural has been unveiled at Bog Meadows Nature Reserve in west Belfast, with experts hoping it ...

Record the sound of every bird species in the country. The mission is not frivolous, though. Many of the birds may soon be ...

Lothar and Regina Muschketat arrived in Ireland in the mid-1990s to retire. They bought a 27-hectare farm and brought along some birds of prey. They then opened the Irish Raptor Research Centre ...

With more than half of Ireland's birds at risk of extinction, an Irish ornithologist is utilising recordings he has made to advocate for their preservation. Seán Ronayne has approximately 12,000 ...

With more than half of Ireland's birds at risk of extinction, an Irish ornithologist is utilising recordings he has made to advocate for their preservation. Originally from Cobh in County Cork ...