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 ...

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 ...

Birdwatchers have been treated to multiple sightings of African Hoopoes as around 80 of the colourful, migratory birds have arrived in Ireland in the past two weeks. African Hoopoes do not usually ...

it only heightened their interest in shooting them to add to collections. The Victorian age was the heyday of specimen collecting—especially birds and their eggs—and the species closest to ...