Website Links

BirdWatch Ireland and Branches

• BirdWatch Ireland
  Established in 1968, BirdWatch Ireland is the largest independent conservation organisation in Ireland.
• Cavan Branch
• Cork Branch
• Carlow Branch (Facebook)
• Fingal Branch
• Galway Branch
• Kildare Branch
• Laois Branch (Facebook)
• Limerick Branch (Facebook)
• North Louth Branch
• Roscommon Branch
• Sligo Branch (Facebook)
• Tipperary Branch
• Waterford Branch
• West Cork
• Wicklow Branch (Facebook)

Miscellaneous Links - Ireland

• An Taisce
  The National Trust for Ireland.
• Bat Conservation Ireland
  Conservation of Ireland's bats
• BirdTrack
  An online bird recording scheme run jointly by the BOU, BTO and BirdWatch Ireland.
• Bull Island Birds
  The North Bull Island biodiversity website.
• Dublin Naturalists' Field Club
  The DNFC has the general aim of promoting interest in all branches of natural history.
• Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council
• Irish Birds
  Tom Shevlin's great pictures of rare and common birds.
• Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee
  Promotes implementation of the Ramsar Convention.
• Irish Rare Birds Committee (IRBC)
  Maintains the list of the birds recorded in the Republic of Ireland.
• Irish Rare Breeding Birds Panel
  The panel compiles records of rare breeding birds, typically those species with 100 or fewer pairs.
• Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG)
  Dedicated to the conservation and better understanding of whales, dolphins and porpoise in Irish waters.
• National Museum of Ireland
• National Parks & Wildlife Service
  Government department which maintains and enhances populations of flora and fauna in Ireland.
• Northern Ireland Birdwatchers Association
  Documents and records information about the birds and wildlife of Northern Ireland.
• Northern Ireland Birdwatchers Association Records Committee
  Maintaining the Northern Ireland bird list.
• Seal Rescue Ireland
  A team of dedicated volunteers who take care of orphaned, sick and injured Common and Grey Seal pups that are rescued from around the coast of the Republic of Ireland.
• Tallaght Gulls & Rings
  Graham Prole's record of ringed gulls in Tallaght and elsewhere.
• Wexford Wildfowl Reserve
  BirdWatch Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Service working in partnership to study and protect wildfowl.

Miscellaneous Links - Great Britain, Europe etc.

• Association of European Records and Rarities Committees (AERC)
  Information about National Rarities Committees in Europe.
• BirdLife International
  A global partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, habitats and biodiversity.
• British Birds Rarity Committee (BBRC)
  The BBRC is the official adjudicator of rare bird records in Great Britain.
• British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)
  Engages in a wide range of bird conservation projects.
  
• British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
  An independent charitable scientific research institute which undertakes many surveys including Bird Atlas 2007-2011.
• Dutch Birding
  The website of the Dutch Birding Associantion.
• IOC World Bird List
  Various lists (in spreadsheets) of world birds including subspecies compiled by the International Ornithologists’ Union.
• International Wader Study Group (IWSG)
  Engages in researching waders and shorebirds.
• Internet Bird Collection (IBC)
  Videos, photographs and sound recordings of all the Birds of the World.
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
  Bird conservation organisation.
• Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)
  Engages in the conservation of wetlands.
• World Wide Fund for Nature
  Attempts to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment.
• Xeno-Canto
  Sharing bird sounds from around the world.