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Category: Bird surveys

Posted on January 15, 2018January 31, 2018

Grey partridges, Boora, Co Offaly

The video below shows  a Pine Marten, Grey Partridges, a Hare, and a Pheasant pass a trailcam in Bord n Mona’s Boora Discovery Park, Co Offaly, during January 2018. We…

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Posted on November 27, 2017

Light-bellied Brent Geese, Wexford, November 2017

The video below shows Light-bellied Brent Geese in the ‘Wexford Slobs & Harbour SPA’ during late-November 2017. These are winter migrants from Arctic Canada. They undertake an incredible and perilous migration…

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Posted on November 27, 2017November 27, 2017

Greenland white-fronted Geese in the Wexford slobs

Greenland white-fronted Geese Anser albifrons flavirostris are Europe’s rarest geese and approximately 45% of the world population (c.8,500) of these geese winters at the Wexford slobs. The other key wintering…

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Posted on February 27, 2016November 27, 2017

Wexford slobs – Ireland’s polder lands

The Wexford slobs are two flat areas of land which were originally mudflats and sandy islands in the Slaney estuary but were reclaimed from the sea using dykes commencing in the…

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Posted on May 31, 2015July 28, 2015

Ecology Assessments for Lough Derg Canoe Trail

ECOFACT is currently preparing the Ecological Impact Assessment and Habitats Directive Assessment for the proposed Lough Derg Canoe Trail. Lough Derg is the largest lake on the River Shannon, the third…

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Posted on May 30, 2015June 1, 2015

Hen Harrier SPA Habitat Map Viewer Launched

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) have recently launched the Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus SPA Habitat Map Viewer. This has been produced as part of the Hen Harrier Mapping…

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Posted on March 28, 2015May 10, 2015

Impact of power lines on birds

Power lines are now recognised as one of the most important causes of bird mortality globally and they can also result in habitat loss, with certain bird species avoiding areas…

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Posted on November 10, 2014November 21, 2014

ECOFACT Winter bird surveys commence

We have recently commenced our 2014/15 winter bird surveys, and are currently monitoring bird populations on and near a number of proposed wind farm development sites. The photos below show…

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