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…
Category: Bird surveys
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
