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Birds and power lines

Electric power lines are now recognised as one of the most important causes of bird mortality internationally.  Power lines have the potential to cause fatal injuries to birds; as a [...]

Winter Bird Survey season 2015 concludes

We have provided the latest photos from our ongoing wintering bird surveys below. We hope you enjoy this latest series of photographs – all of which were taken [...]

Winter Bird Surveys, February 2015

Here are the latest photos from our ongoing wintering bird surveys. We hope you enjoy the series of photographs provided below – all of which were taken during February [...]

Winter bird surveys during 2014/2015

Here are a selection of photos from our ongoing 2014-2015 winter bird surveys in Ireland. Most of our winter bird survey work is in the Irish Midlands, and [...]

ECOFACT winter bird surveys commence

We recently commenced our winter bird surveys for the 2014/15 season, and are currently undertaking a number of winter bird surveys in the Irish Midlands. These winter bird [...]

White-clawed crayfish surveys

The white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes is our only native freshwater crayfish. It is listed on Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive and the species is a qualifying [...]

Aquatic ecology surveys

The photo galley below shows some of our aquatic ecology survey work completed so far during the current 2014 season. The survey work we have completed this summer [...]

Breeding Bird Surveys

Here is a selected photo gallery covering our 2014 season breeding bird surveys. Most of this breeding bird survey work was related to proposed wind energy developments. The breeding [...]