Digital Nature is delighted to have worked with colleagues in BirdWatch Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Service on preparing the latest report documenting the status and distribution of waterbirds in Ireland, Irish Wildlife Manuals Number 162.
This report, based on the Irish Wetland Bird Survey (I-WeBS) and associated surveys, analyses data submitted by over 1100 skilled volunteers, as well as professional surveyors from the National Parks and Wildlife Service and BirdWatch Ireland. Data have been gathered from more than 94,000 visits to wetland sites across Ireland since 1994.
The report includes specific species accounts for 63 waterbird species including 39 species of geese, swans, ducks and allies; 18 species of waders; and 6 species of gulls. Population trends and population estimates are presented for 44 of these species.
Pressures and threats that these species face are also described within the report.
Additional online information and reporting on this publication includes:
- Government Press Release: Landmark publication on World Wetlands Day charts thirty-year journey of wetland birds in Ireland
- National Parks and Wildlife Service: Landmark publication on World Wetlands Day charts thirty-year journey of wetland birds in Ireland
- RTÉ: Decline in migratory waterbirds to Ireland due to climate change
- Irish Times: Third of Ireland’s wintering waterbirds vanish in just 30 years
- Agriland.ie: Study details fortunes of migratory wetland birds over 30 years
