Organisation: Clare BirdWatch

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Robin (Erithacus rubecula).Wild bird in a natural habitat.

Donal Hickey: Early risers get to hear the dawn chorus

There are dawn chorus and dusk chorus walks taking place around the country, check out one near you

Thu, 13 Apr, 2023

Donal Hickey: Birdsong and sound of silence

It’s the silence. The huge drop in noise from motor traffic, and fewer people out and about enables us to hear sounds that are usually muffled by the bustle of normal everyday life.

Sun, 19 Apr, 2020

Alarming decline in insects means a fall in bird populations

A huge decline in farmland birds in Europe is believed to be mirrored here. Another reason, perhaps, why so many extra voters turned to the Green party in the local and European elections.

Mon, 03 Jun, 2019

Visiting summer birds engage in cruise control to sleep while flying

Did you know that some of our visiting summer birds engage in a form of cruise control and sleep while flying? Just one of the nuggets of information from readers following our piece last week on swallows, swifts and martins.

Mon, 17 Jul, 2017