Scientists plead for  Government action amid 'alarming wild bird declines'

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Some of the country's foremost experts on birds have met with Government ministers in a bid to tackle what they call "alarming wild bird declines".

On the back of shocking figures published by BirdWatch Ireland and RSPB Northern Ireland on bird conservation between now and 2026, scientists told Ministers of State Malcolm Noonan and Pippa Hackett that the biodiversity crisis has been ignored by successive governments for far too long, leading to a full-blown crisis.