Know your birds

GET to know your birds at a workshop in identifying Ireland’s waders & wildfowl ( in conjunction with Louth Nature Trust) on Saturday February 16 at An Grianán, Termonfeckin

Breffni Martin of Louth Nature Trust Louth Nature Trust will lead the workshop which is aimed at

beginner and intermediate recorders; birdwatchers; members of other local environmental action groups.

Participants will receive an introduction on the regular and not so regular breeding and over-wintering waders in Ireland. Participants will take home insights into the biology of various species, aspects of wetland bird ecology and conservation threats, but the talk will focus on identification in the field, looking at wetland bird plumages and how and where to find and observe waders in Ireland. The talk will include a two hour field trip to the Boyne estuary.

Further details www.biodiversityireland.ie/events