by Barbara Killeen | May 2, 2024 | Conservation, countryside, NPWS, wildlife management
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has confirmed that Cuach KP, one of the first Irish Cuckoos to be tagged as part of a Cuckoo Tracking Project, has landed home in Killarney National Park after a winter spent in the rainforests of the Congo Basin in...
by Barbara Killeen | Apr 9, 2024 | Biodiversity, Conservation, NPWS, Open Seasons, Vermin Control, wildlife management
Recently, representatives from IFA and IFA Countryside met with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) at their headquarters. Our discussion focused primarily on the Return form associated with the Article 9 Derogations under the EU Birds...
by Barbara Killeen | Mar 22, 2024 | Conservation, countryside, Nature, NPWS
New NPWS livestream from two Chough nests in Cork to launch today, March 12th. Members of the public encouraged to tune in and watch Chough pairs as they go about building their nests and rearing their chicks. Project is an NPWS conservation measure which aims to...
by Barbara Killeen | Mar 22, 2024 | Conservation, NPWS, wildlife management
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has launched an investigation following the recent discovery of a dead white-tailed eagle near Cranberry Lough in South Roscommon and is appealing to the public for information. The two-year old female eagle was...
by ifacountryside | Jan 24, 2024 | Biodiversity, Conservation, Crime
The National Parks and Wildlife Service is making its message to protect nature clearly heard through its series of successful prosecutions in the courts this year. Forty-three prosecution cases were initiated by NPWS in 2023 for alleged breaches of wildlife...
by Barbara Killeen | Dec 7, 2023 | Biodiversity, Conservation, countryside
Highest number of young Curlew fledged into the wild since 2017. Thirty-eight breeding pairs confirmed in the nine geographical areas of the programme – an increase of twelve on 2022. Conservation efforts within the CCP areas are having a positive impact on the...
