National Parks And Wildlife Service

Thirty field officers are to be recruited as part of an ongoing campaign to safeguard the Curlew, the species of large wader bird which is found in se(...)

The flood of well-founded bad news about the climate and biodiversity crises can be overwhelming. So it is invigorating to find islands of ecological (...)

A record number of Roseate Tern seabirds have paired up to raise chicks at a tern colony in Co Wexford during the 2020 breeding season, the National P(...)

A Government campaign to stop Ireland’s beauty spots becoming litter “hot spots” is under way in response to the surge in illegal dumping during the c(...)

The public has been invited to name a white-tailed eagle chick, who is preparing to leave the nest for good. The chick’s mother was one of 100 chicks(...)

A rare tropical seabird that was found on the beach at Greystones, Co Wicklow last week has died after several days in intensive care. The brown boob(...)

At the far end of Dursey island, Co Cork, the choughs are gathering in new families to probe the ground for grubs, stabbing the wind-shorn grass with (...)

Many people had hoped that our new Government, with its Green Party Ministers, might make some immediate gesture, committing to managing our natural h(...)

Dog walkers are set to be banned from parts of Bull Island and Dollymount Strand in north Dublin following “futile” efforts to encourage them to obey (...)

Drones are to be used by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Coillte to combat forest and wild fires at “hot spots” in Dublin, Wicklow (...)