Eamonn Meskell News Today

A tracked Irish cuckoo is confirmed to be on Irish soil following a year-long study on migration and habitat pressures.

One of the first Irish cuckoos to be tagged as part of a Cuckoo Tracking Project, has landed home in Killarney National Park

While the cuckoo has been well-studied during the breeding season, very little is known about the routes they take once they head off on migration

One of the first Irish cuckoos tagged as part of a Cuckoo Tracking Project has landed home in Killarney National Park.

TWENTY-four white-tailed eagle chicks have been released around the country, including the Shannon Estuary. The eagle chicks were released as part of an ongoing...

24 White-Tailed Eagle Chicks Released in Ireland for Conservation

Twenty-four white-tailed eagle chicks were released around the country in August – including some in Killarney National Park – as part of an ongoing National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) programme to reintroduce this once extinct species.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has released 24 white-tailed eagle chicks around the country over the past week.

The chicks were released in locations around Lough Derg, the Shannon Estuary and the west of Ireland.

SCANNING Lower Lough Erne recently and picking out some tufted duck, mallard, and coot skulking secretively among the reeds, I imagined the prospect of seeing the magnificent fish-eating bird of prey, the osprey.