This evening Tuesday the 3rd of March 2020 at 8pm, Breffni Martin will give an illustrated talk on Irish Shorebirds at the Spirit Store upstairs.
Entry is free and all are welcome!
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Friday, January 31, 2020
Cooley Mountains 2019
Derek Watters, well know local mountaineer, guide and wildlife observer will give an illustrated talk on the Cooley mountains at 8:00 pm on Tuesday the 4th of February 2020 upstairs in the Spirit Store. The talk will cover a review of 2019 including updates of breeding birds and a visit by the British and Irish Botanical Society and what they discovered.
Entry is free and all are welcome!
Breffni
Buzzard being harried by a raven, Cooley mountains
Entry is free and all are welcome!
Breffni
Buzzard being harried by a raven, Cooley mountains
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Autumn Schedule 2019
3rd September 2019
Bird in an Age of Extinction - talk by Breffni Martin
1st October 2019
Birds of Lough Ree - Coilin McLoughlin
5th November 2019
Wildlife Crime in Ireland - Superintendent Walker
7th December 2019
Climate Change - Impacts on Ireland - Prof John Sweeney
All talks take place in the Spirit Store, Dundalk Docks upstairs.
For details contact Breffni 0879145363
Bird in an Age of Extinction - talk by Breffni Martin
1st October 2019
Birds of Lough Ree - Coilin McLoughlin
5th November 2019
Wildlife Crime in Ireland - Superintendent Walker
7th December 2019
Climate Change - Impacts on Ireland - Prof John Sweeney
All talks take place in the Spirit Store, Dundalk Docks upstairs.
For details contact Breffni 0879145363
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Bird in an Age of Extinction - talk by Breffni Martin
Spotted flycatchers have declined 87% since 1970
On Tuesday
3rd September 2019 at 8pm upstairs in the Spirit Store Dundalk
Docks, Breffni Martin will give an illustrated talk entitled Birds in an Age of
Extinction.
About 2%
of birds have gone extinct over the last few hundred years, and about a further 12% are under threat; about 22% of
mammals and a staggering 33% of amphibians. This is between 100 and 10,000
times the background rate of extinction and tells us that we are currently
living in an age of extinction. How great it will turn out to be depends on
many factors. While birds have performed relatively well compared with other
taxons, but up to 30% of what’s left are threatened. For example spotted
flycatchers used to be common but have declined 72% in the last 20 years. The
talk will cover how this came about and what is likely to happen over the next
few decades.
Entry is
free and all are welcome!
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Dawn Chorus 2019
We will meet at the car park at the Ballymascanlon Hotel at 5am and walk the perimeter starting towards the west and looping around the dolmen and back down along the river. All are welcome See you there! Breffni
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Schedule 2017 - 2018
Monday 6 November 2017
Rare and scarce birds on Cape Clear Island, by Peter
Philips. The Spirit Store, Dundalk, 8.00pm.
Monday 4 December 2017
Ireland’s woodpeckers, by Declan Murphy. The Spirit
Store, Dundalk, 8.00pm.
Monday 1 January 2018
The ecology, birds, and habitats of Dundalk Bay, by
Breffni Martin. The Spirit Store, Dundalk, 8.00pm.
Monday 5 February 2018
Peregrine Falcons, by Jen Lynch. The Spirit Store,
Dundalk, 8.00pm.
Monday 5 March 2018
Our mysterious moths, by Don Hodgers. The Spirit Store,
Dundalk, 8.00pm.
Sunday, October 1, 2017
A Ramble through the Cooley Mountains
Tomorrow, Monday 2nd October at 8pm, Derek Watters will give
an illustrated talk entitled A Ramble through the Cooley Mountains upstairs in
the Spirit Store, Dundalk Docks, Dundalk.
Derek is an experienced mountaineer and guide and has
expertise in the mountain’s natural history and wildlife including birds,
mammals and wild flowers, as well as walks, tracks and conservation. It
promises to be a very entertaining talk.
Entry is free and all are welcome!
Breffni
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