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17th December 2019
Christmas Greetings and holiday arrangements
We send sincere Christmas Greetings to all our customers and supporters who visited our website through 2019.
Last date for pre-Christmas orders is Thursday 19th December 6pm, for pick up by Fastway couriers on Friday 20th December.
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16th September 2019
Ashford Honey Festival, enjoying the buzz.
The third Ashford Honey Festival took place on Saturday, 21st September in the Seamus Heaney Community Centre, Ashford, Co Wicklow. www.wicklowbees.com
Eanna Ní Lamhna enjoys the festival with the Irish Garden Birds team
It was a fun event with plenty of activities for young and not…
10th September 2019
Birds on a Wire
Two Juvenile Swallows (c. Oran O’Sullivan)
After a reasonable summer, the telegraph wires are beginning to fill up with chattering Swallows and Martins: I certainly get the impression that the move south is on, or coming soon. Apart from the communal exchange of information, Swallows…
26th July 2019
House Martins, master builders?
House Martins gather up mud (c.Oran O’Sullivan)
Summer showers, heavy but not too prolonged, are ideal weather conditions in an otherwise dry, hot summer for two of our summer visitors. Swallow and House Martin rely on a steady supply of mud to construct and maintain…
8th January 2019
How to bird watch in the garden in winter
Even a small suburban garden can host 25-30 species of birds in winter
Irish Times, Sat, Oct 14, 2017
Fionnuala Fallon
‘Long-tailed tits feeding from a bird feeder in an Irish garden. Photograph: Oran O’Sullivan
The first time I spotted a woodpecker feeding from a peanut feeder in…
31st May 2018
The ABC project
When Brian O’Reilly, the Rector of St. Saviours Church, Rathdrum approached local resident Oran O’Sullivan with an idea to improve matters for local wildlife, it seemed a natural thing to do.
Walking around the Main Street of the village, you can’t but notice that Swifts…
8th May 2018
Celebrating Swifts
Celebrating Swifts seems the natural thing to do in this long hot summer.
A few years ago, sitting on a hot veranda in a small village of the Languedoc region of France, I was entertained by the sight and sounds of squadrons of Swifts,…
19th April 2018
Dusk Chorus woodland walk, Thursday 3rd May 2018
Join us on a dusk chorus woodland walk in Ballyteigue Woods near Rathdrum, county Wicklow. Meet at the forestry barrier, entrance to Wheeler’s Lane at 19.30, Thursday 3rd May. This event is free and is run in conjunction with Ballintombay Pure Mile Group. As…
18th April 2018
Interview
Donal O’Donoghue of the RTE Guide interviews Oran O’Sullivan, co-author of Ireland’s Garden Birds and principal of Irish Garden Birds.ie
First published in 2008, Ireland’s Garden Birds has become a bible for birdwatchers and bird lovers across the land. Co-written by Oran O’Sullivan and Jim Wilson, long-time colleagues and…
