News - National Biodiversity Week

Watching Marine Birds and Mammals on a trip around Dublin’s Lambay and Rockabill Islands – 17th May 2016

The famously private Lambay Island off Dublin’s coast is a biodiversity hot spot. The island boasts the biggest cormorant colony in Ireland and Britain as well as the most significant seal colony on Ireland’s east coast. Rockabill is noted for its internationally important population of Roseate Terns, as well as Read more…

By admin, 10 yearsMay 21, 2015 ago

News

Coastwatch volunteers uncover massive honeycomb reef on South East coast

A one kilometer long honeycomb reef has been reported in the Waterford estuary. Members of Coastwatch Ireland are now working to find out if this honeycomb reef is the biggest of its kind in Europe. A French reef near the town of Saint-Malo in Brittany currently holds the record. The honeycomb reef Read more…

By admin, 10 yearsMay 20, 2015 ago