Bird Watching Weekend Staycations

Kurooi

I'm looking for ideas, specific places where I could spend a night or two and find different birds. Actually all sorts of wildlife would be welcome!

So far I'm thinking:

-Lough Rea Hotel & Spa -https://www.birdguides.com/sites/europe/britain-ireland/ireland/republic-of-ireland/galway/lough-rea/

-Lough Ree - https://birdwatchireland.ie/event/lough-ree-a-wildlife-wonderland/

-Glamping pods on Rathlin Island - https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/rathlin-island/

-Lough Neagh (I think south of the lake?) https://www.birdwatchingireland.com/bird-watching-lough-neagh

But I would welcome some suggestions and in particular spots that are not too hard to get to (I'm based in Dublin) and good accomodation nearby.

gzoladz

I went a few times to the Midlands to look for Pine Marten.. and picked up a few other species in the process.

Slieve Bloom Mountains area is great too although accommodation options are limited.

Kurooi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119451175#Comment_119451175

Looks amazing, never heard of the place! I think between the combination of car and bike I could make it. Thank you.

phater phagan

Hello - not sure if anyone is posting on this thread, but if so maybe I could have some advice on where to buy decals to stop birds from flying into my window. A number of them have died and I'd like to prevent that.

Thanks

x567

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121494697#Comment_121494697

You’d likely get more responses on the ‘Nature & Bird Watching’ thread (under hobbies etc I think).

I’ve bought them from Vivara (on line). Not perfect - still some casualties - but better than without them. What made a bigger difference was moving feeders further away; and moving one to hang six inches from the worst window.

Whilst distressing to see the odd dead bird at home (my first swallow of one summer was a dead one in front of plate glass), this is a much bigger issue with office towers in cities on bird migration routes. Literally millions killed each year…

x567

Apologies - thought this was in a different thread when I first saw it…

Kurooi

Well, I for one don't mind. Didn't know about that site looks very useful.

x567

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121500600#Comment_121500600

As I was saying….

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/27/birds-buildings-collisions-architecture

There’s a link towards the end of the article to an American Bird Conservacy site with loads of products to deter collisions. Probably not too much use in an Irish domestic context, but interesting nonetheless.