Past Events

Walk round Kerdiffstown Park Naas

Discovering Biodiversity at Dusk (Dusk Chorus walk 2025_0522, meet at Main gates South Campus)

One of the outdoor walk events this month is a dawn chorus to Monasterevin. Monasterevin is stacked with bridges. Thanks to the River Barrow and the Grand Canal, the town...

James Crombie captured a once-in-a-lifetime shot of a murmuration of starlings over Lough Ennell, Ireland, forming the perfect shape of a giant bird in flight. The image took the world...

The Birdwatch Ireland Kildare Branch  monthly scheduled talk is not this time about birds, but about the history of deer in Ireland. Mr Joseph Murphy has had a long association...

Lough Boora Discovery Park is a special place in Co. Offaly where many birds can be observed, including the enigmatic and very rare Grey partridge. Recently, Marsh Harrier and Merlin...

Our March outing will be to Broadmeadow Estuary. Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mx9B225L31iqnXky7  

The March monthly scheduled talk will be given by young Irish birder Cian Cardiff.

The monthly scheduled outing (normally the Saturday after the 2nd Thursday of the month) is to a bird rich area namely East Coast Nature reserve, and the Newcastle sea front...

The February monthly scheduled talk (normally on the 2nd Thursday of the month) will be given by Niall Hatch who is "Head of communications and development" at Birdwatch Ireland and is...

January 2025 talk is The role of the Kildare County Council Biodiversity officer in our lives given by Méabh Boylan, the Kildare County Council Biodiversity officer

The November '24 outing is to Cahore march in Wexford, which is right on the coast. Recently there has been an impressive list of birds observed at this location, including,...

Little Terns have nested on the shingle beach at Kilcoole for over 100 years. The Kilcoole Little Tern protection Scheme has been ongoing for the last 34 years. The Little...

Our August outing will be to Sandymount Strand to watch thousands of Common and Arctic terns gather to roost. Meet at the car park closes to Merrion Gates.

Environmental scientist and licensed Bird Ringer, Lorraine Benson, will demonstrate how and explain why we ring birds. Location is a private garden in Naas, and there is room for only...

This month we are delighted to welcome Dr. Paddy Madden who will present a talk on "Nature Blindness: Can it be cured". Paddy worked as a primary school teacher for...

Our July event will be a swift survey. Please note that this is on Friday 12th July at 8:30pm and the meeting point which is Cove & Co (formerly Colourtrend)...

Beavers have been reintroduced to west London for the first time in about 400 years in a bid to improve biodiversity and help mitigate the impact of climate change. The...

Our June walk is a walk along the Royal Canal between Bond Bridge and Jackson Bridge. Meet at Bond Bridge at 3:00pm.

Our talk for June is on the unique identity of the Irish Red Grouse by Grace Walsh and will be held in the Naas Community Library.

Our Biodiversity Week Event will be a talk on the Barn Owl survey by Alan McCarthy. The Barn Own survey in County Kildare will be coordinated by BirdWatch Ireland, and...

We will have the Dawn Chorus walk this year in Monasterevin. Meeting point is at the Monasterevin playground on the R424.

Our talk for May will be a fun evening of bird identification and will be held in the Naas Community Library.

Our dusk chorus walk will be at Coolcarrigan House. Meet at 7:30pm at Coolcarrigan House and Gardens.

Our April outing will be a visit to The Ridge of Capard, Co. Laois. Meeting time is 10:30am at the Ridge of Capard car park. There is a boardwalk on...

Our April talk will be a talk on "Wonders of the Wild" by Éanna Ní Lamhna. Éanna will sign copies of her new book after her talk.

Our March outing will be a visit to Cahore Marsh, Co. Wexford. Meeting time is 10:30am at the parking for Ballinoulart Beach, which is about a 1 hour and 40...

Our March talk will be about the possibilities of reintroducing the wolf into Ireland. Our speaker will be Cóílín MacLochlaínn who is part of the editorial team of the Birdwatch...

The Birdwatch Ireland Kildare Branch outing for February 2024 is to a tried and tested location, namely the North Bull Island, Dublin. This location always delivers an outstanding experience, where...

The Birdwatch Ireland Kildare Branch talk for February 2024 is Called "Close encounters with birds" and will be given by our very own branch chairperson Neil J Bourke. This presentation...

Once again we are in Maynooth for the Scheduled monthly talk where the "Birds of Hungary" will be presented by Lorraine Benson, aided by Phil Dix and Robin Pollard. In...

The Scheduled monthly walk this month is to Newcastle seafront Co. Wicklow, and the East coast nature reserve owned by Birdwatch Ireland. The Newcastle seafront Co. Wicklow, is always an...