VISITORS to one of Cork’s most iconic nature sites have been warned not to touch sick or dead wild birds at the popular Lough Wildlife sanctuary following an outbreak of avian influenza. Cork City ...

Cork City Council said the virus, known as bird flu, is circulating among wild birds at The Lough, a freshwater lake between ...

Follow the story of a pine marten as she takes us on a journey through a landscape of grey stone called the Burren, home to some of Ireland’s most enchanting wildlife. Ireland is renowned worldwide ...

Cork City Council has indicated that bird flu has been detected following tests on a number of birds which were found dead at ...

People visiting The Lough amenity in Cork city have been advised to avoid contact with sick or dead wild birds they might ...

Rare wild pigeons extinct in most of the world have been discovered living in remote parts of Scotland and Ireland. Researchers have found the rock dove, also known as the rock pigeon, living on ...

Tests for the disease on a number of birds which were found dead at the sanctuary proved conclusive for the highly pathogenic ...

One hundred and twenty-five years ago this year, a seminal book was published with the simple title The Birds of Ireland. Its authors, Richard J Ussher and Robert Warren, had produced the first ...

DNA testing reveals that the wild ancestors of the common domestic and feral pigeons, now extinct in many parts of the world, are still living on islands in Scotland and Ireland. Researchers led by ...

See the spectacular wildlife of The Burren in Ireland through the eyes of a pine marten. Follow the story of a pine marten as she takes us on a journey through a landscape of grey stone called the ...