BirdWatch Ireland raises red flag over dwindling farmland birds
BirdWatch Ireland has raised concerns that biodiversity measures currently included in Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan do not go far enough to protect Irish farmland birds. This is in light of their dwindling numbers. Oonagh Duggan, the head of advocacy, notes that 16 of Ireland’s farmland bird species are on the group’s red list – which means they are of “highest conservation concern”. Duggan commented last week to the Oireachtas Joint…