Ireland’s wintering waterbirds down 40% since mid-1990s

has declined 15 per cent over the past five years and by 40 per cent since the mid-1990s, a study published by BirdWatch Ireland states.

When the surveys began 25 years ago, there were more than 1.2 million waterbirds at wetlands around Ireland but recent data shows just 760,000, a decline of 40 per cent. The little egret was not present in Ireland at all when the Irish Wetland Bird Survey began in 1994 but now there are a minimum of 1,400 counted here annually. Photograph: Cyril Byrne, lead author of the study. “The declines we’re seeing in Ireland are consistent with the global pattern of declines. According to figures published by BirdLife International in 2017, 17 per cent of all waterbird species are considered globally threatened, which is extremely concerning.

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