Calling all birdwatchers! Our Ornithologists have picked their favourite spots in each county across Ireland for summer bird-watching. From resident favorites to exciting migrants, there’s something for everyone. So grab your binoculars and get ready for an adventure!
| County | Location | This location is good for spotting… |
| Antrim | Rathlin Island | Corncrake, Puffin, Kittiwake, Gannet, Razorbill and Guillemot |
| Clare | Mounthshannon Harbour | White-Tailed Eagle (Holy Island) |
| Cork | Harpers Island Wetlands | Nesting Sand Martin Wall |
| Cork | Glengarriff and Garinish Island | White-tailed Eagle |
| Donegal | Tory Island | Corncrake, Puffin and Breeding Waders |
| Donegal | Inch Wetland Reserve | Colony of Sandwich Tern and Black-headed Gulls |
| Donegal | Blanket Nook | Swallows, House Martins, common terns and swifts, Great Spotted Woodpecker or Kingfisher, and Yellowhammer |
| Dublin | Ireland’s Eye | Cormorant, Herring Gull, Kittiwake, Gannet, Guillemot, and Razorbill |
| Dublin | Rogerstown Estuary and Turvey Nature Reserve | Various |
| Dublin | Dalkey Island | Arctic Tern, Breeding Gulls and Oystercatchers |
| Galway | Lough Derg (Portumna) | White-Tailed Eagle |
| Galway | Inisbofin | Corncrake |
| Kerry | View from Castlegregory to Maherees Islands | Common, Arctic, Little and Sandwich Terns |
| Kildare | Pollardstown Fen | Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Water Rail, Snipe, Little Grebe, Kestrel, and Buzzard |
| Louth | Lurgangreen (Dundalk Bay) | Common Sandpiper, Terns, Wheatear, Gulls, and Osprey (regularly occurring, but not breeding) |
| Mayo | Annagh Marsh, Belmullet | Red-necked Phalarope and Lapwing |
| Offaly | Lough Boora | Grey Partridge, Breeding Waders e.g. Lapwing |
| Waterford | Ardmore Cliff Walk | Kittiwake Colony, Chough, Kestrel and occasionally Peregrine |
| Wexford | Great Saltee | Gannet, Puffin and Manx Shearwater, Razorbill, Guillemot, Kittiwake, Shag, Great Black-backed Gull and Fulmar |
| Wexford | Our Lady’s Island Lake | Roseate Tern, Sandwich Tern, Arctic Tern, Common Tern and Mediterranean Gull and Black-headed Gull |
| Wicklow | Kilcoole | Little Tern Colony |
| Wicklow | Avoca | Red Kite |
| Wicklow | East Coast Nature Reserve | Roseate Tern, Sandwich Tern, Arctic Tern, Common Tern Mediterranean Gull and Black-headed Gull |
| Wicklow | Wicklow Mountains | Peregrine, Merlin, Red Grouse, Great Spotted Woodpecker |
| Wicklow | Vale of Clara | Wood Warbler, Goosander and Great Spotted Woodpecker |