Bring binoculars, walk quietly, and look up! Here are great places around the island.
Two amazing rocky islands rising from the sea. Home to puffins, gannets, kittiwakes and Manx shearwaters.
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Ireland's first National Bird Sanctuary. A short bus ride from Dublin city centre — perfect for spotting waders, ducks and winter geese.
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Around 250 species recorded here. In winter, thousands of geese and swans gather on the wet meadows.
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An RSPB nature reserve off the north coast — easier to reach than the Skelligs and full of seabirds in summer.
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Ancient oak woods and big lakes. Watch the sky for white-tailed eagles, brought back to Ireland from 2007. The oak woods buzz with songbirds.
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One of the biggest city parks in Europe. Ducks on the ponds, robins in the trees, magpies on the lawns — and a herd of fallow deer too!
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Towering sea cliffs along the wild Atlantic coast. Look for puffins on the grass at the cliff top in summer, with thousands of guillemots and razorbills below.
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The biggest lake on the island of Ireland. Home to swans, ducks, terns and waders all year round.
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Two small islands off the southeast coast — one of Ireland's biggest seabird colonies. In summer the cliffs are packed with gannets, puffins, razorbills and guillemots. Reach Great Saltee by day-boat from Kilmore Quay.
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A grand parkland estate in south Dublin, once the country home of the Le Touche banking family. Free-roaming peacocks call from the trees near the walled garden, mallards paddle on the ponds, and the woodlands are full of garden birds. Free entry, popular with families at weekends.
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A leafy public park right in the middle of Dublin, a five-minute walk from Grafton Street. The big pond has Mandarin Ducks, mallards, mute swans and gulls, and the lawns are always busy with sparrows and pigeons looking for crumbs.
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