BTO Northern Ireland events
BTO NI hosts a wide variety of public events throughout the year. These range from training courses encouraging participation in our core surveys, to more informal field outings and mentoring, bird identification courses, our annual Seabird Report Launch and annual BTO NI Birdwatchers' Conference. Not all events will be listed on this page!
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August 2024
NI Refresher - Wader ID (Tuesday 27th August, 7pm)
Get ready for the arrival of our wintering waders during this FREE refresher course that will remind you of the fundamentals of wader ID, give some tips on how to grow your knowledge, and lots of practising together to boost your confidence this autumn.
Jemma Davies
Places available
September 2024
Autumn Birding at Lough Beg Nature Reserve
An opportunity to practise wader and waterbird ID, as well as learn more about the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) during this relaxed field outing.Please email Jemma directly to express your interest - jemma.davies [at] bto.org
Jemma Davies
Lough Beg Nature Reserve
67 Ballydermot Road Bellaghy
BT45 8NB
Magherafelt
Contact host organisation
NI Refresher - Waterbird ID (Thursday 19th September, 7pm)
Get ready for the arrival of our wintering waterbirds during this FREE refresher course that will include a recap of how to approach IDing this group of birds, and lots of practising to help boost your confidence this autumn and winter.
Jemma Davies
Places available
Autumn Birding at Washingbay
An opportunity to practise wader and waterbird ID, as well as learn more about the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) during this relaxed field outing.Please email Jemma directly to express your interest - jemma.davies [at] bto.org
Jemma Davies
Washingbay
Ballybeg Road
BT71 5DT
Dungannon
Contact host organisation
October 2024
Autumn Birding at Culmore Country Park
An opportunity to practise wader and waterbird ID, as well as learn more about the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) during this relaxed field outing.Please email Jemma directly to express your interest - jemma.davies [at] bto.org
Jemma Davies
Culmore Country Park
39 Coney Road
BT48 8JP
Derry/Londonderry
Contact host organisation
Autumn Birding in Newcastle
An opportunity to practise wader and waterbird ID, as well as learn more about the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) during this relaxed field outing.Please email Jemma directly to express your interest - jemma.davies [at] bto.org
Jemma Davies
Newcastle
Contact host organisation
November 2024
BTO Northern Ireland Birdwatchers' Conference 2024
A one-day BTO conference with bird-related talks, birdwatching and socialising at Lough Neagh Discovery Centre. Come along to hear about bird research, monitoring and conservation work happening in Northern Ireland and beyond.
BTO Northern Ireland
Lough Neagh Discovery Centre
Oxford Island National Nature Reserve
BT66 6NJ
Craigavon
Places available
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