Celebrating Bilberry Sunday with RSPB NI’s Peatland Team

What better way to spend a weekend than setting off across the heather on a summer Sunday, basket in hand, in search of bilberries. On the last Sunday of July, volunteers and local communities were invited for a special ‘Bog Walk & Bilberry Forage’ for Fraughan Sunday. It was an afternoon filled with fresh air […]

Curlew Chicks Returned to Fermanagh Following Wildfire Rescue

Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata, chick walking on track, Orkney Islands, Scotland, June 2025

Rescued Curlew chicks have been successfully released back into their natural habitat following a dramatic intervention when their nest was impacted by a major wildfire in Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh. The site at Brookeborough, is monitored by the Sliabh Beagh Curlew Conservation Trust (SBCCT) & RSPB Northern Ireland through PeacePlus Nature, a project supported by PEACEPLUS, […]