April 19, 2021 2:16 pm
As part of a national survey being carried out on the red-billed chough, farmers are encouraged to keep an eye out for this rare bird.
The red-billed chough is probably most familiar to those living along rugged Irish coastlines. It is a scarce bird, associated with coastal fringes from Co. Donegal to Co. Wexford.
‘Totally harmless to livestock and farming activities’
According to the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), there are
fewer than 850 breeding pairs along the coastline from Inishowen in Co. Donegal, to the Saltee Islands off the coast of Co. Wexford. It is a bird associated with western Atlantic coastal grasslands.