Copeland Islands Birdwatching Camp 2024
Fri 24 May
|Ards and North Down
This was such an amazing experience last year - probably my most favourite Wild Women camp ever! The island is an excellent place for newcomers to birdwatching, so if you are interested in learning about birds or photographing them, then this is the place to be.
Time & Location
24 May 2024, 17:00 – 26 May 2024, 16:00
Ards and North Down, Lighthouse Island, UK
About The Event
The Observatory lies off the County Down coast on Old Lighthouse Island. It is one of the British Bird Observatories and is directed and serviced by the British Trust for Ornithology. Its main aim is the collection of data on migratory and breeding birds, which may be used for their general conservation. It is operated on a part-time basis by local ornithologists.
The most important bird on the island is the Manx Shearwater. Ringing Manx Shearwaters began back in the 1950s when the colony probably contained only a few hundred birds. Over the years, and especially the last twenty, the colony has grown at a remarkable rate until there are now well over two thousand pairs present. Visiting the colony at night when the adult birds come in to feed their young is a very exciting experience. Their weird ‘cackling’ calls fill the air as they fly low over the…