Bird Observatory - Britain and Ireland

Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom's first bird observatory was established in 1933 by Ronald Lockley in the Welsh island of Skokholm. This is a list of members of the Bird Observatories Council of Britain and Ireland

  • Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory
  • Calf of Man (Isle of Man)
  • Cape Clear (Ireland)
  • Copeland
  • Dungeness
  • Fair Isle
  • Filey
  • Flamborough
  • Gibraltar Point
  • Holme
  • Isle of May
  • Landguard
  • North Ronaldsay
  • Portland
  • Sandwich Bay
  • Skomer/Skokholm
  • Spurn
  • Walney

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