Since the first lockdown last year, more people than ever have been listening to birds singing. Identifying those birds through their songs and learning more about them can lead us to better understand how we can help conserve their species - and ours!.

Joe Lennon is Chairman of the BirdWatch Ireland Wicklow Branch. He is a skilled fieldwork volunteer with the Countryside Bird Survey and the Irish Wetland Bird Survey (I-WeBS), both jointly run by BirdWatch Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Joe first started watching birds in his native County Louth when he was nine years old and has had a lifelong interest in nature and conservation.