Dog owners in Kerry are being asked to keep their pets on leads to protect ground-nesting birds such as the curlew.
Tomorrow is World Curlew Day; the bird has seen its breeding population decline by over 90% in the past 30 years.
The Curlew Conservation Programme was established in 2017 by Lyreacrompane native, Dr Barry O'Donoghue of the National Parks & Wildlife Service, with a view to save breeding curlew from complete extinction.
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Dr O'Donoghue's father, Tim is a Curlew Champion with the programme in the Stack's Mountains where there is engagement with farmers and landowners to secure the bird's future:
