Local farmers are taking on farm plans as protection measures.
A Westmeath island has been purchased by the state to protect wading birds.
The 50 acre island on Lough Ree is the home of Curlew, Snipe, and duck species associated with fresh water lakes.
These species are doing particularly bad as they all declined in numbers, more than 80 per cent since the 1980's.
Local farmers are taking on paid farm plans to implement protection measures.
Eoin Murphy Project Manager for breeding waders with the European Innovation Partnership says the main reason for the decrease in numbers is the changing of land:
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