30 April 2013
Saw this rather scruffy Reed
Bunting today near Baily Lighthouse (Photo by Bill Quinn)
29 April 2013
Guillemot in summer plumage at
Howth east pier (Photo by Eugene Dolan)
Gannet diving for fish near Bull
Wall on city side (Photo by Dave MacPherson)
Successful catch
(Photo by Dave MacPherson)
28 April 2013
Knock Lake: Purple Heron seen on sunday at
10.40am on NE corner of Knock Lake. Initially flew up when
disturbed, and landed a short distance away giving good views,
then took off and flew NE towards motorway. Sand Martins,
House Martins, Swallows, Willow Warblers, Reed
Bunting and Yellowhammer also present (but they're all
just a blur now after the Purple Heron!)BBG
Bull Island: 1 Whitethroat on Bull Island this morning
singing in scrub behind the Royal Dublin clubhouse.TD
Whitethroat at Bull Island
(Photo by Tom Doyle)
27 April 2013
Tolka outing to Slieve Beagh Monaghan: Meadow Pipit,
Wheatear, Skylark, Reed Bunting, Wren, Hen Harrier (m&f),
Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Swallow, Buzzard, Kestrel, Raven, Hooded
Crow.
26 April 2013
Baldoyle: Good day for raptors over at the Old Racecourse in
Baldoyle. 2 Buzzards, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk
and 3 Red Kites. First time I've seen Red Kites in
Baldoyle.EK
UCD Belfield at 10.20am: 2 Ravens. One picked apart a
nest next to the Arts building, undeterred by mobbing Magpies
and Hooded Crows, possibly looking for eggs to eat. They
flew off after 10 minutes and a Hooded Crow examined the attacked
nest, I thought it looked like it was glugging down egg remnants,
but not sure. One of the Ravens returned and sat on top of Arts
building for a while.SMcN
Male Redpoll in Kilbarrack
Garden (Photo by Cian Merne)
Female Redpoll in Kilbarrack Garden
(Photo by Cian Merne)
25 April 2013
Bull Island: 12 Skylarks on the North Bull. Lots of Brent
still about on the Bull, and quiet a few Whimbrel.LK
Skylark at the Bull (Photo by Liam
Kane)
24 April 2013
Arran Quay: Peregrine at 9:30 this morning over
the Liffey at Arran Quay.AR
23 April 2013
Wheatear near Baily Lighthouse,
Howth (Photo by Bill Quinn)
Meadow Pipit near Baily
Lighthouse, Howth (Photo by Bill Quinn)
22 April 2013
Lucan: Eastern Jackdaw at Esker Cemetery, Lucan this
evening.JG
Eastern Jackdaw (Photo by
Joe Geraty)
21 April 2013
Broadmeadows & Kilcrea: excellent views of the
following . . . . Redshanks & Greenshanks, Mute
Swans, Black-tailed & Bar-tailed Godwits, Oystercatchers,
Willow Warblers & Chiffchaffs, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk,
Peregrine, Red Kite (Red/Yellow 52), 2 Common
Sandpipers, Cormorants, Little Grebes, Great
Crested Grebes courtship display, Kingfisher pair, Turnstones,
Brent geese.BC
Kingfisher (one of a pair)
at Broadmeadows (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Red Kite at Broadmeadows
(Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Black-tailed Godwit in
Summer plumage at Broadmeadows (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Willow Warbler at Broadmeadows (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Santry Woods: 6 Chiffchaffs plus male &
female Blackcaps at Santry Woods today.BMcD
North Bull Island: Wheatear & Meadow Pipit.BMcD
Chiffchaff at Santry Woods
(Photo by Brian McDonnell)
Redshanks fighting at
Broadmeadows estuary (Photo by Ita Martin)
Redshank holding
opponent underwater - they both live to fight another day (Photo
by Ita Martin)
20 April 2013
Turnstone in summer plumage
at Bray Harbour (Photo by Cian Merne)
19 April 2013
Inchicore: A Kestrel high over Inchicore Road.AR
Lucan: Red-breasted
Flycatcher at Lucan Village this evening.JG
Kilbarrack: 9 Waxwings have been hanging around
outside the Dennis Mahony Garage on the Kilbarrack Rd. for the
last week. 6 Willow Warblers, 8 Chiffchaffs
same location.EK
Waxwing at Kilbarrack Road
(Photo by Edd Kealy)
Waxwing at Kilbarrack
Road (Photo by Edd Kealy)
Male Linnet near to the
Baily Lighthouse, Howth (Photo by Bill Quinn)
Wheatear near to the
Baily Lighthouse, Howth (Photo by Bill Quinn)
A Little Egret displaying its plumes on the Bull Island (Photo by
Ger Franck)
DID YOU KNOW?...It was the slaughter of millions of Egrets
throughout Europe to satisfy the demands of 19th Century fashion
that helped lead to the foundation in 1889 of The Society for the
Protection of Birds. Fifteen years later the organization received
a royal warrant and became The RSPB of today.GF
17 April 2013
Corkaigh Park, Clondalkin: Large
numbers of Swallows approx 150 birds, good numbers of Sand
Martins and a handful of House Martins. Good numbers of
Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs - no Blackcaps as
yet!! Swallows only arrived in the last couple of days.DdeB
Jay at Phoenix Park (Photo by Liam Kane)
15 April 2013
Phoenix Park: 6.45am took an early morning walk in looking for
the Woodpecker with our mutt around Oldtown Wood, down through the
Glen and around the rear of the OSI building. My first sighting
was of a Jay harassing a Sparrowhawk through the
woods. While walking across the 'Model Airfield' spotted a House
Martin flying low. Walking through the Glen I had the usual
fare, including 3 Little Grebes, 4 Treecreepers, 5 Chiffchaffs
and at least 6 Swallows dipping in the Glen lake. With my
last good sighting been a Jay pair at the rear of the OSI
building. Sadly, not a sighting or drum note of the Woodpeckers.BC
14 April 2013
Bull Island: 1 Swallow and a Jack Snipe
from the dunes at the causeway Bull Island.MH
Baldoyle: 2 Swallows over Baldoyle today.CM
Broadmeadows: a single Artic Tern with large number of Black-headed
Gulls. (said Gulls now departed from Blessington Basin)
Plenty of Swallows and a few House Martins present.PV
13 April 2013
Bull Island: 1 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 7 Whimbrel
- mudflats/salt marsh north of wooden causeway.BBG
12 April 2013
Phoenix Park: A Buzzard over the grounds of Áras
an Uachtaráin at 1pm.AR
Naul: At last we had 2 Swallows at Naul today.JC
Red-breasted Merganser
(m&f) at Clontarf (Photo by Dave MacPherson)
Grey Heron with lunch at
Botanic Gardens (Photo by Harry Bailey)
9 April 2013
Bull Island: 7 Wheatears, 8 Red-breasted
Mergansers, 1 Jack Snipe.EK
7 April 2013
An early morning trip around North Dublin Coastline: 9 Black
Guillemots, 4 Guillemots, 5 Sandwich Terns, 6 Purple
Sandpiper, 3 Gannets, and 3 Fulmer at
Howth; 1 Peregrine over Ireland's
Eye; 2 Eider Duck (pair) at
Skerries; 2 Red Kite at Rivermeade Village,
Nt.Co.Dublin.BC,SC & JFields
Eider Duck (f&m) at
Skerries (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Purple Sandpiper at Howth (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Mandarin Duck (m & f)
seen on the Dodder River near Miltown (Photo by James Cavanagh)
Dunnock in Sandycove garden (Photo by Eugene Dolan)
6 April 2013
Raheny: I sighted a Buzzard in St Anne's Park,
Raheny. It was flying within a heavily wooded area.RF
5 April 2013
Blackcap (male) in
Finglas garden (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
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Blackcap (male) feeding on homemade bird cake
in Finglas garden |
Grey Heron at
the Botanic Gardens (Photo by Eugene Dolan) |
(Photo by Brian Carruthers) |
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4 April 2013
Castleknock: 2 Buzzards over Travelodge at
Castleknock, at 17:15pm.AR
Black-tailed Godwits having a bit
of an altercation Swords (Photos by Dave MacPherson)
Still fighting or...making up?
2 April 2013
Stonechat at Bull Island (Photo by
Ger Franck)
Goldcrest at Rogerstown (Photo
by Harry Bailey)
Fieldfare at Rogerstown (Photo by Harry Bailey)
Bullfinch at Rogerstown (Photo by Harry Bailey)
1 April 2013
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page...
Identifying Chiffchaff &
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff in Howth garden (Photos
by Anthony Maher)
Rogerstown
South: 3 Red Kites, female Sparrowhawk with
prey, a Kestrel, a Peregrine, ringtail Hen
Harrier & 5/6 Buzzards. Also a Buzzard
on M50 at Ballymun exit.AR
BIRD STRIKE
at Balbriggan (Photos by Phil Curtis) - Sparrowhawk - v -
Starling
Red Kite at Turvey (Photo by
John Fields)
Buzzard at Turvey (Photo by
John Fields)