31 August 2014
Bull Wall: Spotted around 10 Black-tailed
Godwit.JD
Black-tailed Godwit at Bull
Wall (Photo by Joe Delaney)
28 August 2014
Rogerstown: 2 Buzzard,1 Red Kite, 200 Black-tailed
Godwit, and 50 Grey Plover, and a ringed Redshank
(details sent to Niall TierneyBWI. LK
Grey Plover and one
Redshank at Rogerstown - taken from Turvey South Hide (Photo by
Liam Kane)
27 August 2014
Sparrowhawk at Merrion
Square South (Photo by Samantha Kondos)
25 August 2014
Victoria Quay, Dublin: 1 Little Egret feeding on
the exposed mud at low tide of the River Liffey.JG
23 August 2014
Little Egret at
Booterstown Nature Reserve (Photo by Joe Delaney)
Juvenile Redshank at
Booterstown Nature Reserve (Photo by Joe Delaney)
22 August 2014
Ruff at Broadmeadows
Estuary (Photo by Ita Martin)
Black Swan at Broadmeadows Estuary (Photo by Ita Martin)
19 August 2014
Spotted Flycatcher at
Rogerstown (Photo by Vincent Hall)
Goldcrest at Rogerstown
(Photo by Vincent Hall)
17 August 2014
A colour ringed
Bar-tailed Godwit, one of several ringed birds visible from the
Wooden Bridge, Dollymount today (Photo by Cian Merne)
14 August 2014
Pickardstown: A 'Kettle' of Buzzards (7) over
Pickardstown @ rear of Dublin Airport.BC
House Martins at Balscaddan,
Howth (Photo by Dave MacPherson)
10 August 2014
Malahide: 2 Kingfishers on the river at Malahide
Estuary today.MH
Booterstown nature
reserve: excellent views of a hunting Sparrowhawk
(fm), Kestrel, Greenshanks, Little Egrets, Wren,
Coots, Moorhens, Robin, Blackbirds, Starlings,
Mute Swan & cygnets, Curlews, Swallows, Dunnock,
Teal, Mallard, Little Grebe, Jackdaws,
Grey Herons, Sanderlings, Dunlin, Bar-tailed
Godwit, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Sandwich
Tern, Woodpigeon and a very obliging Pied Wagtail.
BC
Sandymount Strand @ Merrion gates: Oystercatcher,
Bar-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover, Curlew, Great
Black-backed Gull, Redshank, Common Tern, Herring
Gulls, Pied Wagtail family, Dunlin and Sanderling.
BC
Irishtown nature reserve: walking out as far as Poolbeg
Lighthouse overlooking Dublin Bay with terrific close views of
200+ Turnstone, 250+ Dunlin, 100+ Sanderling,
also Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Great
Black-backed Gull, Herring Gulls, Hooded Crows, Cormorants,
Shags, Black Guillemot, Goldfinch, Linnet,
Collared Dove, Pied Wagtail and Rock Pipit.
We met another birder that sighted an Arctic Skua along the
pier overlooking Sandymount.BC
Dunlin and
Sanderling at Irishtown Nature Reserve (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Turnstone at Irishtown Nature
Reserve (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Common Tern at Sandymount (Photo by
Brian Carruthers)
9 August 2014
Oystercatcher with a large lugworm
at Bull Island (Photo by Inta Kaulina)
5 August 2014
Killester: 27 Long Tailed Tits in the
garden at 7pm.MH
4 August 2014
Bull Island. 3
Common Sandpipers, 3
Greenshank, 2
Dunlin, 2
Teal, 2
Peregrine, 1
Med Gull.EK
Tolka River Valley Park: Morning walk, watched a pair of Buzzards
keeping a close eye on two juveniles been harassed by the Magpies
close to their nesting site, looks like the juvs had yellow tags
on them. BC
Common Sandpiper at Bull
Island (Photo by Edd Kealy)
3 August 2014
Tolka River Valley Park: Out for a walk today along the
Tolka River Valley Park about 3pm - lots of stuff out starting to
feed with lots of juveniles about, amongst them 3 Curlew, Sparrowhawk,
Kingfisher, Bullfinch, Long-tailed Tit and
the biggest Rat that crossed my path EVER . . . made me jump when
sighting it 8ft away. BC
