30
June 2010
A flock of 16 Swifts flying together at 8pm tonight over
Ballymun.MK
Along the new cycle way from Inchicore to Lucan the following were
seen: Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer, Willow
Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat and
3 Juvenile Long-eared Owls. A great variety so close to the city.IS
29
June 2010
Has anyone seen the almost snow white gull just north of the Bull Island Causeway? It is among the usual group of gulls and easily compared. To my eye it is a 2nd/3rd year immature
Iceland Gull. Good views today (29th) for an hour at 16.30. FT.
26
June 2010
Mucky Duck? No...Juvenile
Dipper in the Dodder (Photo
by Shay Connolly)
25
June 2010
Check out our Gallery for great photo of
a Puffin calling from the Great Saltee Island, Wexford.ED
Also spotted on the Great Saltee Island a male Gannet
greeting a female with the usual peck on the head (check out photo
in the Gallery).KB
23
June 2010
Blue Tit on its first day from its nest, Ballymun
Garden
(Photo
by Jenny Ryan)
22
June 2010
Great sight today at 5.00pm of 4 young Buzzards soaring together over
Silloige Golf Course.MK
Wonderful views of a Swallow feeding its young at Rogerstown.JF
Swallow
feeding young at Rogerstown (Photo
by John Fox)
20
June 2010
St. Annes Park today 1 Kestrel hovering around looking for food for about twenty
minutes and 1 Jay.AD
Jay
at St. Anne's Park (Photo
by Aidan Dunne)
19
June 2010
At Boora Bog, Offaly, Snipe.JF Check out our Gallery for great photo of Snipe drumming.
At Maynooth College North Campus 2 Spotted Flycatchers.SC(photo
below)
Bird of the day from the Tolka June outing to Howth today was a Kestrel
who showed well and hovered long, for all the get a good view and
good photos of it.
Kestrel
at Balscadden, Howth (Photo
by Brendan Shiels)
Spotted
Flycatcher at Maynooth (Photo
by Shay Connolly)
16 June 2010
Oscar and Cian Merne conducted a breeding seabird census along Bray Head
today and the results are as follows:
Fulmars have halved, which is what we're finding elsewhere;
Cormorants and Shags have increased, as have Herring
Gulls.
Kittiwakes are up from 1247 in 2009, Razorbills down from 245,and
Guillemots about the same (1184 in 2009).OM&CM
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Fulmar
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46 sites
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Cormorant
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62 nests
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Shag
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63 nests
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Herring Gull
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10 nests/sites
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Great Black-backed Gull
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1 pair
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Kittiwake
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1473 nests
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Razorbill
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150 individuals
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Guillemot
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1216 individuals
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Black Guillemot
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30 individuals
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Fulmar taking
off at Howth (Photo
by Cian Merne)
Juvenile Dunnock visiting Dublin garden today.JF
Dunnock
- Juvenile (Photo
by John Fox)
14 June 2010
Eider
with chick seen in County Down. ED (See photo in Gallery)
13
June 2010
The Glaucous Gull is still popping up in Bray Harbour, and also out to sea, scavenging from fishing boats as pictured.CM
A Lapwing with 4 chicks in field near Rogerstown hide at pool.
Also 2 Snipe at hide & Buzzards.SC - (pictures
below)
Glaucous
Gull (Photo
by Cian Merne)
Buzzard at Rogerstown (Photo
by Shay Connolly)
Lapwing with Chicks
at Rogerstown (Photo
by Shay Connolly)
12
June 2010
Roving Records Branch outing: 17 Tolka members participated in a fun Bird Atlas Roving Records outing as part of 8 teams covering 10km square
tetrads in County Meath today. Many thanks to Niall Tierney of Birdwatch Ireland for facilitating the outing and showing
us how to enter roving records into the Atlas. The focus of the event was to record evidence of breeding birds. Over 50 species
were seen during the course of the morning. Thanks to all who participated in this very well worthwhile event.
We encourage everyone to enter their roving records into the Bird Atlas especially evidence of breeding birds.
For more information on the Bird Atlas please click here.
Meanwhile...Sighting of an Osprey at Swords Estuary moving north at approx 12.30pm near roundabout/Swans end this afternoon. It was being harrassed by
Gulls before moving north in the Rogerstown direction. BK
1
Black Guillemot under O'Connell Bridge this morning. No sign of the city centre
Peregrine Falcons for some weeks now. LB
Greedy
Greenfinch in Sutton Garden. (Photo
by Cian Merne)
9
June 2010
Nice views had today of a mother Coal-tit feeding her 7 screeching fledgelings in
Santry Demense while a Buzzard soared overhead.MK
7
June 2010
A lovely photo of the Bar-headed Goose at Swords estuary today
taken by one of our younger members, François Mullan.
6
June 2010
At Grand Canal, North of Lock 22 between Rathangan and Kilmeague
County Kildare: 2 Spotted Flycatchers, several Yellowhammers, 2
Cuckoos and numerous Reed Buntings.SO'B
Meanwhile in a Howth garden: Just 4 days after they hatched 1
Blue Tit adult & 3 chicks appeared on the bird feeder today (there appears to have been 1 chick fatality). The Squirrel is also very keen on the peanuts.BQ
Blue
Tits and Red Squirrell in Howth.
(Photos
by Bill Quinn)
4 June 2010
In garden at Porchavodda Co. Carlow there are 2 Spotted Flycatchers in the same nest box that they have used in three previous years.
Also 12 Tree Sparrows in six boxes. Some on second broods and some failed on first brood.
Have been watching the nests and noticed that when chicks are young they are fed insects up
to 12 times an hour but when chicks are within a day or two of fledging they are fed only once or twice an hour and you cannot
see the insects anymore so I think they must be being fed seed pulp.PC
In Cian and
Rachel's Sutton garden the Starling broods are increasing
weekly in Hitchcockian proportions, up to 34 at the
moment.CM
Juvenille
Starlings.
(Photo
by Cian Merne)
3 June 2010
5 Swifts flying around St James Hospital today. MH
2
June 2010
Dipper feeding on the Dodder, under the bridge at Ballsbridge this morning 7.30 am.TD
1
June 2010
Two family scenes from the Grand Canal, Mespil Road. RD
Swan
with 2 of 4 Cygnets.
(Photo
by Rosemary Doyle)
Mallard
family.
(Photo
by Rosemary Doyle)
