THANKS TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS  and ADVISERS DURING  March 2016...

   Harry Bailey,  Tom Carroll, Brian Carruthers, Rosemary Doyle, Ger Franck, Michael Harris, Mir Harris, 
Liam Kane, Michael Keating, Cian Merne, Bill Quinn, Dermot McCabe

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31 March 2016

Chiffchaff at Swords (Photo by Harry Bailey)


Greenshank at Baldoyle (Photo by Cian Merne)


Turnstone at Baldoyle (Photo by Cian Merne)


Brent Geese at Baldoyle (Photo by Cian Merne)


Roosting Black-tailed Godwit at Baldoyle (Photo by Cian Merne)



30 March 2016

Buzzard at Swords (Photo by Harry Bailey)



27 March 2016

Sandwich Term at Skerries (Photo by Michael Keating)


5 Male and 2 Female Eider Duck at Skerries (Photo by Michael Keating)


Mandarin Duck at Skerries (Photo by Michael Keating)



26 March 2016

Firecrest at Broadmeadows Estuary (Photo by Michael Keating)



25 March 2016

Firecrest at Broadmeadows Estuary (Photos by Brian Carruthers)





18 March 2016

Tufted Duck at Phoenix Park (Photo by Liam Kane)


Hooded Crow bites Buzzard in Ballymun (Photo by Michael Keating)



Long-tailed Tit at Ballymund (Photo by Michael Keating)


Blue Tit at Ballymund (Photo by Michael Keating)




15 March 2016

Green-winged Teal at Santry River outflow Bull Island (Photo by Tom Carroll)



14 March 2016

Bull Island:  The Reed Marsh at Bull Island is flooded at the moment and today it held; 3 Coot, 2 Moorhen, 2 pairs of Mallard and a Little Grebe. 5 Grey Herons were feeding on frogs.GF

Grey Heron with frog at reed bed of Bull Island (Photo by Ger Franck)



13 March 2016

Phoenix Park:  3 Buzzards making lazy circles in the sky over Farmleigh car park.RD


12 March 2016

Red-breasted Merganser (m) at Rogerstown estuary (Photo by Liam Kane)


Red-breasted Merganser (f) at Rogerstown estuary (Photo by Liam Kane)




10 March 2016

Kingfisher at Swords (Photo by Harry Bailey)





9 March 2016

Bullfinch at Rogerstown (Photo by Harry Bailey)


Coal Tit at Rogerstown (Photo by Harry Bailey)


8 March 2016

Phoenix Park:  This leucistic Black-headed Gull (see below) which I saw today at Chesterfield Avenue, Phoenix Park, was first seen there by me on 3rd Feb 2010. It was ringed in the nest at Lough Corrib on 15 Aug 2008. It has turned up most winters in the Park since.DMcC

Black-headed Gull (leucistic) at Phoenix Park (Photo by Dermot McCabe)



Sparrowhawk at Swords (Photo by Harry Bailey)




7 March 2016

Blackcap and Robin in peaceful co-existence in Howth garden (Photo by Bill Quinn)



6 March 2016

Brent Goose with satelite tagging amongst flock of 100s of Brent at Portmarknock (Photo by Michael Harris)



2 March 2016

Kingfisher at Broadmeadows (Photo by Michael Keating)



Ruff at Broadmeadows (Photo by Michael Keating)

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