Date Range
Date Range
Date Range
Monday, 7 August 2017. Not a Shingle Warden Left. and all the Little Tern Conservation Project team. Friday, 28 July 2017. Living Life On The Fledge Vol.
Breeding plumage adult Med Gull. The number of post-breeding Mediterranean Gulls found in Ireland begins to build at well-known staging sites such as South Dublin Bay and Cork Harbour from June onward with peak counts often recorded from late July to mid August.
Wednesday, 12 August 2015. Things are certainly on the move with migrating birds passing through and gulls returning to their wintering sites. We have had several reports of continental birds already back at Whitehouse Lagoon, Belfast Lough and at Antrim, Lough Neagh. A couple of weeks back, Cameron Moore got lucky and he photographed several colour-ringed Sandwich Terns at Whitehead, Belfast Lough.
Mute Swan Census - Phase 2. Cygnets at Corkagh Park at 12 weeks. Stretching of wings first observed at 3 lolcation all at 12 weeks. Sharp eyed followers of the blog will notice I have added 3 broods to the data base whose nests were never discovered. At the Star Dust Memorial Park in Coolock, and on the Tolka River at Drumcondra and Fairview swans turned up with cygnets! Saturday, 1 August 2015.
Pelagic working voyages interspersed with local patch and occasional twitch birding news. Sunday, 16 August 2015. A good week for boobies- although only observed in low numbers, this juvenile red footed booby. Makes it three species in 5 days. I have also had a brief visit from a bottlenose dolphin. And a distant frigate bird sp.
Fishing in the canal with Millie and Olly. Sunday, 9 August 2015. Camping and fireworks at the Sheardowns. The last of the wonky willow has gone. Monday, 3 August 2015. Sunday, 2 August 2015. Up in the woods again. Wednesday, 29 July 2015. Fishing in the canal with Millie and Olly. Camping and fireworks at the Sheardowns. Up in the woods again.
Saturday, April 19, 2014. Superb birding courtesy of Cost Rica Gateway. 519 species seen and around 335 photographed. Sunday, December 29, 2013. Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Twelve birds with big bills at Holt CP. Saturday, October 12, 2013. Thursday, September 26, 2013. Sunday, September 22, 2013. This little gem was first foun.
Finding birds and beauty close to home. Thursday, August 13, 2015. The sky is pink but the birding is slow. Moving into August in south Florida, the dog days of summer have taken hold. If only to get exercise, Mary Lou and I set out into the local wetlands most mornings before sunrise.