31 December 2014
North Dublin: Got my last yearly TICK while out birding on this the last Day of 2014 with Steve Valasek & Paul Lynch on a very wet and dull overcast day here in North Dublin. Birds sighted today...Mute Swan, Brent Geese, Mallards, Teal, Tufted duck,
Ruddy Duck (Irish tick for BC) Red-breasted Mergansers, Cormorants, Shags, Little grebes, Guillemot, Great Black-backed
Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Herring Gulls, Common Gulls, Black-headed gulls, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Coot, Moorhen, Water Rail, Oystercatchers, Lapwings, Ringed Plovers, Sanderlings, Curlews, Redshanks, Turnstones, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, (sat and watched... Two Short-eared Owls), Woodpigeons, Feral pigeon, Collared Doves, Kingfisher, Pied Wagtails, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Robins, Blackbirds, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Redwings, Wrens, Blue
Tits, Jackdaws, Rooks, Hooded Crows, Magpies, Starlings, House Sparrows, Linnets, Yellowhammers.BC
29 December 2014
Reed Buntings at North
Bull Island (Photo by Brian McDonnell)
Red-breasted Merganser at
North Bull Island (Photo by Brian McDonnell)
Greenshank at North Bull
Island (Photo by Brian McDonnell)
28 December 2014
Swords Estuary: On walk along south side of Swords Estuary between Rail line and Broadmeadows
- Mallard, Greenshank, Redshank, Wren,
Great-crested Grebe, Common Buzzard, Greater Scaup,
Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Little Egret,
Brent Goose, Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull,
Turnstone, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, House Sparrow,
Bar-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover, Rook, Great
black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Teal, Lapwing,
Snipe, Stonechat, Mute Swan, Red-breasted Merganser.TC
Greater Scaup (m&f) at Sailing Club on Estuary Road (Photo by Tom Carroll)
25 December 2014
Rogerstown: Female type Merlin on mill wall, a Buzzard on the posts in front of North hide & Bullfinch.AR
20 December 2014
Branch Visit to Bull Island: 2
Common Crane flew north to south over us on the causeway
after 12 noon. Also seen from the causeway were Grey Plover, Greenshank, Redshank, Brent
Geese - several ringed, Dunlin, Shelduck, Pintail,
Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit,- several ringed, Teal,
Curlew, Wigeon, Little Egret, Grey Heron
and Rock Pipit.
Over at the Wooden Bridge: large flock of Knot with
Golden Plover amongst them
and Bar-tailed Godwit. TC
Common Crane
over Bull Island
(Photo by Tom Carroll)
Light-bellied Brent Goose
at Bull Island - Ring Resightings Database: Band details
PXRR 20-12-14 - first ringed 22/3/2014 on Bull Island
(Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Rogerstown: 2
Common Crane, 4
Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk hunting finches.BMcD
Common Crane
over
Rogerstown (Photo by
Brian McDonnell)
Buzzard at Rogerstown (Photo by Brian McDonnell)
17 December 2014
Kimmage: 150 Brent Geese at Sundrive Park (the first Park report
this season).RH
15 December 2014
Tree Sparrows (approx. 50
seen) at Balheary Road dump (Photo by Harry Bailey)
14 December 2014
Phoenix Park: A ringed
leucistic Black-headed Gull.JD (this must be the
regular bird that shows up in the Phoenix Park -
check out our "Ringing" page)
Leucistic Black-headed
Gull walking along the cycle path in the Phoenix Park (Photo by
Joe Delaney)
13 December 2014
Walk between Rush and Swords: Mute Swan, Brent Geese,
Shelduck, Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, Goldeneye, Red-breasted
Merganser, Scaup, Cormorant, Shag, Great-crested Grebe,
Little Grebe, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, Little Egret,
Moorhen, Kestrel, 11 Buzzard, Peregrine, Oystercatcher,
Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Dunlin,
Sanderling, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Greenshank, Redshank,
Turnstone, Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Kingfisher,
Collared Dove, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Rock
Pipit, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Redwing,
Fieldfare, Stonechat, Black Redstart, Wren, Blue
Tit, Great Tit, Jackdaw, Rook, Hooded Crow, Magpie, Starling,
House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Chaffinch,
Bullfinch, Linnet, 9 Yellowhammer in one tree & Reed
Bunting.BC&RH
Black Redstart at Rush
(Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Fieldfare (Photo by Brian
Carruthers)
12 December 2014
Bull Island: Spotted near Causeway - Shoveler
(group of 8 male and female, feeding in shallow water).
Large numbers of Brent Geese, Shelduck,
Redshank. Black-tailed Godwit, and 1 Curlew
managing to blend into the background of dried grass.
Spotted on Strand: Sanderling, Turnstone,
Common Gull and 1 Hooded Crow feeding on shellfish.TC
Female and male Shoveler
at Bull Island (Photo by Tom Carroll)
Hooded Crow at Bull Island
(Photo by Tom Carroll)
Blue Tit at Rogerstown
(Photo by Harry Bailey)
Bulfinch at Rogerstown
(Photo by Harry Bailey)
Linnet at Rogerstown
(Photo by Harry Bailey)
10 December 2014
Blanchardsown: A single
Raven
was feeding with Jackdaws and a Hooded Crow in Whitestown
Avenue, Blanchardstown.DMcC
8 December 2014
Loughshinny, Co. Dublin: 2 Short-eared Owls at Drumanagh
Martello Tower and a Black Redstart.BC
Rogerstown: 2
Common
Crane flew in from the north together at 13:30 and
then headed westward in the direction of the Esso Station at
Blake's Cross. Also a female type Merlin
beside the north hide.AR
Blessington Street Basin: 1 Hooded Merganser - the bird has been in the Basin for a couple of weeks.
There were also the resident Coots, Water Hens, Tufted Ducks,
Wood Ducks, Mute Swans, Black-headed Gulls
and Herring Gulls.FC
Hooded Merganser at
Blessington Street Basin
(Photo by Frances Collins)
7 December 2014
Killester: 1 Grey Wagtail and a female
Blackcap in a Killester garden.MH
Walkinstown: Sparrowhawk eating a pigeon in a Templeville
Road garden.PW
2 December 2014
Rogerstown: 3
Buzzard, 1 female Sparrowhawk and 6 Fieldfare.HB
Buzzard at Rogerstown
(Photo by Harry Bailey)
1 December 2014
Stonechat (m) at Rogerstown
North Hide
(Photo by Brian McDonnell)
