26 February 2014
Tolka River Valley Park Finglas: On a 2 hour walk in the
afternoon...noted birds spotted were...
circa the Ashtown ponds: a hunting female Sparrowhawk; Goldcrest,
Little Egret, 3 Buzzards, Mute Swan pair, Kingfisher
(flypast), Jay, Cormorant
circa the football pitches: Wrens, Dunnock,
Goldfinches, Linnets, Jackdaws, Rooks,
Hooded Crows, House Sparrows, Chaffinches, Greenfinches,
Great Tits, Blue Tits, Long-tailed Tits, Grey
Wagtail (2), Dipper, Grey Heron (3), Song
Thrush (2), Reed Bunting, Robins, Magpies,
Mallards, Pied Wagtails, Little Grebes, Coots,
Moorhens, Black-headed Gulls, Common Gulls, Herring
Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Blackbirds, Starlings,
Woodpigeons, Collared Doves, Brent Geese
(29), Pheasants (2) and Oystercatchers (7). BC
23 February 2014
Kestrel at Bull Island
(Photo by Brian McDonnell)
22 February 2014
Branch
outing to County Louth Coast:
Dundalk Harbour: 2 Buzzard; 1 Greenshank;
Redshank; Lapwing: Bar and Black-tailed
Godwit; Whimbrel; Teal; Mute Swan; Grey
Heron; and Little Egret.
Giles Quay: Several Great Northern Divers and a few Red-throated
Divers; Razorbill; Brent Geese; Common
Scoter; Oystercatcher; Ringed Plover; Grey Seals
and 1 male Stonechat.
Soldier's Point: Red-breasted Mergansers; Ringed
Plover; Oystercatcher.
Annagassan Harbour: 3 Goldeneye;
1 Great Northern Diver;
Port Oriel: 2 Adult and 1 third winter Iceland Gull;
1 third winter Glaucous Gull.
Glaucous Gull at Port Oriel, County
Louth (Photo by Tom Buckley)
Iceland Gull at Port
Oriel, County Louth (Photo by Tom Buckley)
Ringed Plover at Annagassan
Harbour (Photo by Vincent Hall)
Great Northern Diver at Annagassan Harbour (Photo by Vincent Hall)
Male and Femaily Goldeneye at
Annagassan Harbour (Photo by Vincent
Hall)
Black-tailed Godwit at Soldier's Point (Photo by Tom Buckley)
21 February 2014
Sparrowhawk in Malahide
Garden (Photo by
Ita Martin)
20 February 2014
Broadmeadows: 1 Whooper Swan, 18 Teal, 2 Great
Northern Diver, 4 Goldeneye, 30 Red-breasted
Merganser.CD
19 February 2014
Up to 10 Purple
Sandpipers with Turnstones on seaward side of East Pier, Howth (Photo by
Dave MacPherson)
Purple Sandpiper at Howth (Photo by Dave MacPherson)
Greenfinch - a rare visitor to this Clontarf Garden (Photo by Dave
MacPherson)
Phoenix Park: 20 Tufted Duck in small lake in the
grounds of Farmleigh.LK
Robin at Farmleigh (Photo by
Liam Kane)
Male Redpoll in Malahide Garden (Photo by
Ita Martin)
15 February 2014
Siskin in Malahide Garden (Photo by
Ita Martin)
14 February 2014
Stillorgan: Back in December, I counted 39 Goldfinches
on my nyjer feeders which I think was a record for my garden. It
was surpassed today by 40 Linnets at the same feeders!!MC
Linnets in Stillorgan Garden
(Photo by Manus Curran)
39 Goldfinch in Stillorgan Garden (Photo by Manus Curran)
11 February 2014
Rathgar: 37 Redwing seen at Kenilworth Square.DF
One of 37 Redwing at
Kenilworth Square (Photo by Des Fay)
Great Northern Diver at Dun
Laoghaire Marina (Photo by James Cavanagh)
9 February 2014
Rogerstown Estuary/Turvey Park: Birds seen today by
Brian Hamilton, Liam Feeney, Thomas Kavanagh, Adrian Rooney with
myself, apart from the usual fare around Rogerstown Estuary/Turvey
Park while I was on hide duty: Sparrowhawk
(fm), Peregrine putting on a good show for all to see, a
pair of Kestrels, ringtail Hen Harrier, 6 Buzzards
in the air together and 2 Red Kites apart from each
other.
Afterwards I took a walk around Broadmeadows Estuary: spotting a
female Kingfisher at the outflow under the M1 flyover and a
Whooper Swan among the Mutes, Goldeneye, Red-breasted
Mergansers & Great-crested Grebes in winter
plumage.BC
Dun Laoghaire Harbour at 8.30 a.m.: Black-throated Diver;
Great Northern Diver; Red-throated Diver; Little
Gull; 285 Shags; and 150 Cormorant.SH
8 February 2014
Snow Bunting at Bull Island (Photo by
Ita Martin)
Turnstone at Bull Island (Photo by
Ita Martin)
Lapwing at Swords (Photo by
Des Fay)
Red-breasted Merganser (male) at Swords (Photo by Des Fay)
Red-breasted Merganser (female) at Swords (Photo by Des Fay)
7 February 2014
Bohernabreena/Glenasmole: 12 Ravens, 3 Buzzards,
Sparrowhawk and 2 Jays below the first lake.PV
Wigeon at Ringsend (Photo by
Des Fay)
Kestrel at Bull Island (Photo by
Vincent Hall)
Goldfinch in Glasnevin Garden (Photo by
Vincent Hall)
Note the different colour
caps between the male Blackcap here and the female Blackcap in
James's photo of the 5th Feb.
Male Blackcap in Glasnevin Garden (Photo by
Vincent Hall)
5 February 2014
Dun Laoghaire: Approximately 500 Black Guillemots
inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour this afternoon.JC
Female Blackcap in Dun
Laoghaire Garden (Photo by James Cavanagh)
4 February 2014
Stock Dove at St. Anne's
Park, Clontarf (Photo by Ger Franck)