31 March 2014
Raheny: 2 Jays in St. Anne's Park this morning.GF
One of two Jays in St.
Anne's Park, Raheny (Photo by Ger Franck)
30 March 2014
Curlew getting crab at
Sutton Creek (Photo by Bill Quinn)
28 March 2014
Clontarf: 1 Lesser Whitethroat on Conquer Hill
Road, Clontarf. Last seen flying into a big grove of trees in the
green belt, up the lane between Kingcora Road and the cul de sac
part of Conquer Hill Road.PC
Bull Island: 3 Long-tailed Duck in Sutton Creek, Bull
Island today at 4p.m. JF
3 Long-tailed
Duck at Sutton Creek (Photos by John Fox)
27 March 2014
Ranelagh: About
two hundred Brent Geese flying in v-formation down the
Grand Canal this morning about 9am - practising for their upcoming
migration.ND
26 March 2014
Mandarin (male) on the
Dodder in Rathfarnham (Photo by Des Fay)
Mandarin (female) on the
Dodder in Rathfarnham (Photo by Des Fay)
25 March 2014
Shag in courtship
plumage at entrance to Howth Harbour (Photos by Bill Quinn)
22 March 2014
Tolka Branch outing to Kilcoole: 22 birders and a
dog defied the weather forecast for inclement weather and were
rewarded with sunshine in Kilcoole this morning. We
were treated to sights of a typical flighty and fidgety Chiffchaff
and a male Bullfinch and a Goldcrest at in the Alder
Trees to the right of the car park. Also in that area
were: Blue Tits, Blackbirds, Goldfinch, Robin, and
a Water Rail and Wren were heard but not
seen. As we made our way along the sea front looking
across the railway tracks we spotted 4 Tree Sparrows
sunning themselves at the top of the gorse hedges. In the
smaller ponds were a few Teal and 2 Mute Swans and a
Little Grebe. Further along in the larger ponds were
17 Whooper Swan, lots more Teal, a Little Egret, 80 Greylag
Geese, 200 Brent Geese. We got good views of a
male Stonechat and 2 Reed Bunting, while behind us a
Red-throated Diver flew by, keeping low to the
sea. There were the odd few Lapwing making
great displays of courtship, while a flock of Golden Plover
kept to the business of feeding and ignoring the solitary Grey
Plover in their midst. Several Shelduck and Widgeon
and a couple of Little Grebe occupied the left edge of the
large pond. Nearer to the bridge in the mudflats was a hive
of activity with 4 Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Redshank,
Ringed Plover and Oystercatcher drilling away at the
mud. Beyond the railway bridge a perched-upon-a-fence-post
Cormorant kept the group puzzled for a while. The Cormorant
had an unually large expanse of white plumage on its head, which
is indicates it was an adult male Cormorant in breeding plumage. Sea-ward were a couple of
Gannet in the far distance, and the
Red-throated Diver right in at the shore line. Across the
fields were 4 Pheasants and one could be heard calling
nearby on our return to the car park. Back to the cars for tea
just in time before the hail shower.RD
21 March 2014
Black-tailed Godwit in
breeding plumage at North Bull Island (Photo by Liam Kane)
Grey Wagtail at
Broadmeadows Estuary (Photo by Ita Martin)
White-cheeked Pintail at
the People's Park pond in Phoenix Park (Photo by Dermot O'Mahony)
Kingfisher at
Broadmeadows Estuary (Photo by Ita Martin)
20 March 2014
Male Sparrowhawk with
kill (Goldfinch) in Malahide Garden (Photo by Ita Martin)
Male Sparrowhawk in Malahide Garden (Photo by Ita Martin)
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17 March 2014
Wren with very dark
underparts at Howth (Photo by Ger Franck)
15 March 2014
Finglas, Tolka River Valley Park at 7a.m.: A small
kettle of Buzzards sailing high in the wind heading south
from Elmgreen towards Ashtown side of Phoenix Park, 2 Kingfishers
- one @ the Marsh east of RATOATH ROAD Bridge other @ the metal
foot bridge west of RATOATH ROAD Bridge; a pair of loving Mandarin
Duck just west of the metal foot bridge; a single Chiffchaff
(first of the year) foraging through the undergrowth and calling
just west of the metal foot bridge.BC
Camera-shy Chiffchaff at
Tolka River Valley Park (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Rush Harbour @ 12 Noon, spotted my first Wheatear of the
year on the harbour wall beside Tower Road.BC
Greenshank
at Sutton Strand (Photo by Cian Merne)
Redshank at Sutton Strand (Photo by Cian Merne)
Oystercatcher at Sutton Strand (Photo by Cian Merne)
12 March 2014
Brent
Geese in flight over Blackrock (Photo by James Cavanagh)
Brent Geese with rings at Blackrock (Photo by James Cavanagh)
10 March 2014
Goldcrest
at Riverside Drive, Clonshaugh (Photo by Robert Talbot)
9 March 2014
Fulmar at Loughshinny,
Fingal, North County Dublin (Photo by
Ciaran Walsh)
Fulmar (ringed) at
Loughshinny, Fingal, North County Dublin (Photo by
Ciaran Walsh)
7 March 2014
Stock Dove courtship in
Glasnevin today (Photo by
Ger Franck)
5 March 2014
Turnstone at Howth Pier (Photo by
Ciaran Walsh)
Meadow Pipit at Dun Laoghaire
Harbour (Photo by Ita Martin)
4 March 2014
Black Swan at Bray
Harbour (Photo by Vincent Hall)
Treecreeper in Phoenix
Park (Photo by Liam Kane)
1 March 2014
Kestrel at Bull Island (Photo by
Des Fay)
Sean Walsh Park, Tallaght:
Blackbirds, Black-headed Gulls, Blue Tits, Caspian Gull,
Chaffinches, Collard Doves, Common Gulls, Coots, Dunnock,
Goldcrest, Goldfinches, Great Tits, Greenfinches, Grey Herons,
Grey Wagtail, Hooded Crows, House Sparrows, Iceland Gull,
Jackdaws, Little Egret, Little Grebes, Long-tail Tits, Magpies,
Mallards white x domestic hybrid (2), Mallards, Moorhens,
Mute Swans, Robins, Rooks, Song Thrushes, Starlings, Tufted Ducks,
Woodpigeons, and Wrens.BC&JH
Dun Laoghaire Harbour: Black Guillemot, Great
Black-backed Gulls, Great-crested Grebe, Great Northern Diver,
Guillemot, Herring Gulls, Kittiwake, Lapwing, Pied Wagtails,
Red-necked Grebe, and Shags.BC&JH
Great south wall Dublin harbour: Bar-tailed Godwit,
Black-tailed Godwit, Brent Geese, Cormorants, Curlew, Dunlin,
Golden Plover, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Meadow Pipit,
Oystercatchers. Peregrine pair, Red-breasted Mergansers, Redshank,
Sanderling, Teals, Turnstone, and Wigeons.BC&JH
Cormorant with fish snack at Great South Wall Harbour (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Great Northern Diver at Dun Laoghaire Harbour (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
Red-necked Grebe at East
Pier, Dun Laoghaire Harbour (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
1st Winter Iceland Gull at
Sean Walsh Park, Tallaght (Photo by Joe Geraty)
Tufted Duck at Sean Walsh Park, Tallaght (Photo by Joe Geraty)
Little Egret at Sean Walsh Park, Tallaght (Photo by Joe Geraty)
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