tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34855454292871741192024-02-20T18:53:09.563+00:00A View From The HeadlandBirdWatch Ireland's seabird blogPuffinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377780523588420282noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-7226276574042679452015-07-21T17:59:00.000+01:002015-07-21T18:11:05.287+01:00Mediterranean Gull Survey<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mediterranean Gull (often
referred to simply as ‘Med Gull’) is a species which has undergone a dramatic
and well documented expansion across Europe. They were once found breeding only
around the Mediterranean regions of France, Italy, Greece and also along coast
of the Black Sea. In winter they would disperse over the Mediterranean Sea and
out into the Iberian Atlantic. In recent decades they began forming new
breeding colonies in northern continental Europe. Instead of an expected
southerly migration after breeding, these pioneering gulls now fly northwest to
Ireland and Britain!</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Breeding plumage adult Med Gull </span></i><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">©</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69755372@N08/">Stephen Lawlor</a></span></i></div>
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Observations of birds fitted with colour rings has shown that Mediterranean
Gulls found in Ireland largely originate from breeding colonies on
the near continent (France, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Denmark). 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. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Colour-ringed Med Gull <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">© Conn O'Brien</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are now
considered a regular but uncommon bird in Ireland, present throughout the
winter around harbours, rocky coasts, estuaries and amenity grassland/sports
pitches (where they feed on invertebrates) until they leave for their continental
nesting sites in March/April. They are still a scarce bird in the west and
north however, seemingly favouring the somewhat drier and warmer climes of
Leinster and Munster. Their expansion has continued across Europe and
Mediterranean Gulls now breed in small numbers in Ireland (c.20 pairs) since
1995, mostly in Wexford and Antrim.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The number of
Mediterranean Gulls recorded at post-breeding staging sites in Ireland has been
steadily increasing over the past few years with 100+ birds to be expected at
favoured locations in high summer. A recent count at Sandymount Strand, Co.
Dublin revealed 257 ‘Med Gulls’ present at the evening roost on 12<sup>th</sup>
July.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Juvenile Med Gull <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">© <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69755372@N08/">Stephen Lawlor</a></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As such, a coordinated
count of Mediterranean Gulls at evening roost sites in Ireland has been
organised for Monday 27<sup>th</sup> July (East Coast focus) and Tuesday 4<sup>th</sup>
August (South Coast focus). We would ask waterbird counters, birders and
interested members of the public to go out and check their local gull roost on
those evenings and report back with details of any Mediterranean Gulls they find
(see details below). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The use of two dates
gives a chance for optimal count conditions at sites both in the east and the
south, but coordinated counts from both regions on both dates are encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background: white;">Date:</span></b><span style="background: white;"> Monday 27<sup>th</sup> July (East
Coast focus)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background: white;">Start:</span></b><span style="background: white;"> 20:30</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background: white;">Sunset:</span></b><span style="background: white;"> 21:30</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background: white;">Evening High Tide:</span></b><span style="background: white;"> 3.5m @ 21:19 (Dublin - North
Wall)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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1.2m @ 21:11 (Cobh)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background: white;">Date:</span></b><span style="background: white;"> Tuesday 4<sup>th</sup>
August (South Coast focus) </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background: white;">Start:</span></b><span style="background: white;"> 20:15</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background: white;">Evening High Tide:</span></b><span style="background: white;"> 4.2m @ 21:22 (Cobh)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background: white;">Evening Low Tide:</span></b><span style="background: white;"> 0.6m
@ 20:58 (Dublin – North Wall)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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information is requested:</span></u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">Age of birds present (adult / 2nd-summer /
1st-summer / juvenile)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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birds</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">Latest time (closest to dusk) when birds are
recorded</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">Direction of travel by birds to/from survey
site</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">Behaviour (e.g. roosting, feeding)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">The last three pieces
of information (especially times seen) will be useful in ascertaining
whether there is any movement between sites, overlap in counts etc.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All records can be submitted to Niall Keogh by e-mail <a href="mailto:nkeogh@birdwatchireland.ie">nkeogh@birdwatchireland.ie </a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An indication of who
is covering which sites would be desirable before the count dates so as to
allocate effort if needs be so please get in touch if you are planning on
taking part.<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-83542219832572246462015-07-06T15:12:00.000+01:002015-07-06T17:38:18.776+01:00Roof-nesting gulls 2015: a request for records<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2014, <a href="http://www.dublincity.ie/">Dublin City Council</a> in collaboration with BirdWatch Ireland established <a href="http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/OurWork/ResearchSurveys/UrbanBirdsProject/tabid/1396/Default.aspx">The Dublin City Urban Birds Project</a>, initiating a series of volunteer-led monitoring projects throughout Dublin City including the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">roof-nesting gull survey which aims to map the distribution of gulls breeding in urban environments.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Roof_Nesting_Gull_Survey">roof-nesting gull survey</a> has continued through the summer of 2015 and we are still looking for members of the public to submit their records of <a href="http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/IrelandsBirds/GullsTerns/HerringGull/tabid/350/Default.aspx">Herring Gulls</a> (pale blue-grey back with pink legs), <a href="http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Default.aspx?tabid=349">Lesser Black-backed Gulls</a> (slate grey back with yellow legs) or <a href="http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Default.aspx?tabid=353">Great Black-backed Gulls</a> (black back with pink legs) that may be currently tending to well grown chicks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Herring Gull at a typical urban nest site, located between chimney pots </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; text-align: left;"><i>©</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> Daragh Owens</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Historical records are also appreciated, so if you have noticed any of the following breeding behaviour on the roof/chimney of your home or place of work this year or in previous years then please fill out the quick and easy roof-nesting gull survey form: </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Roof_Nesting_Gull_Survey">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Roof_Nesting_Gull_Survey</a></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Agitated behaviour (alarm calling, dive bombing) displayed by adults</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Adult seen sitting on a nest or brooding small chicks</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Records from other urban areas around Ireland are also welcome so if you have observed gulls breeding on rooftops in any town or city then please let us know.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Irish seabirds have one thing in common: they are in trouble. Sea pollution, overfishing, climate change and a host of other threats have made their lives ever more difficult. Human disturbance has hit them hard too, and some colonies are now also overrun with mink and rats which eat the birds’ eggs and chicks; this could be the final straw.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">BirdWatch Ireland has been at the forefront of protecting and monitoring our seabirds for the last 45 years. Our work has ensured the recovery of the national Roseate Tern population at colonies in the Irish Sea, Gannets are thriving on the BirdWatch Ireland reserve of Little Skellig, and Little Terns are being protected from disturbance on the Wicklow Coast. To continue and expand this important work, we need your help….</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Join us on Tuesday 30th June for a free event at St. Stephen's Green, Dublin City where BirdWatch Ireland staff will be present from 12:30 until 3pm to talk about gulls and our </span><span style="line-height: 22.0799999237061px;">work</span><span style="line-height: 1.38;"> with seabirds as well as the general </span><span style="line-height: 22.0799999237061px;">bird life</span><span style="line-height: 1.38;"> which can be found around the capital. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38;">Come along and learn more about the impressive and often misunderstood gulls that call Dublin City their home.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Herring Gull </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">©</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Siobhan McNamara</span></i></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38;">22 species of gull have been recorded in Ireland of which seven breed here regularly.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22.0799999237061px;">Great Black-backed Gull is the largest species of gull in the world, weighing as much as 2kg and with a wingspan of over 150cm.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Lesser Black-backed Gulls are accomplished migrants. Birds breeding in Ireland may travel up to 3,000km </span><span style="line-height: 1.38;">to spend the winter in Morocco.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many of our large gulls may live for over 30 years. One Lesser Black-backed Gull ringed as a chick in 1965 was found after it died: <span style="line-height: 16.6399993896484px; text-align: start;">34 years, 10 months and 27 days later.</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #141823; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38;">Both Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull are <a href="http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=EjODk32LNcU%3D&tabid=178">'Red List' species of high conservation concern in Ireland</a> due to serious declines in their breeding populations.</span></li>
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Bay: </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Black Guillemots on the River Liffey near the East
Link Bridge, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">the Common and Arctic Tern colony near Poolbeg Power Station </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">and impressive numbers of cliff nesting seabirds at Howth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Staff from BirdWatch Ireland conducted a census of breeding seabirds on Lambay Island off North Co. Dublin between 2nd and 8th June 2015. The work was carried out as part of the national cliff nesting seabird survey commissioned this year by the <a href="http://www.npws.ie/">National Parks and Wildlife Service</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many thanks to The T<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.8266677856445px; text-align: start;">rustees of the Lambay Estate Company for their hospitality and consent to survey on the island and to <a href="http://www.skerriesseatours.ie/">Skerries Sea Tours</a> for transport.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A unusual looking yellow-billed Guillemot was seen. Other examples of this aberrant colour variation have been recorded on <a href="https://twitter.com/bardseyobs/status/602947829955440640">Bardsey</a>, <a href="https://78462f86-a-04bb64c9-s-sites.googlegroups.com/a/isleofmaybirdobs.org/www/isle-of-may-images/strange%20guillemot%20%28Keith%20Brockie%29.jpg?attachauth=ANoY7cqsO2-9DwwwtXqWx5wHjVZ_pAYHkywPkJfEC5_PH6HctF58n-fayj0Fs4fkcgGJUQZ4SEvJz7q7_YtDCPNdK18LUDgiTOSaJYfcoKmITNY2UQZ44R0GidU_LoMSgUfdtnzpCI2OMMuJt3qwyRJrYm-mcdUv_eS5msBq0XSq-UN7Qg8pkWLo0f_5OHjKXQVe4qeEQgNXw08JZRD290HJD_ZgvL0aEszX_2_fa5UlCo9H9rCOWnJ5iis7kGUUNP0MK7caldzetDXL6icD4XJLV8zohs06xw%3D%3D&attredirects=0">Isle of May</a>, <a href="http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=169614">Bass Rock</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/thelabandfield/status/606199349056552960/photo/1">Newfoundland</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some seabird ringing was also carried out, here allowing for an up close and personal look at a stunning 'bridled' Guillemot. An approximate total of 1.3% of Guillemots in study plots showed this plumage variation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Puffins on Lambay Island are limited in their distribution and breeding success due to depredation by rats. They seem to be holding on however with over 250 individuals recorded by the seabird survey team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A full census of the gull colonies inhabiting the centre of the island was also carried out. Lesser Black-backed Gulls prefer to nest in the lush swathes of bluebells (pictured here) whereas Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls prefer the more open cliffs and hill tops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We observed this mixed pair of Lesser Black-backed Gull (left) and Herring Gull (right) building a nest together. It is not unusual to find mixed pairs of gulls at busy colonies across Ireland and Britain, especially when closely related species can often nest side by side. They are capable of breeding successfully and producing some confusing looking hybrids!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Later in the week we were joined by Heidi Acampora (PhD student at GMIT). Dead seabirds such as this Great Black-backed Gull were collected to investigate for the presence of ingested plastic as part of Heidi's research project. See the <a href="https://plastictides.wordpress.com/">Plastic Tides</a> blog for more information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also recorded other wildlife inhabiting the island during our stay including the curious population of Red-necked Wallabies (introduced here in the 1950's) with up to 30 individuals seen on any given day. Here a mother wallaby is seen with her joey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BirdWatch Ireland has a long history of undertaking wardening, conservation, monitoring and research at breeding colonies of vulnerable tern species along the east coast. This work continues in 2015 with most of the terns now at their respective nesting sites and getting on with the business of courtship, display, mate selection and egg laying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All of these breeding sites are wardened or monitored by trained seabird staff. Some of the colonies are safe to view for the public while others are not. Certain sites however even call for members of the public to get involved as volunteer wardens!<br /><br /><u>Information relating to the birds, access and viewing options at each site can be found below:</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sandy beach at Baltray near Drogheda is home to a colony of Little Terns which has benefited greatly from protective fencing and round-the-clock wardening provided by a joint BirdWatch Ireland and <a href="http://www.louthnaturetrust.org/">Louth Nature Trust</a> project which has seen the population of breeding birds here rise to over 100 pairs. Members of the public are encouraged to visit the project to view and learn more about Little Terns but please follow the designated route on site around the colony and heed instructions given by the wardens.<br /><br />Updates from Baltray can be found on the <a href="http://www.louthnaturetrust.org/little-terns">Louth Nature Trust Little Tern blog</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 27px; text-align: left;"><b>Volunteer!</b> To volunteer at Baltray beach please contact Breffni Martin (</span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:bmartin@regintel.com">bmartin@regintel.com</a>) or </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px; text-align: left;">call the site hotline </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px; text-align: left;">086 2434874</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Home to Europe's largest Roseate Tern colony with upwards of 1,250 breeding pairs (most of which raise their young in custom made nest boxes). All these Roseates alongside over 2,000 pairs of Commons Terns, small numbers of Arctic Terns plus Kittiwakes and Black Guillemots make this isolated rocky island a hectic place to work! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rockabill is <b><span style="color: red;">off limits</span></b> during the breeding season but you can keep up to speed with all the latest developments by checking out the excellent <a href="http://rockabillterns.blogspot.ie/">Rockablog</a> or by following the wardens <a href="https://twitter.com/BBurke88">Brian Burke</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/aerpower">Andrew Power</a> on Twitter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alternatively, why not book a boat trip with <a href="http://www.skerriesseatours.ie/">Skerries Sea Tours</a> and view the Rockabill terns from a safe distance at sea?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A bustling colony of up to 500 pairs of Common Terns and up to 100 pairs of Arctic Terns breed within the confines of Dublin Port along the River Liffey where the birds are monitored annually by staff from BirdWatch Ireland. New custom built tern rafts have been put in place for the terns by the Dublin Port Company, one in the Tolka Estuary and one in the River Liffey which is on view from the base of the Great South Wall. This is an ideal location to watch the terns from a safe distance where they can be seen travelling to and fro on foraging trips, beaks full of fish for their hungry chicks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep an eye on the <a href="http://dublinbaybirds.blogspot.ie/">Dublin Bay Birds Project blog</a> for updates on the Dublin Port terns.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arctic Tern <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">© </span><span style="background-color: white;">Dick Coombes</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The islands off Coliemore Harbour at Dalkey host a small mixed colony of Common, Arctic and Roseate Terns. Numbers fluctuate year on year in response to weather, storms and disturbance. Please <b><span style="color: red;">do not land on the islands</span></b> if kayaking, scuba diving or sailing in the area as it will cause fatal disturbance to eggs and chicks. Alternatively, the terns can be viewed safely from Coliemore Harbour where a permanent telescope is in place and also during organised <a href="http://www.southdublinbirds.com/events/events.php">tern watch events</a> held by the South Dublin Branch of BirdWatch Ireland every Tuesday evening in July from 6:30pm-8pm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For more information see the <a href="http://www.southdublinbirds.com/projects/dalkeyterns.php">Dalkey Tern Project webpage</a> or download the <a href="http://www.dlrcoco.ie/parks/bio/DalkeyTernLeaflet.pdf">information leaflet</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Little Tern conservation project at Kilcoole has been running since the 1980's when just 20 pairs could be found. Thanks to the installation of protective fencing around the colony during the breeding season along with 24/7 wardening from BirdWatch Ireland staff and volunteers between May and August, the colony has now grown to record levels with 120 nesting pairs in 2014! Open to the public, this is a great site to visit to see conservation work in action with wardens on hand to aid viewing of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">one of Ireland's rarest seabirds</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> through telescopes from a safe distance. Several organised BirdWatch Ireland branch events are also held here throughout the summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Updates from Kilcoole can be found on the <a href="http://littleternconservation.blogspot.ie/">Little Tern Conservation Project blog</a> and a 20 minute documentary about the project can be watched online via the <a href="http://crowcragproductions.com/2013/10/26/the-little-tern-conservation-project/">Crow Crag Production website</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Volunteer!</b> To volunteer at Kilcoole please contact the project wardens at <a href="mailto:littletern@birdwatchireland.ie">littletern@birdwatchireland.ie</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Irish seabirds have one thing in common: they are in trouble. Sea pollution, overfishing, climate change and a host of other threats have made their lives ever more difficult. Human disturbance has hit them hard too, and some colonies are now also overrun with mink and rats which eat the birds’ eggs and chicks; this could be the final straw.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">BirdWatch Ireland has been at the forefront of protecting and monitoring our seabirds for the last 45 years. Our work has ensured the recovery of the national Roseate Tern population at colonies in the Irish Sea, Gannets are thriving on the BirdWatch Ireland reserve of Little Skellig, and Little Terns are being protected from disturbance on the Wicklow Coast. To continue and expand this important work, we need your help….</span></span></div>
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<li style="list-style-type: square; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To have more wardens on the ground to protect important colonies.</span></span></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To remove the rats, mink and other non-native predators that prey on the chicks.</span></span></li>
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<li style="list-style-type: square; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">€5 will help pay for materials to build a Roseate Tern nest-box</span></span></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">€20 will buy an electric fence battery to help protect Little Tern colonies</span></span></li>
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nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-82917578868961479602015-03-29T11:48:00.000+01:002015-03-29T11:48:26.875+01:00Free poster: "Sea & Cliff Birds of Ireland"<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you like seabirds, you won't want to miss <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/">The Irish Times</a> this coming Tuesday, 31st March: it comes with a free "<i>Sea & Cliff Birds of Ireland</i>" poster from BirdWatch Ireland and the Cliffs of Moher. <br /><br />It's really nice, even if we do say so ourselves!</span></span></div>
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nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-42605582910934851642014-12-12T15:33:00.000+00:002014-12-15T18:24:30.594+00:00Stranded Seabirds Winter 2014: a request for records<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In late February 2014, back to
back severe winter storms caused a large scale seabird stranding event along
the European Atlantic seaboard. A mass ‘wreck’ was recorded along the West
coast of France where some 28,000 dead or weakened stranded seabirds were
recorded. Smaller numbers were found in other European countries with Atlantic
coastlines. In order to ascertain the extent of this stranding event in
Ireland, BirdWatch Ireland put out a call for people to send on records of any stranded
seabirds they encountered around the country during the winter of 2013/2014. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a result of this request we received
more than 150 reports totaling over 330 individual stranded seabirds across 14
counties between December 2013 and March 2014, most of which were found in the
south between counties Kerry and Wexford. Over 75% of the birds recorded were
auks (Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black Guillemot and Little Auk). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Typical example of a deceased, stranded Puffin <span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">© </span>Lucy Weir</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Through the recovery of ringed
birds found among the mass ‘wreck’ in France, we know that some of the birds
involved (particularly Guillemots and Razorbills) originated from Irish
colonies such as Great Saltee and Puffins from Skellig Michael. Further
evidence suggests that species such as Black Guillemot were affected by this
event with some Irish Sea colonies such as Rockabill showing a 42% reduction in
numbers of breeding pairs present during summer 2014.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the first severe storm of
winter 2014/2015 having just hit the West coast of Ireland this week, BirdWatch
Ireland are renewing the appeal for records of stranded seabirds over the
coming days, weeks and months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>As many of the following details as possible would be greatly
appreciated:</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(2) Location</b> (with
a Grid Reference if possible: <a href="http://www.gridreference.ie/"><span style="color: #134f5c; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.gridreference.ie</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(3) Species involved</b> (taking pictures can prove very useful for
identification) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(5) Presence of any ringed birds</b> (metal or coloured rings on the birds legs with details of codes
if noted)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(6) General state of the bird</b> (i.e. alive, dead, weak, alert, oiled,
entangled in litter etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please send details of any stranded seabirds you have encountered to the
BirdWatch Ireland seabird team at <span style="color: #134f5c; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="mailto:seatrack@birdwatchireland.ie">seatrack@birdwatchireland.ie</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If any live seabirds are found which may require rehabilitation then
please consult the Irish Wildlife Matters website (<a href="http://www.irishwildlifematters.ie/"><span style="color: #134f5c; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.irishwildlifematters.ie</span></a>) for guidance and details of any
listed vets or rehabilitators in your area which may be able to
help. The Oiled Wildlife Response Network may also be able to help
(e-mail: <a href="mailto:oiledwidlife@gmail.com">oiledwidlife@gmail.com</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please refrain from searching for
stranded seabirds along the coast in dangerous storm conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition, a PhD student from GMIT is also requesting samples of
stranded seabirds:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GMIT marine researcher Heidi Acampora (pictured below) is looking
for help from the public to identify and/or collect any dead seabirds in
their locality so she can use them in her PhD research.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her research assesses the impact of marine litter on seabirds, as
they are especially vulnerable to items discarded in our seas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Why?</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Seabirds mistake marine litter for food when
searching for prey on </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -18pt;">the surface of the sea, as debris such as
plastics are buoyant</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -18pt;">These pieces of plastic can be particularly hard to
regurgitate for some </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -18pt;">species, and they tend to accumulate them in their stomach</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -18pt;">This leaves no space for real food, leading the
animal to starvation</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beached birds can also be used as a good environmental tool
reflecting the health of our waters. In fact, they have been heavily used as
indicators of good environmental status throughout the North Sea, under the EU
Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heidi's project intends to open the way for Ireland to use seabird
stranding to comply with monitoring targets under the EU MSFD, and to acquire
knowledge and be able to advise on marine litter in our waters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What can you do?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you can identify or collect beached, stranded or bycatch seabirds, or
wish to find out more about this project, please contact Heidi using
the details below:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heidi Acampora<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PhD Candidate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GMIT, Dublin Road, Galway<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tel: 086 361 5575<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Email:<span style="color: #444444;"> <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #5b8bc1; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="mailto:heidi.acampora@research.gmit.ie">heidi.acampora@research.gmit.ie</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-36932300115205908962014-10-30T13:02:00.000+00:002014-10-30T13:02:28.427+00:00Seatrack: final survey of 2014<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The final <i>Seatrack</i> survey weekend of the season takes place this <b>Sat 1st/Sun 2nd November</b> with a start time of <b>08:25am </b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">(preference given to Sat 1st if possible so as to link in with other coastal seabird surveys being conducted by </span><a href="http://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia" style="color: #134f5c; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-decoration: none;">BirdLife Europe</a><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> partners in France, Spain and Portugal).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet another Atlantic low pressure system will produce winds veering from Southwest to West over the weekend, hopefully conjuring up some good seawatching for observers on the Celtic Sea coast as well as along the Atlantic seaboard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Some rather excellent late autumn seawatching continued over the past week or so with four species of shearwater seen from coastal headlands and islands in Co. Cork where small numbers of </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Balearic</b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">, </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Great</b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> and </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Manx Shearwaters</b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> were found among triple figure counts of </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Sooty Shearwaters</b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">. Strong Westerly winds coupled with an aggregation of Sprat saw a hive of feeding seabird activity in Galway Bay where impressive numbers of </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Kittiwakes</b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">, </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Gannets </b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">and </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">skuas </b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">(particularly </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Arctic</b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> and </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Pomarine</b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">) were noted along with sightings of </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Leach's Storm-petrel</b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> and </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Little Gull</b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">. For an excellent series of pics from Galway Bay see the following blog posts by <a href="http://dermotbreen.blogspot.ie/2014/10/dark-juvenile-arctic-skuas.html">Dermot Breen</a> and <a href="http://barnabirder.blogspot.ie/2014/10/the-skua-system.html">Cathal Forkan</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">With the forecast for decent seawatching conditions this weekend, perhaps some </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Little Auks</b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> may be on the cards, particularly for those in the West and Northwest? Seawatchers should also keep an eye out for migrating divers and wildfowl with counts of <b>Great Northern Diver</b>, <b>Barnacle Goose</b>, <b>Greenland White-fronted Goose</b> and <b>Whooper Swan</b> making it into recent sightings reports.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Balearic Shearwater from the R.V. Celtic Explorer, south of Roche's Point Co. Cork, 23rd October 2014 <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">© Niall T. Keogh</span></i></span></div>
nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-65617223028710384932014-10-14T19:00:00.000+01:002014-10-14T19:00:54.147+01:00Seatrack: mid-October update<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second last <i>Seatrack</i> survey weekend of the season takes place this <b>Sat 18th/Sun 19th October</b> with a start time of <b>09:00am.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">This past week has seen some excellent tallies of </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Balearic Shearwaters</b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> in Co. Cork with 30 passing the Old Head of Kinsale plus a separate 15 seen passing Galley Head on 8th October. Seabird rarities</span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> typically associated with late August continue to </span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">feature with a </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="color: red;">Barolo Shearwater</span></b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> seen eight miles off Quilty, Co. Clare on 7th Oct and both a </span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b style="color: red;">Fea's-type Petrel </b>and a <b style="color: red;">Wilson's Storm-petrel </b></span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">seen several miles to the southeast of Galley Head on 10th Oct, all noted from the <a href="http://scientistsatsea.blogspot.ie/2014/10/celtic-sea-herring-survey-2014-day-6-7.html">R.V. <i>Celtic Explorer</i></a> which is currently running transect lines through the Celtic Sea as part of the annual Celtic Sea Herring Acoustic Survey. In addition, several </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Great Shearwaters </b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">and </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Pomarine Skuas</b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> plus good numbers of </span><b style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">European Storm-petrels </b><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">along with <b>Sabine's Gull</b>, <b>Grey Phalarope</b> etc. have also been seen from the ship in the waters south of Cork/Waterford in recent days. The seabirds are certainly still out there!</span></span></div>
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nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-32098643937466192082014-10-02T08:24:00.000+01:002014-10-02T08:24:07.967+01:00Seatrack: early October update<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fifth <i>Seatrack</i> survey weekend of the season takes place this <b>Sat 4th/Sun 5th October</b> with a start time of <b>08:30am </b>(preference given to Sat 4th if possible so as to link in with other coastal seabird surveys being conducted by <a href="http://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia" style="color: #134f5c; text-decoration: none;">BirdLife Europe</a> partners in France, Spain and Portugal). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The current forecast for the weekend looks quite promising with a low pressure system originating off the southern end Greenland and stretching across the mid-Atlantic set to create moderate Westerly winds along the Atlantic seaboard on Saturday with increasing Southwest winds benefiting Southern watchpoints on Sunday.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Pomarine Skuas will hopefully be the order of the day for many Seatrackers on this next survey. When favourable seawatching conditions coincide with their late Autumn migration period it can be a real treat! An increase in the number of migrating Gannets, Kittiwakes and auks should also be apparent.</span></span></div>
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nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-83503221609653825622014-09-18T13:08:00.001+01:002014-09-18T13:08:26.652+01:00Cetaceans on the Frontier 6<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A team of seabird observers are once again present on board the Marine Institutes research vessel, the R.V. <i>Celtic Explorer</i> during the sixth Cetaceans on the Frontier cruise to take place since 2009. The team will join a group of marine mammal observers from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology in surveying offshore fauna along Ireland's Atlantic margin.</span></div>
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<br /><b>Blog:</b> <a href="http://www.cetaceansonthefrontier.blogspot.ie/">www.cetaceansonthefrontier.blogspot.ie</a><br /><br /><b>Facebook page:</b> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/cetaceansonthefrontier">www.facebook.com/cetaceansonthefrontier</a></span><br />
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<br />nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-69856623517810623062014-09-04T13:49:00.000+01:002014-09-04T14:17:09.228+01:00Seatrack: early-September update<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The third <i>Seatrack</i> survey weekend of the season takes place this <b>Sat 6th/Sun 7th September</b> with a start time of <b>07:45am </b>(preference given to Sat 6th if possible so as to link in with other coastal seabird surveys being conducted by <a href="http://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia">BirdLife Europe</a> partners in France, Spain and Portugal). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The forecast for the weekend is set to be calm with light East to Northeast winds across much of the country. True passage may be slow but we will be interested to know of any feeding flocks present inshore during the calm weather so please do keep an eye out for any 'milling' seabirds. Observers surveying in the East may be affected by strong morning sunshine so an alternative evening watch with a start time of <b>16:05pm</b> is suggested if necessary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reports of the <a href="http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=30026">Critically Endangered Balearic Shearwater</a> have been widespread so far this season but in typically low numbers with 1-3 birds at a time seen during seawatches from coastal headlands across eight different counties between Donegal and Wexford.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you would like to take part in this weekends <i>Seatrack</i> survey or wish to send on any additional seawatching records you've collated so far this season then please get in touch with Niall Keogh (<i>Seatrack </i>project co-ordinator) at <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="mailto:seatrack@birdwatchireland.ie" style="color: #134f5c; text-decoration: none;">seatrack@birdwatchireland.ie</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A <b>new seabird blog</b> featuring news updates and posts from BirdLife Europe partners in Ireland, UK, France, Spain and Portugal can be found </span><a href="https://europeanseabirds.wordpress.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</a>, <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">o</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">r follow on Twitter by searching and posting using the hashtag </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/saveseabirds?f=realtime" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#saveseabirds</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-53294490054518889862014-08-31T23:30:00.000+01:002014-09-01T09:58:06.599+01:00Bridges of Ross 31st August 2014<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u style="line-height: 13.65pt;">Weather:</u><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> F2-3 S, dry, mild & good visibility.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Observers:</u> Niall T. Keogh, Neal Warnock, Victor Caschera, Jimmy Dowdall, Eamonn MacLochlainn, John Power, Ger Murray, Des Higgins, Bernie Sheridan, Dave Fox et al.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">The sea returned to a calm state once more for our final mornings seawatch. A light but steady passage of Manxies contained quite a few Sooties and a nice 'Blue' Fulmar (I guess it's the same bird which has been seen on several seawatches this past week or so). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">Neal connected with a surfacing Leatherback Turtle ensuring at least one made it into the records for our annual watch effort on site. Typically it was an all to brief encounter and difficult to get other observers on to. Luck of the draw! The Bridges of Ross is a </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">particularly</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> good spot for seeing them so with a bit of patience and careful scanning close in on calms days you'd stand a reasonable chance of seeing one, especially</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> if there are plenty of Ocean Sunfish about it would seem based on previous years experience.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Observers:</u> Niall T. Keogh, Neal Warnock, Victor Caschera, Jimmy Dowdall, Eamonn MacLochlainn, John Power, Lee Gregory, Tom Buckley, Ger Murray, Des Higgins, Brian Porter, Tom Shevlin, Hugh Delaney, Aidan Moore, Dave Branagh, Bernie Sheridan, Dave Fox, John N. Murphy, Jarlath Coyle et al.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">A busy start first thing, similar to yesterday but without the same level or rhythm of species diversity as yesterday. Saying that, an enjoyable few hours all the same. Whilst </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">scanning</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> through the seemingly relentless & uniform passage of Manxies, Lee happened upon a Wilson's Storm-petrel which caught us on the hop and showed up well to the left, only viewable for a brief period before disappearing over the ridge but thankfully at close </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">range</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">. The bird was in active moult with old outer primaries and new/growing inner primaries/secondaries and a short (</span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">half</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">length</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">) carpal bar. Great to see that bouncing flight style again! Fairly quiet for the rest of the afternoon & evening save for a trickle of Bonxies and a few showy Leach's every now & then.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u style="line-height: 13.65pt;">Weather:</u><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> F6 WSW (am) turning F5-6 W (pm). Largely dry with some intermittent light showers. </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Visibility</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> good to poor at times.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Observers:</u> Niall T. Keogh, Neal Warnock, Victor Caschera, Jimmy Dowdall, Eamonn MacLochlainn, John Power, Lee Gregory, Tom Buckley, Ger Murray, Tom Tarpey, Des Higgins, Brian Porter, Tom Shevlin, Hugh Delaney, Aidan Moore, Dave Branagh, Bernie Sheridan, Dave Fox et al.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Common Scoter: 3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Red-throated Diver: 1 breeding plumage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Blue' Fulmar: 1 'D'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cory's Shearwater</b>: 1 @ 0635</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Great Shearwater</b>: 7</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sooty Shearwater: c.185<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manx Shearwater: <b>up to 30,000</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">European Storm-petrel: 13</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leach's Storm-petrel: 3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great Skua (Bonxie): 26</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Puffin: 3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sandwich Tern: 16</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arctic Tern: c.85</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sabine's Gull</b>: 43 (41 adult-types & 2 juveniles)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Little Gull: 3 juvenile/1st-winter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whimbrel: 20</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grey Seal: 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">REDEMPTION! Winds from the West producing the goods with a seawatch which has made the past weeks effort in testing conditions all the worthwhile for many present. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">A Cory's which slinked out of a trough in </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">among</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> the close Manxie line early doors was a welcome Irish tick for Neal (serious bogey bird for a hardened salty seawatcher!). Manx Shearwaters were absolutely piling through from the get go, with 4,500 logged in the first hour and 2,000+ per hour for much of the day after. The presence of a large raft of milling birds later in the evening muddled the counts up a bit but by that stage we were on a comfortable 25,000! And what's more they were showing very well. I haven't seen a passage like this here for a good ten years so </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">definitely</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> a real highlight of the day for sure. Large shearwaters are a treat at The Bridges at the best of times (not like Galley Head!) so several of the Greats which showed well at close range were most appreciated. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">What The Bridges does do well for however is Sabine's Gulls and they certainly didn't </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">disappoint</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">. A single flock of 10 adults which showed </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">ridiculously</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> well just off the point was a sight to behold (with lots of smiling faces in the assembled crowd to be seen after they passed). Whilst the numbers of other species might not have been as high as hoped for there was still some great variety throughout the day. A good year-listers seawatch! Red-throated Diver, Leach's Petrel & Little Gull were all firsts of the season for the site.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a bunch of iPhone-scoped pics to give you a flavour of the day...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sabine's Gull <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: left;">© </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Niall Keogh</span></span></span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sabine's Gulls <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: left;">© </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Niall Keogh</span></span></span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sabine's Gulls <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: left;">© </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Niall Keogh</span></span></span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sooty Shearwater <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: left;">© </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Niall Keogh</span></span></span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pomarine Skua <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: left;">© </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Niall Keogh</span></span></span></i></td></tr>
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nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-12927459740998803812014-08-28T18:18:00.000+01:002014-08-28T18:18:46.217+01:00Bridges of Ross 28th August 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.65pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Time:</u> 0645-1715<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Weather:</u> F3 S (am) then F5 SSW turning F6 SW (pm). Dry (am) then persistent rain (pm). Moderate-poor visibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Observers:</u> Niall T. Keogh, Neal Warnock, Victor Caschera, Jimmy Dowdall, Eamonn MacLochlainn, John Power, Lee Gregory, Tom Buckley, Ger Murray, Tom Tarpey et al.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Common Scoter: 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Blue' Fulmar: 1 'D'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Balearic Shearwater: 3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manx Shearwater: 1,100 in 5 hrs (am) and 215 in 45 mins (pm)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">European Storm-petrel: 3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great Skua (Bonxie): 4</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sandwich Tern: 9</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arctic Tern: 23</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whimbrel: 37</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A most welcome increase in seabird variety today with a few nice close in Balearics, higher daily counts of Sooties, Arctic Terns & Stormies (just about!) than in recent days and the first juvenile Black Tern of the season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Persistent rain & decreasing visibility this afternoon called for an early end to the days effort. Here's hoping tomorrows Westerlies will produce the goods!</span></div>
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nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-11856473220182270872014-08-27T18:48:00.000+01:002014-08-27T18:48:11.260+01:00Bridges of Ross 27th August 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.65pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Weather:</u> F4 NE (am) & F5 SE (pm), brief periods of light rain (pm) & good visibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Observers:</u> Niall T. Keogh, Neal Warnock, Victor Caschera, Jimmy Dowdall, Eamonn MacLochlainn, John Power, Lee Gregory, Tom Buckley et al.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another good day for animal watching! We're starting to think the adult Sab's is simply doing the rounds between The Bridges & Loop Head. A juv/1st-winter Mediterranean Gull was waiting for us in front of the pub at Kilbaha this eve! </span></div>
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nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-79554649710098536412014-08-26T19:27:00.000+01:002014-08-27T18:44:38.219+01:00Bridges of Ross 26th August 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.65pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Observers:</u> Niall T. Keogh, Neal Warnock, Des Higgins, Peter Gluth, Peter Colston, Victor Caschera, Jimmy Dowdall, John Power, Lee Gregory, Stephen Hack, Simon Dennis et al.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Highlight of the day was undoubtedly the Basking Sharks, which like the Humpback Whale on Sunday, were the first I've seen here since I began seawatching at this site in August 2001. A group of three individuals were seen milling about together plus another two singles at the surface and a further two fully breaching! Whacky looking creatures out of the water!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first diver of the season, a late Swift & a male Common Scoter sat on the sea off the watch point (odd for here) were the best of the avian rest.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Common Scoter </i></span><i style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="line-height: 14.5600004196167px;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">© </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Niall Keogh</span></span></span></span></i></td></tr>
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nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-71398818074070246082014-08-25T23:50:00.000+01:002014-08-26T12:06:44.116+01:00Swinhoe's Storm-petrel @ Bridges of Ross 25th August 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.65pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Weather:</u> F4 SE, dry & sunny (am), intermittent showers (pm) & good visibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Observers:</u> Niall T. Keogh, Neal Warnock, Des Higgins, Peter Gluth, Peter Colston, Sharon Hogan, Andy Marshall, Victor Caschera, Jimmy Dowdall, John Power, Lee Gregory, Stephen Hack, Simon Dennis et al.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manx Shearwater: 90 in 1 hr (am) & up to 2000 in 1 hr (pm)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Swinhoe's Storm-petrel</span></b>: 1 west @ 18:05 (SHack et al.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manx Shearwater: up to 3,000 milling/rafting/passage South</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">Another not so classic day of seawatching weather but a milling flock of Manxies moving between The Bridges & Loop Head with Sooties & skuas in attendance gave us something to look at.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">The magic moment for those present at The Bridges of Ross in the evening came at 18:05 when UK birder Stephen Hack picked up a </span><b style="line-height: 13.65pt;"><span style="color: red;">Swinhoe's Storm-petrel</span></b><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> heading West. The bird was on show for about four minutes allowing seven lucky seawatchers to get onto it. This is the second record of Swinhoe's for The Bridges following one seen here on 15th August 1985 by Tom Tarpey. Not the first time a mega seabird has drifted by here in SE winds either (Fea's & Barolo have </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">done</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> the same) just going to show that the rewards are there for those willing to put in the effort. A great find and a great 400th Irish tick for John Power! Congratulations to all who saw it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">Unfortunately the author was seawatching from the tip of Loop Head at the time. That's what you get for </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">abandoning</span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> your post! ;)</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Rafting Manxies off Loop Head <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: left;">© </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Niall Keogh</span></span></i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Nice evening light at Loop Head <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: left;">© </span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Niall Keogh</span></span></i></span></td></tr>
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nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-45818778432135180792014-08-24T19:44:00.000+01:002014-08-24T19:44:17.202+01:00Bridges of Ross 24th August 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.65pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Weather:</u> F4 SE, intermittent showers (light) & good visibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Observers:</u> Niall T. Keogh, Neal Warnock, Des Higgins, Peter Gluth, Peter Colston, Sharon Hogan, Andy Marshall, Victor Caschera, Jimmy Dowdall, John Power, Lee Gregory et al.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manx Shearwater: 200 in 15 mins (am) & 25 in 4.5 hrs (pm)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13.90999984741211px;">The weather couldn't have been any worse for seawatching! Relatively calm seas & a breezy offshore wind. Not ideal! But great for cetacean watching, of which there was plenty. Yesterday's splashing/blowing unidentified whale sp. was confirmed first thing this morning as a fantastic breaching Humpback Whale, a rare sighting in this part of the world away from the hub of acivity to be found further South around The Blaskets in Kerry. In fact, it was my first record of this species here in 13 years of effort between mid-August & mid-September. The breaching Minke added to the excitement along with leaping Common Dolphins & cruising Bottlenose.<br /><br />The cetacean craze continued in the afternoon when some of us joined the <a href="http://www.iwdg.ie/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2519:whale-watch-ireland-2014-sunday-24th-august-200-500-pm">IWDG Whale Watch Day</a> event at Loop Head. From here we had nice views of 5 Bottlenose Dolphins and better numbers of seabirds (albeit distant) than from The Bridges. Rafts of 100's of Manxies held an adult Sabine's Gull, a dark morph Arctic Skua & a Sooty Shearwater.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 13.90999984741211px;">Elsewhere, a flock of 22 Chough were seen at The Fodry, 2 juvenile Ruff were present at Kilcredaun marsh and a Little Egret at Cloghaun Lough which was a good local record.</span></div>
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nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-16780344358355694262014-08-23T21:42:00.000+01:002014-08-23T21:47:11.975+01:00Bridges of Ross 23rd August 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.65pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Time:</u> 0730-1905<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Weather:</u> F3 N (am), F3 NW (pm), dry, sunny & good visibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Colston, Sharon Hogan, Andy Marshall, Victor Caschera, Jimmy Dowdall, John
Power, Dave Fox, Paul Keating, John N. Murphy, Finbarr MacGabhann, BirdWatch
Ireland Clare Branch et al.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shearwater: 1200 East in 30 mins (am) & 485 West in 4.5 hrs (pm)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">A short but busy passage of distant
Manx Shearwaters going the ‘wrong’ way early in the morning probably accounted
for most of the birds which drifted back the ‘right’ way throughout the
afternoon. Both Balearics were typical in that they were on their own &
quite close in, one of which put on a good show for the participants of the BirdWatch Ireland Clare Branch outing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">The most tantalising sighting of the day related to a series of large, distant splashes
from a breaching whale which was also seen to produce a blow on one occasion, behaviour
suggestive of Humpback more than anything else but not confirmed unfortunately.</span></span></div>
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</span><o:p></o:p>nialltkeoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475701632759901401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485545429287174119.post-17139738571056162332014-08-22T20:12:00.001+01:002014-08-22T20:12:49.700+01:00Bridges of Ross 22nd August 2014<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Time:</u> 0640-0940 & 1410-1820<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Weather:</u> F1-2 W (am), F3-4 NW (pm), dry & good visibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Observers:</u> Niall T. Keogh, Neal Warnock, Des Higgins, Davey Farrer, Peter Gluth, Peter Colston, Sharon Hogan, Andy Marshall et al.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manx Shearwater: 600 (am) & 465 (pm)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great Skua (Bonxie): 3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another slow day(!) which allowed for the surrounding gardens & marshes to be given a thorough going over, producing no more than a juv Ruff at Kilcredaun marsh, a Common Sandpiper at Kilbaha pool & a few juv Willow Warblers scattered about the place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There will be a <a href="http://www.clarebirdwatching.com/">BirdWatch Ireland Clare Branch</a> outing to The Bridges of Ross tomorrow to view migrating seabirds plus a chance of other marine wildlife such as Bottlenose Dolphin & Ocean Sunfish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The meeting point will be at the car park at 09:00am from where it is a short walk on easy terrain the watch point.</span></div>
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The outing is free & all are welcome to attend. It is advised that participants bring along binoculars and/or telescopes with them in order to make the most of it but there will be some telescopes available to look through on the day as provided by event organisers.</div>
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We hope to see you there!<br />
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