Some rare and not so rare Birds seen recently by our
members!
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other wonderful rarity photos here
Montagu's Harrier (3 Photos by John Fox)
Grey
Partridge, Boora Bog, County Offaly (Photos
by Philip Clancy)
Curlew at
Baltray (Photo
by Brendan Shiels)
Little
Tern at Baltray (Photo
by Brendan Shiels)
Adult and juvenile
Great-Crested Grebes on the Shannon (Photo
by Cian Merne)
Razorbill at the Great
Saltee Island, Wexford (Photo
by Nicola Dunphy)
Gannet at the Great
Saltee Island, Wexford (Photo
by Nicola Dunphy)
Gannets at the Great
Saltee Island, Wexford (Photo
by Kristina Brazionyte)
Puffin calling at the Great
Saltee Island, Wexford (Photo
by Eric Dempsey)
Drumming Snipe at Boora Bog (Photo
by John Fox)
Eider and Chick, County Down, 14th June 2010. (Photo by Eric Dempsey)
Black Guillemot at Giles Quay, County Louth, 30th May 2010. (Photo by Nicola Dunphy)
Red-footed Falcon, 27th May 2010. (2 Photos by John Fox)
Red-footed Falcon, 27th May 2010. (
Grasshopper Warbler on Great Saltee,
19th May 2010. (Photo by John Fox)
Puffins on Great Saltee,
19th May 2010. (Photo by Marie Sinnott)
Bridled Guillemot on Great Saltee,
16th May 2010. (Photo by Philip Clancy)
Whitethroat at Arklow town ponds, 11th May 2010. (Photo by Philip Clancy)
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Sedge Warbler near Johnstown Bridge County Kildare,
10th May 2010. (Photo by John Fox)
Sedge Warbler, Newcastle, Co.Wicklow, 9th May 2010. (Photo by
Nicola Dunphy)
Whitethroat, Tacumshane, County
Wexford, 8th April 2010.
Photo by John Fox
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Garganey, Tachumshane, County Wexford, 8th April 2010.
Photo by John Fox
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Little Gull, Tachumshane, County
Wexford, 8th April 2010.
Photo by John Fox
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Short-toed Lark at Ballycotton, County Cork, 7th April 2010.
Photo by John Fox
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Raven at Glenveigh National Park, Donegal, April 2010.
Photo by Cian Merne
Great Northern Diver in Sligo Bay, April 2010.
Photo by Cian Merne
Spoonbill, Cork.March 2010 Philip Clancy
Black Redstart below Dunlaoghaire ( 2009) and above Pied-billed Grebe, Lough Gur, Co Limerick - March 2010., John Fox
Bluethroat, Ballycotton 8-11 Novenber, 2009. John Fox
Below: Common Nighthawk. Very rare American vagrant seen in Caherciveen 25 October, 2009. Eric Dempsey
Below from Robert Vaughan overnight from South America a Diamed Sandpiper in Laula National Park and a Salvins Albatross from a pelagic off Valparaiso (13 October 2009)
Seabird photos from John Fox below (September 09)
Pomarine Skua
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Kitiwake ( with colour rings)
Great Skua
Manx Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Safron Crowned Tanager, Agua
Caliente, Peru.August 2009. Rob Vaughan
Inca Tern, Peru. July 2009 Rob Vaughan
Amazilia Hummingbird in Peru. July 2009. Rob Vaughan
Super cool birds from the Arctic. Pomerine Skua
chasing a Kitiwake. John Hammond
Cream Coloured Courser Courser , Crete 2 & 3 June. 8th record for Greece and the 3rd for Crete. Manus Curran
Birds on Inishbofin. Eric Dempsey
June 2009
Dunlin in rich summer plumage and you can almost hear that Corncrake below
Below Dipper at the Dodder. May 2009. Eric Dempsey
Road Runner from her recent trip to USA. Anne May
Grey Heron, the Bots May 2009. Eric Dempsey
Dipper, Dodder. Eric Dempsey
Skylark,Co Clare. Nicola Dunphy
Cock of the Rock. Mir and Michael Harris from their recent trip to Peru
Special feature on the Baltimore Ivory Gull. Photos taken on 6 March 2009. Other Gulls on below are for comparison.
Tryptich below: Baltimore Gulls - Iceland, Common, and Ivory Gull. John Fox
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Photos above. Ivory Gull . John Fox
Photos above: Ivory Gull. Eric
Dempsey
Ivory Gull. Robert Vaughan
Ring-billed Gull, Nimos Pier, Galway. 1 February 2009. Jose Campos
Iceland Gull, Nimos Pier, Galway 1 February 2009. Jose
Campos
Dolphin Gull, Argentina. December 2008. Oscar Merne
Mediterranean Gulls. Adult, Second Winter and First Winter birds. 14 December 2008 Eric Dempsey
