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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
Biodiversity Week Event There will be an information day for the Little Tern Conservation Project on the beach at Baltray Sunday 24th May from 11am to 1pm. All welcome! -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
Larry Lenehan had 3 little terns at Baltray yesterday, first sighting I'm aware of. Busy times ahead! -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
Maurice Conaghy had a wheatear at Baltray on Friday. -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
Belated congratulations Derek to yourself and Rose on the arrival of Diarmuid! Congratulations also to Peter Phillips and Olivia on the arrival of their baby Rose! And one final piece of good news from the holiday season, myself and Mick are to get married this year! Happy New Year to all. -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
Just to fill in a bit more detail on the buzzard - it was found with an injured wing by a local falconer and brought to a vet who gave it little chance of ever flying again. Maurice Conaghy took on to take it into his care and see what he could do, and after about a year and a half of nursing... -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
Thanks Tom and thanks for putting in the link. Seemingly the Sunday 9 o'clock news gets the biggest audience for news for the week so it really was fantastic for the project. -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
I spoke to them on Monday, they had severe losses and had found a lot of dead chicks but they hadn't completed a full chick count at that stage and didn't know how many they have left. The latest from Baltray is that 4 more chicks have hatched so we now have 21. This is still an excellent... -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
It really was an excellent night and a huge thank you is due to Cathal Johnson who more or less single handedly organised the whole thing, a great effort which really paid off and is hugely appreciated. Thanks to Mark Dearey too for use of the Spirit Store and for donating a hamper of beer... -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
Little Tern Benefit Concert at Spirit Store, Dundalk Louth Nature Trust in conjunction with the Spirit Store presents a benefit concert for the Little Tern Conservation Project at Baltray, which will take place in the Spirit Store, George's Quay, Dundalk, on Sunday 6th July 2008. The concert... -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
The Little Tern project in Baltray suffered a blow Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, with 44 eggs being predated. Our main suspects are gulls. The electric fence was fully functional and there were no signs that it had been breached, plus the way we have the fencing sectioned and the areas... -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
The first 2 little tern chicks hatched this morning. The number of nests has risen to 29, with more birds still digging nest holes and engaging in courtship. -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
The count at Baltray at the moment is 31 nests with 58 eggs, though we suspect that 4 of these have been abandoned, which would leave us with more realistic figures of 27 nests and 54 eggs. We had 21 successful nests last year so this is certainly a good improvement. The earliest possible... -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
The little tern nest count was 7 as of yesterday. For whatever reason they have been a lot slower than expected, but the full 40+ birds (same number as last year) are all around, digging away at scrapes etc. They're getting there slowly but surely! -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
Found the first little tern egg at Baltray yesterday evening. They seem to be a bit behind other colonies, in Kilcoole and in the UK, but hopefully now that things have started they'll catch up quickly. -
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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.
Hi Niall Haven't found any eggs yet at Baltray, although the signs are there that they are preparing to lay, as in landing, digging holes, courtship displays. We'll be keeping a very close eye over the next few days as we'd expect to see eggs any day now. Numbers are up and down with the...