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    West Donegal

    2014 Tory Bird Report Please find the online version attached. The printed version should be available early in March and will contain more photos and hopefully an article about the Eastern Yellow Wagtail
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    West Donegal

    Hi Richard. I have not been on here in a while most sightings from Tory are reported on the tory blog. Except I thing for a juvenile Iceland Gull found by the Kelly's in October. http://toryislandbirdblog.blogspot.ie/
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    Glossy Ibis I had a Glossy Ibis fly over west over my house this morning. is was labouring hard againt the westerly wind. my besy guess is- if it landed nearby, it might have gone to Corstown lake just over the border in Meath. It has some nice marshy fields nearby with cattle. I hope to get a...
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    Barnacle Geese 2 Barnacle Geese and 1 little Gull at Lurgangreen this evening ( thanks Gerry)! 102 species: 121 points
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    Hide news A quick visit to the hide this morning produced 2 second Callander year Little Gulls in the channel. A Spotted Flycatcher on the fence and in the conifers at the hide entrance was my first at Lurgangreen. on the way home I had 2 Swifts over Dromiskin. I finally broke the hundred...
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    Lurgangreen hide key available The key for the hide is now available to borrow at the Coachmans Inn on the Dundalk to Dublin road. The Inn is located a couple of hundred metres from the turn down to the hide. There is a small deposit required to ensure the key is returned. They have an...
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    Lurgangreen Open day There will be an open day tomorrow (Sunday) at the Oscar Merne bird hide at Lurgangreen from 11am untill 6pm. Everyone is welcome. There are still lots of birds around. I had my first summer migrants there yesterday, a flock of 8 sandwich Terns.
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    Same flock of grey geese at the truck centre yesterday including the Canada Goose but the Brent flock has grown to 1,200.... 40 kittiwake sheltering in front of the hide from the storm.
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    Lurgangreen The official opening of the hide will be Monday week 31st March at 11.30 today there were good numbers of geese at the truck centre in the goose fields with 450 Greylag 75 Pink feet, 45 White fronts Canada Goose and 700 or so Brent. Liz Mc Kenna and Michael Reilly had a Ring tailed...
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    Barn Owl I was lucky enough to see a Barn Owl last night as I drove down the lane to my house near Ardee. It might be the same one reported from Tallanstown a few weeks ago. About 3 miles away..
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    West Donegal

    2011 Tory Island Bird Report The printed edition of the 2011 Tory Island Bird Report is available to order now. It was previously only available as a download. Chris Ingram has kindly arranged to get the report printed. All proceeds from the sale of the report will go to charity. Anyone who...
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    Just checking Irish Birding for Pink feet It seems this year there wasa flock of 20=30 birds wintering this year but usually smaller numbers. I suspect most are on route somewhere... Maybe the captain has a point. They may be on the verge of wintering regularly at Lurgangreen I had Stock Dove...
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    Geese galore Lots of geese on the marsh this evening including seveal hundred Pale bellied Brent, 116 Greylag and 85 Pink footed Geese (dodgy photo attached). They were flushed by a dog walker on the embankment onto the mudflats. No Bean Geese among tem, but still plenty of time... No sign of...
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    A quick visit to lurgangreen on Monday produced only 2 Greenland White fronted Geese on the marsh. The Canada Goose was also present with about 100 Greylag Geese. Still about 700 Pale bellied Brent Geese also there. No sign of any Pink footed Geese or the Whooper Swans. Nothing new for the...
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    Black Redstart The bird was showing on the shore between the base of the pier and the toilet blocks. It only ranged about 100 metres along the shore but could go missing for several minutes at a time. It's a bit flighty..
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