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    All things White-tailed Eagle

    Well we all know where you stand .
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    All things White-tailed Eagle

    I realise now where you are coming from now, because I follow the project. One Golden eagle from Scotland was poisoned in Donegal and word got out to the Scottish shooting estates and they complained that the Irish were killing ALL eagles. It was reported in Irish and Scottish papers. Total...
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    All things White-tailed Eagle

    They are actually isolated incidents. I'm sorry but you really do seem to have an irrational aggression towards this project. I wonder what your agenda is, and also is it suitable for this forum.
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    All things White-tailed Eagle

    Well actually nirofo I don't believe the biggest problem facing eagles in Scotland are sheep farmers. It is the shooting estates that are killing all your birds of prey, from what I have read on the subject. In Ireland, Pheasant and Partridge hunting is mainly confined to the east of of the...
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    All things White-tailed Eagle

    There is a big difference between Ireland and Scotland and that is we don't have shooting estates here. This is why it will be successful in my opinion. Also the birds of prey are not, in general, deliberately killed here, unlike in Scotland.
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    All things White-tailed Eagle

    nirofo- Its not as bad as all that From what I have read about the project it seems to me that local farmers are not dead set against it. And are in fact happy that the eagles are there. I think more awareness of the eagles and new legislation to ban the use of poison will ultimately lead to...
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    All things White-tailed Eagle

    Just an update on how the re-introduction is going in Ireland, from the Irish Times 05/08/2010. I reckon its going to be a success: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0805/1224276235561.html ***Further nine Norwegian sea eagle chicks take to the skies of Killarney A...
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    Shorebird (heron?) in NC

    Looks to me to be some sort of diver/loon. Maybe a Great northern diver/loon. Im sure somebody will id it more accuratly for you.
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    Bird ID, Notts/Lincs, UK

    Lapwing was also my first thought , but I don't think they land on trees at all
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    Where to go in Ireland in August?

    If in the Kerry area Skellig Island is worth a visit for a family day out(and some birds).Its a pretty spectacular place. I think Puffins can be seen there until mid august. Also there is a huge Gannet colony and other seabirds.
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    County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch.

    hi breffni Plenty of Sandwich terns in Lough Swilly in Donegal over the last few days.
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    How many Penguins have you seen

    Just 1, the Galapagos penguin
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    Goosander or Red-breasted Merganser - Ireland

    Not at all sure which species they are. Any ideas?
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    ID Falcon - Gloucester

    Its a Buzzard alright, saw one today over my house ;p
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    Please identify? Urgent. US Florida

    Well done to the OP for using her common sense, who cares about technical laws when there are two little birds in front of you freezing to death and hiding from six cats...lol pretty straight forward!!
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    Mistle or Song Thrush? , Ireland

    Hi Is this a Mistle or a Song Thrush? This guy has been bossing all my usual birds around for the last week ;) Many thanks
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    Wader ID, Wexford, Ireland

    Thanks all for your replies, that was my first Grey Plover ;) Yes Niall, that was indeed on the east end of Tacumshin Lake , what a guess!! :smoke: I had a great day, saw my first Hen Harrier there too, beautiful the way they hunt over the reeds.
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    Wader ID, Wexford, Ireland

    Does anybody know what the wader is behind the Little Egret in this pic I took in Wexford? Sorry for the bad pic I thought it might be a Grey Plover? thanks
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    Nests and eggs from? GB

    they look like rabbit burrows to me. I have lots of burrows like that in the dunes where I live
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    National Bird of Ireland (there is'nt one)

    Golden eagle for me :P
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    Haast eagle - The giant moa killer.

    I read somewhere that humans were also on the Haast eagle's menu...its possible I guess
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    Soaring Merlin ~ a common sight?

    Ive seen a Merlin flying very high once on a v sunny day in the Wicklow mountains. It was catching insects very high up
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    Magpies kill a Sparrowhawk

    I know, but as humans , I think we will always prefer one animal over another. Human nature...
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    Magpies kill a Sparrowhawk

    That video I saw was particularly terrible
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    Magpies kill a Sparrowhawk

    I recently watched an awful video of a Sparrowhawk eating a Magpie alive. It was terrible to listen to the screeching of the Magpie, I believe Magpies are very intelligent and it was suffering terribly. Nice to hear about the revenge mission
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