gareth2005
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Have got speaking to Louth SPCA inspector. They will be taking some sort of action tomorrow. Hopefully a prosecution will follow. I have never seen such cruelty to animals before !!
I'm not particularly familiar with that area Gareth. We did see some fields of deer between Mulahattin and the Dundalk/Greenore road during the summer and they looked ok from a distance at that stage. Lets hope that the SPCA take action quickly, it sounds like a pretty horrible set up.gareth2005 said:Have got speaking to Louth SPCA inspector. They will be taking some sort of action tomorrow. Hopefully a prosecution will follow. I have never seen such cruelty to animals before !!
Derek Watters said:Hi all and welcome Jimmy C. Unfortunately I missed the Spirit Store meet last week as I was abroad. While in Warrenpoint on Saturday evening I noted large numbers of crows flying SW towards the wood at the Park Hotel. They came from North of Carlingford Lough - from the Mournes beyond Rostrevor and also from the Carlingford / Omeath direction. I counted over 1,400 while I watched but I'd say there were many more. There seemed to be no movements from West to East (i.e. from Newry etc).
While near Grange, Cooley yesterday evening I noted crows gathering and flying WNW in the direction of Omeath. I can only assume that they were heading to the above mentioned roost - some 9 miles away.
Where are there other large roosts in Louth - it would be a good way of estimating crow numbers in the area.
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On my way home this evening a large number of crows flew across the Boyne river. I pulled in and watched as huge numbers of crows flocked around, there had to be a couple of thousand, the sky was filled with them when I stood at the river and looked North towards Baltray. I watched to see where they would go but they kept flying around for about 5 to 10 minutes. At one point during that time there was a loud whoosh from the trees beside me and possibly a hundred crows all flew out of the trees together. The numbers got smaller and I assume that they landed in the trees at Queensboro. It was quite a sight and I will check there again at the same time to see if this is a daily occurance, it was dusk - about 5:30pm.
Was in Wexford over the week-end, weather disappointing on Saturday, really poor visability but Sunday and Monday better. Saw the Velvet Scoters at the North Slobs.
sandra could tell me where cruisetown is.also saw 8 egrets at seabank lunchtime today.this is the time i haved used this site regards peterardnasx1 said:Forsters tern still at Cruisetown today, showing very well. Quiet week apart from that. Highlight of last weekend was finding a black redstart in Co Wexford.
Hi Peter, welcome to this thread. 8 little egrets was a great number to see at Seabank, I've never seen that many there.PJR said:sandra could tell me where cruisetown is.also saw 8 egrets at seabank lunchtime today.this is the time i haved used this site regards peter
MargaretM said:Have been checking at Baltray most evenings and this is a large roost of crows. Tommy, Sandra and myself agree that there is certainly in excess of 5,000 in this roost at Baltray. Pity that its more or less dark by the time they fly across the river so its difficult to assess the numbers.Derek Watters said:Where are there other large roosts in Louth - it would be a good way of estimating crow numbers in the area.
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On my way home this evening a large number of crows flew across the Boyne river. I pulled in and watched as huge numbers of crows flocked around, there had to be a couple of thousand, the sky was filled with them when I stood at the river and looked North towards Baltray. I watched to see where they would go but they kept flying around for about 5 to 10 minutes. At one point during that time there was a loud whoosh from the trees beside me and possibly a hundred crows all flew out of the trees together. The numbers got smaller and I assume that they landed in the trees at Queensboro. It was quite a sight and I will check there again at the same time to see if this is a daily occurance, it was dusk - about 5:30pm.
There are both rooks and jackdaws, its too dark to visually identify them but we can hear both of those bird types anyway.Pluvius said:Are we talking crows or rooks?