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    Whinchat help

    Hi Allison, try Capanagh. It's a Forest Service plantation on the Star Bog Road which runs from Kilwaughter over to Glenarm. Park at the gate entrance at the Kilwaughter end and walk up in from there. No guarantees but saw photos of Whinchat taken there are the weekend. Adam
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    White Tailed Eagles Ireland

    Successful fledging The same pair at Mountshannon have successfully fledged one chick this year: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Golden-Eagle-Trust/144404808950774?ref=ts&fref=ts
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    NI Seabird Report 2013

    The first Northern Ireland Seabird Report was launched at the recent meeting of the NI Seabird Network. It has a systematic of how our seabirds fared in 2013, as well as short articles on some of the research being done here. If you'd like a digital copy, email Shane Wolsey at [email protected]
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    Wing-tagged Buzzard, Cheshire.

    Dave Anderson, who works for Forestry Commission, is wing-tagging buzzards in the Trossachs. Most likely to be one of his study birds.
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    Polish Med gull in Antrim

    A colour-ringed Med Gull which was photographed at Antrim at the end of July was original ringed as a chick in Poland the previous summer. The movements of these birds is amazing! http://bhgullsni.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/med-gull-red-pnu0.html
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    Uncoded Herring Gull ring

    You're right, Lowell. The purposed of the whole ringing system is to ensure that people who undertake ringing are suitably competent. I'm sure there would be a ringer nearby who could ring (or even colour-ring) "their" birds for them which would allow them to be monitored.
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    Polish Med Gull in Antrim

    Colour-ringed Med Gull, photographed at Lough Neagh in County Antrim at the end of July was ringed as a pullus in Poland in May 2012: http://bhgullsni.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/med-gull-red-pnu0.html
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    Results from colour-ring reading

    I've had two colour-ringed Black-headed Gulls reported to me recently, both seen in Belfast last week. One is originally from Germany and the other was ringed on an island off north-east Denmark this summer. Since last winter, I've recorded BHG wintering in Northern Ireland which had...
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    Marsh Harrier wing orange tag

    It could be a French ringed/tagged bird. Have a look at this scheme which have used orange tags in the past with both symbols and numbers: http://cr-birding.org/node/453
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    wing tagged Marsh Harrier

    The number on the white tag looks to me as though it might be "48". The right wing-tag looks light green, which would make it a Norfolk bird. Try emailing the photos to Phil Littler at [email protected] and see what he says. ATB.
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    Red kite deaths in NI

    The RSPB is appealing for information after the death of another red kite in Northern Ireland. The bird was discovered in the Castlewellan area last Wednesday (14 August) and is the fourth that has been found dead this year. The conservation charity is asking the public for help in...
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    Red kite deaths in NI

    The RSPB is appealing for information after the death of another red kite in Northern Ireland. The bird was discovered in the Castlewellan area last Wednesday (14 August) and is the fourth that has been found dead this year. The conservation charity is asking the public for help in uncovering...
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    Bird calls in movies

    I've seen films / TV shows set in Ireland with a night scene in a wood where they've dubbed in Tawny Owl calls - other than one individual bird in a specific location in Co. Down, we don't get Tawny Owls here.
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    Northern Ireland Dialect Bird Names

    Sheugh duck - Moorhen Makes sense...they are often is found in a sheugh!
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    Northern Ireland Local Patch

    Hi Debs, fantastic part of the country to spend a few days. It depends how dedicated a sea-watcher you are, but there are plenty of good places along the North Coast, including Ramore Head by Portrush and Torr Head. The Bann Estuary and Lough Foyle around Myroe would be worth a look, plenty...
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