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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch. (6 Viewers)
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Mr Hornblower
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Thanks Derek - but it definitely isn't a Chaffinch,I will try and get a shot of it if I see it again (the head is jet black and the body alot redder than the Chaffinch and only noticed the white on the wing when in flight)
paul Robinson
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Hi mr hornblower
Male Stonechat probably. Coastal heath with a few bushes is their most likely habitat. A bit slighter and rounder looking than most finches. They will usually sit in the open and like to move between a few favourite bushes.
regards
Paul
Male Stonechat probably. Coastal heath with a few bushes is their most likely habitat. A bit slighter and rounder looking than most finches. They will usually sit in the open and like to move between a few favourite bushes.
regards
Paul
birdsgalway
Tom Cuffe
Could be a Brambling
daunting looking birds ......
really like the seal one.
Mr Hornblower
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I got a better look at him today and its a Bullfinch alright (male & in mint condition) and Mrs Bullfinch with him,they seem to be biting bits off the branch they are on just below the new bud - maybe a kind of sap ? they are in the trees/bushes at the farthest corner by the small field behind the Smarthomes offices in the Finbar industrial est.
Also there is a Kestrel & Goshawk/sparrowhawk in action around there and beyond the trees over (i'd say the Blackrock golf coarse) and have seen a grey Heron resting in the rough,by the boundry wall of the Loakers housing est. where the ground is low and there is a small pond of water !
Thanks for your replies lads !
Also there is a Kestrel & Goshawk/sparrowhawk in action around there and beyond the trees over (i'd say the Blackrock golf coarse) and have seen a grey Heron resting in the rough,by the boundry wall of the Loakers housing est. where the ground is low and there is a small pond of water !
Thanks for your replies lads !
Bullfinches eat buds and blossoms at this time of the year, much to the consternation of gardeners - they used to be legally shot for it!
There was a male long tailed duck displaying at seabank yesterday - though far out at sea.-
I find it confusing to work out whether Pied Wagtail or White Wagtail. I know Pied is the common one. This pale grey mostly fellow is coming regularly to my back door. I also saw two Wagtails beside each other in the Linnet field as I call it recently and I know they were quite different which has make me look a little more closely at them.
Also is it madness to even think I saw two Sedge Warblers already but they are an odd looking small bird with such flat head and no neck.
Also is it madness to even think I saw two Sedge Warblers already but they are an odd looking small bird with such flat head and no neck.
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Thanks well I know where there is plently of high Reed grass in three different areas near rivers beside here where the Reed Buntings I have are probably coming from so will watch for any of the Sedge Warblers too. What I believe are the Teddy bear Twites (as I call them) are small birds always fidgeting and moving their heads from side to side and such unbelievable restless birds. Am I correct in thinking Twites are always fidgeting nervous birds but so lovely and I have two only with mad pink almost through them. I know the female Reed Buntings now finally as also striking pretty small birds. I wonder why they were named Twite and is it because of something like twittering all the time I am guessing.
gareth2005
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Female Blackbird in Garden today with silver ring on leg
Catch her, or sometimes with a scope you may be able to read a few letters! Could be part of the "Constant Effort" ringing project - maybe one of Peter's birds?
Droppings look like otter spraints - if not washed away by the rain, go back and smell it - it has a not unpleasant musky odeur. You can see that it is composed mainly of fish bones and scales. Otters deposit on prominent places in their territory, often on top of a stone. Last summer around ardee bog I found dozens of spraints, testimony to a healthy population in the area. If you google "otter spraints" you can get some pics to compare.
Some people might be interested in seeing treecreepers - the grounds of the ballymascanlon hotel, on the tall conifers opposite the main house, is quite good. At this time of the year they call a lot (sounds like "srrriii" but very gentle)...a short clip of one is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/breffni/
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Thanks often wondered.
I did see loads of the lovely Redpolls in very tall Conifer trees on side of the woods here and also in Silver Birches too. The Treecreeper is more like a large creeper than a bird really. My daughters friend Cathy who lives in an appartment well into London city was telling me about listening to and watching often a Woodpecker through her open window tapping and tapping on a tree below. Imagine Woodpeckers in London ...............and she has put a peanut feeder out on the wall for him and he is using it of course.
