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15 Ospreys slaughtered today

  • 12-04-2009 11:15pm
    #1
    John Griffin
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    In Thomond Park, Limerick :D:D:D:D


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  • #2
    mikemac
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    lol, you got me there :D


  • #3
    John Griffin
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    Sorry, I just couldn't resist the temptation.:)


  • #4
    stick-dan
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    GOOD JOKE LOL


  • #5
    meathstevie
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    You must have had a few scoops to celebrate John.


  • #6
    boneless
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    Cheeky bugger :P


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  • #7
    Connacht
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    John,
    Good one.
    Can anyone tell if we really have Osprey in Ireland ? They are listed in the Mooney Irish Wildlife book, but has anyone ever seen one ?


  • #8
    stevensi
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    They do occaisonly turn up. In fact one has been reported this year on the Avoca River close to Arklow in March


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    boneless
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    stevensi wrote: »
    They do occaisonly turn up. In fact one has been reported this year on the Avoca River close to Arklow in March

    As far as I can recollect, they turn up there every so often.


    I have spotted individual birds in Mayo as well.


  • #10
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    I have seen some (maybe every second year on average) along the East Coast. Lough Neagh has several reords. Hopefully they will become more frequent as the Scottish population grows.


  • #11
    Connacht
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    Stevensi,
    That's particularly great news, because living in south Wicklow as a child I remember the Avoca river downstream from the big fertiliser factory being highly polluted - you had to close the car windows as you drove past. If the Osprey appears there, that's brilliant.
    Boneless,
    If you'd PM me details on where you've ever seen them in Mayo, I'd go out and look myself. I live here.


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  • #12
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Ospreys are very much transitory birds in Ireland and while they are spotted in areas from time to time they rarely linger in any one location for more that a day or 2. They are just passing through at present although we hope that some of these migrant birds may settle over the coming years. It is not the type of bird that you can currently go looking for in a particualr location. You are as likely to see one overhead in Finglas as at a lake in Mayo.


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