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    #572
    whyulittle
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    Returned to Boora today, yippie! :D


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    #573
    Capercaille
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    whyulittle wrote: »
    Returned to Boora today, yippie! :D

    Are there many grey partridge around. I might head down there to see a few a the weekend .


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    #574
    whyulittle
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    I didn't spot any today, but generally you have a pretty good chance of seeing some. Drive slowly through the farmland part and keep an eye on the verges. You can park up close to both partridge habitat areas and walk from there.

    There was a Hen Harrier knocking around one of them today, and a few hundred Lapwing and Golden Plover.


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    #575
    Capercaille
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    Somebody stole one of my nyjer feeders. It was beside the road.


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    #576
    Tea Tree
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    In the middle of eating Christmas dinner I spotted a flash of red in the bushes outside, a pair of bullfinches enjoying the berries. First time I've seen them in my garden. Nice to see.... I should sit at "that" side of the table more often :)


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    #577
    Woodville56
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    Tea Tree wrote: »
    In the middle of eating Christmas dinner I spotted a flash of red in the bushes outside, a pair of bullfinches enjoying the berries. First time I've seen them in my garden. Nice to see.... I should sit at "that" side of the table more often :)

    It must have been a good year for Bullfinches - have seen small flocks of them (8-10 birds , m & f) around my local patch in recent weeks - perhaps some
    Winter migrants ??


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    #578
    Woodville56
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    Out and about today, although a cool 4c, some sunshine and birdsong !
    I know that robins and some other thrushes sing a bit throughout winter months but heard a song thrush today belting out with gusto, even the robin song appears a bit more upbeat ? Just my imagination or signs of the approaching springtime ?
    Hope i hav'nt jinxed it...probably be snowing next week! :eek:


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    #579
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Woodville56 wrote: »
    Out and about today, although a cool 4c, some sunshine and birdsong !
    I know that robins and some other thrushes sing a bit throughout winter months but heard a song thrush today belting out with gusto, even the robin song appears a bit more upbeat ? Just my imagination or signs of the approaching springtime ?
    Hope i hav'nt jinxed it...probably be snowing next week! :eek:

    Same here. Great tits and Blue tits singing merrily today, as was the garden song thrush.


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    #580
    Woodville56
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    Interesting programme for the Joint Raptor Study Group Conference on 26th Jan in Dublin - presentations on the White Tailed Eagle, Raptor ringing, Kestrels, Buzzards, Golden Eagles & The Bird Atlas & Short Eared Owls.
    Info on the Irish Raptor Study Group Facebook page. Not involved in the event or promoting it, just interested in raptors and not very knowledgeable in the subject, so might go along, hopefully it won't be too academic !
    Any one from the Nature & Birdwatching forum going ?


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    #581
    OpenYourEyes
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    Woodville56 wrote: »
    Interesting programme for the Joint Raptor Study Group Conference on 26th Jan in Dublin - presentations on the White Tailed Eagle, Raptor ringing, Kestrels, Buzzards, Golden Eagles & The Bird Atlas & Short Eared Owls.
    Info on the Irish Raptor Study Group Facebook page. Not involved in the event or promoting it, just interested in raptors and not very knowledgeable in the subject, so might go along, hopefully it won't be too academic !
    Any one from the Nature & Birdwatching forum going ?

    Judging by the topics and speakers I'd say it won't be too academic, so don't worry. I've gone the last two years and found it very interesting and educational, and the speakers listed for this year all have a huge amount of experience so I'd definitely recommend it to any boardsies thinking of going.


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    #582
    Bsal
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    BBC winterwatch starts tomorrow 8:30pm BBC2 :D and online from 9am

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012msk2


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    #583
    OpenYourEyes
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    Aldi are selling Birdfood and feeders this Thursday - I got 2 12.75kg of seed and 2 tubs of 50 fatballs back at the start of November and I'm only jsut finishing them off now. The birds love them, and good value!


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    #584
    V_Moth
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    The Dublin Bird Race took place yesterday with 7 teams competing. Conditions were not great during the day, so the total list of 112 species was quite good. The winning team got 106 species, with the other teams all getting more than 80.

    Highlights included Red-necked Grebe in Dun Laoghaire, Ross's Gull seen by two teams from the North Bull Wall, Snow Bunting and a Curlew Sandpiper at Rogerstown.


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    #585
    Capercaille
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    V_Moth wrote: »
    The Dublin Bird Race took place yesterday with 7 teams competing. Conditions were not great during the day, so the total list of 112 species was quite good. The winning team got 106 species, with the other teams all getting more than 80.

    Highlights included Red-necked Grebe in Dun Laoghaire, Ross's Gull seen by two teams from the North Bull Wall, Snow Bunting and a Curlew Sandpiper at Rogerstown.
    I was looking for the Ross's gull on the south Bull wall:mad:


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    #586
    Woodville56
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    V_Moth wrote: »
    The Dublin Bird Race took place yesterday with 7 teams competing. Conditions were not great during the day, so the total list of 112 species was quite good. The winning team got 106 species.

    A well decent score for the day that was in it !
    Over on the west coast this morning myself, see what the westerlies might have blown in ? Still howling wind and squally showers here !


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    #587
    Woodville56
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    Was at the Raptor Study Group Conference in Dublin on Saturday - any other Boarders there ?
    Enjoyable and quite informative presentations throughout the day - pity no speaker notes or key message summaries available , there was so much good information presented , was impossible to retain much of it ! For me though, messages that struck home : poisoning of raptors still a major issue as is a significant mortality risk to these reintroduced and native birds from a proliferation of wind farm developments, still a lot to do on Agri- environmental policy around promoting and developing wildlife appropriate habitats, and particularly around measured to protect & halt the decline in Farmland birds and breeding Wetland wader species !
    Great to hear about all the research & monitoring work being by NPWS, Golden Eagle Trust, Raptor Research & Birdwatch Ireland, but one thinks it's an uphill struggle. Education, public awareness and incentivisation the way forward ??


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    #588
    magicbastarder
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    just saw my first example of bud burst - some hawthorn (planted near woodies in Sandyford) has decided it's spring.


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    #589
    trebor28
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    Chris Packham on bbc 2 now presenting Inside the Animal Mind.

    its part 2 of 3, didnt see yesterdays one.

    Very good so far.


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    #590
    Woodville56
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    I see (from Irishbirding) a Glossy Ibis showing in Shannonbridge - anyone know whereabouts there ?
    Might be passing nearby over the weekend and wouldn't mind a detour to see this bird !


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    #591
    Amalgam
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    Mollycoddle your garden birds with some nice grub! Tide them over this snowy patch..


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    #592
    MeteoritesEire
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    mine are loving it-mixed seeds , peanuts,bread-got an unusual amount of reed buntings hanging about this past couple weeks plus the usual suspects--chaffinches, blackbirds, robins, tits
    No fieldfares this year--had hundreds last year.Very few goldfinches-only seen one or 2 and they don't hang about for long.
    No greenfinches either this year-unusual

    started buying the odd kilo of lump bacon at lidl for the hooded crows.They love it.They had 4 babies last spring so there's 6 of them still knocking about.I'm expecting the parents to cut the apron strings soon


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    #593
    Amalgam
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    3 pairs of male, female Blackbirds beavering about a patch under a plum tree, then a shriek of pure camp horror. Garden empty in the blink of an eye. We were visited on Sunday by a somewhat clumsy Sparrowhawk.

    Never realised how 'leggy' the bird is..


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    #594
    Ulmus
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    Little Grebe diving in the Basin, Blessington Street today.


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    #595
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Up and down to Dublin today - a nice number of Buzzards perched on lamp posts, and a Little Egret flying out of the Enfield MSA!


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    #596
    whyulittle
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    The delights of Lough Boora are showcased on Tracks and Trails on RTE One this evening at 7:30. Hopefully they don't spend all their time around the Sculpture Park!


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    #597
    Bsal
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    I heard Skylarks singing today at Dublin airport :D


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    #598
    OpenYourEyes
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    Three Sand Martins seen in Waterford today apparently. Very early!


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    #599
    Birdnuts
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    OpenYourEyes wrote: »
    Three Sand Martins seen in Waterford today apparently. Very early!

    God luv em - I wonder what the mortality rate is among these early arrivals. Last Spring must have taken out big numbers:(


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    #600
    Woodville56
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    Bsal wrote: »
    I heard Skylarks singing today at Dublin airport :D

    Got them in song flight on west coast last week also ! Lovely to hear so early in the season ! Sadly, scarce enough now on my local patch in the midlands !


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    #601
    dodderangler
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    Talking to lad here in the pub who walks the featherbeds a lot and said past few days he's seen a couple of stoats about. Didn't know they were that frequent in Leinster.


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