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littlebug · 2010-12-16 21:31:28

The idea of having an off topic thread was raised by Mothman in the feedback thread a while back so lets give it a go. We can talk about all things non nature or birdwatching related, general banter or indeed anything N/B related that doesn't really warrant a thread of its own. If I end up just talking to myself I won't…

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#1952 03-10-2019 7:05pm
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Sharp MZ700 wrote: »

Have a swallows nest under the gable pitch here in Cork, still a whole family here on the 3rd of October. Had cleaned the path a week ago thinking they were gone!

Sounds more like House Martins?

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#1953 03-10-2019 7:10pm
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High expectations in the birding community with what birds Lorenzo may bring along.

A hoopoe and a Hobby were spotted in Wicklow this week, and it should only get better.

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#1954 03-10-2019 7:16pm
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Kayla Moldy Supernova wrote: »

Sounds more like House Martins?

Gonna have to look closer in the morning.

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#1955 03-10-2019 7:38pm
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gzoladz wrote: »

High expectations in the birding community with what birds Lorenzo may bring along.

A hoopoe and a Hobby were spotted in Wicklow this week, and it should only get better.

A hoopoe this time of year!! Wow!!!

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#1956 03-10-2019 7:45pm
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New Home wrote: »

A hoopoe this time of year!! Wow!!!

While April and May are the more usual months, we have had them in October and November in 2016 and 2017. One appeared a few days after Christmas last year.

Always a lovely bird to see.

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#1957 03-10-2019 8:01pm
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Amazing.

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#1958 04-10-2019 1:34pm
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Kayla Moldy Supernova wrote: »

Sounds more like House Martins?

You were right! I've been calling them swallows for over 10 years, shows what I know.
I did put up a mirror there years ago and it worked as I had no more visitors for about 3 seasons, I love them flying in and out but they do leave an awful mess. Might put a "shelf" up above the second ceiling level below them before next season, to catch the droppings.Anyone ever done anything similar?

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#1959 09-10-2019 8:49am
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Posters here might be interested in a current 'sponsored post' on boards - for crowdfunded journalism on specific topics - in this case it's the spate of councils cutting down trees across the country in the last year or two. See below for details:

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#1960 09-10-2019 9:45am
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gzoladz wrote: »

High expectations in the birding community with what birds Lorenzo may bring along.

A hoopoe and a Hobby were spotted in Wicklow this week, and it should only get better.

Lots of hype yesterday over a nighthawk seen up North

https://twitter.com/RonaldSurgenor/status/1181642656604143618?s=20

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#1961 09-10-2019 10:11am
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I think he's been there a couple of weeks

http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/121774/Common_Nighthawk.html

07:00-19:00 Galgorm. Relocated, roosting in a field (G. Bagnell). Showing well all day. Left the roost at 19:00, giving crippling views. Present for the last two weeks

he's been spotted today too

http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/121812/Common_Nighthawk.html

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#1962 16-10-2019 6:13pm
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i seem to have a lot of bees hovering around in my garage lately, they're up around the rafters for some reason??

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#1963 16-10-2019 7:35pm
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fryup wrote: »

i seem to have a lot of bees hovering around in my garage lately, they're up around the rafters for some reason??

Are you sure they are Bees, Drone Flies are looking for nooks and crannies in which to hibernate at the moment and they resemble/mimic male Honeybees.....

Google Image.....

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#1964 16-10-2019 9:45pm
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https://youtu.be/oyOwqQTkbXQ
0.3 acre nettle/hogweed early cover patch for corncrake.

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what sort of ground prep do you do for that, if any? lots of potash?

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magicbastarder wrote: »

what sort of ground prep do you do for that, if any? lots of potash?

Prespray with roundup. In total around 150 trailer loads of spent mushroom compost bought in, dumped and leveled with digger. Dig up 1000 nettle sods and then wash. Break up nettle rhizomes over mushroom compost with some common hogweed seed. Cover with thin layer of mushroom compost. Control any chickweed/cleavers/creeping thistle/scutch grass. Fertilize with 0-16-0. Nettle bed done in 5 sections ,started in 2016.

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Slugs.. I am resting abed today and gazing at the glass panel on the outside door. It is a maze of slug tracks. Every inch back and forth.. busy critters..

Is this a seasonal thing? I have had a couple indoors that have slimed in under the door. Tiny ones.

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#1968 27-10-2019 5:41pm
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Poor photo, bird was high up enough for my phone camera.

Comeragh foothills, at about 200m. Anyone able to identify the bird?

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Large bottle small glass wrote: »

Poor photo, bird was high up enough for my phone camera.

Comeragh foothills, at about 200m. Anyone able to identify the bird?

Looks like a buzzard.

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#1970 27-10-2019 6:27pm
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Large bottle small glass wrote: »

Poor photo, bird was high up enough for my phone camera.

Comeragh foothills, at about 200m. Anyone able to identify the bird?

Buzzard?

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#1971 27-10-2019 6:35pm
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Definitely.

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#1972 29-10-2019 1:16am
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Drove from Swords through Ballyboughal and on to Skerries today and saw 12 different Buzzards, they seem to be doing really well in North county Dublin.

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yep, we saw loads of buzzards over the weekend too. possibly a lot to do with the clear weather, i suspect.

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#1974 30-10-2019 9:05am
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Yes you will see loads of Buzzards on sunny days soaring in sky in North Dublin. However I see ar least one buzzard everyday no matter what the weather on my daily drive on M50 northbound. They love perching on side + watching traffic go by!

The M4 near Maynooth is another popular hangout for them.

I love them especially when soaring in the sky.

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#1975 03-11-2019 5:02pm
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Large bottle small glass wrote: »

Poor photo, bird was high up enough for my phone camera.

Comeragh foothills, at about 200m. Anyone able to identify the bird?

Must be something in air, 3 buzzards in a week

Mod Edit: Precise locations of birds of prey should not be made publicly available due to risk of persecution.

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#1976 15-11-2019 2:11pm
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Just had a visit from a Goldcrest in the garden what a little beauty.

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#1977 28-11-2019 11:52am
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What burrowed this?

Glove is for scale, maybe 40-50mm diameter.

In an ash plantation

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Probably a rat, I'd say. Or a large mouse.

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Saw one of those once in a lifetime sight's this morning. Was coming up to a roundabout close to home, when a Buzzard dropped from a tree right in front of my car, and caught a red squirrel on the grass verge, the other side of the road. Watched it for maybe half a minute till the car behind me start blowing it's horn. Buzzard didnt even move after all the noise.

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#1980 02-12-2019 8:32pm
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Sad to see the photo of a dead Golden Plover which was killed, presumably, after colliding with Liberty Hall at night. http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/123640/Golden_Plover.html

Is there any way of reducing these bird collisions in a city? It would be great if SIPTU and other premises would take measures to reduce these fatalities.

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Ulmus wrote: »

Sad to see the photo of a dead Golden Plover which was killed, presumably, after colliding with Liberty Hall at night. http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/123640/Golden_Plover.html

Is there any way of reducing these bird collisions in a city? It would be great if SIPTU and other premises would take measures to reduce these fatalities.

Possible Peregrine predation rather than collision? Might have been disturbed by a gull or similar before it got to eating it?

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