The Roseate Tern - Secret Irish project helps save bird species from extinction

E39MSport

Good news for a change

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2011/0606/1224298471389.html

whyulittle

“We were concerned that rare egg collectors might undermine our efforts to get them to breed,” said Niall Hatch of Birdwatch Ireland.

swifts need our help!

fantastic news. I can under stand that they may be a target for egg collectors

Judgement Day

I'm a bit puzzled by this piece - I thought Roseate Terns had been breeding at Rockabill for donkey's years? As for the secrecy? Here are two old and easily found links to the Dalkey project but there again this is this sort of reporting I've come to expect from 'the paper of record'. :rolleyes:

http://www.birdweb.net/tern.html

http://www.dalkeytidytowns.com/wildlife/newsletters/2010_08.htm

Half-cocked

Judgement Day wrote: »

I'm a bit puzzled by this piece - I thought Roseate Terns had been breeding at Rockabill for donkey's years? As for the secrecy? Here are two old and easily found links to the Dalkey project but there again this is this sort of reporting I've come to expect from 'the paper of record'. :rolleyes:

http://www.birdweb.net/tern.html

http://www.dalkeytidytowns.com/wildlife/newsletters/2010_08.htm

You're quite correct! The Rockabill project has been running for 20 years now, and there are regular articles about it in various birding publications. It has also been the subject of several TV reports. This is just some journo coming up with an attention grabbing headline.