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Another 'Any idea what this bird might be' thread

  • 18-09-2014 8:14pm
    #1
    kylith
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    I was out walking the dogs along the canal in D8 today and I saw a bird that I initially thought was a coot/moorhen chick, but there were no adults about. It was swimming, appeared buff on the front of the neck and breast and darker on the back, possibly with stripes on the neck, and before I could get close enough to get a good look it flew (but not flew) off, if you know what I mean - it flapped its wings with a noise like a helicopter and ran along the surface of the canal but never took off.

    Any ideas? The closest I can come on the RSPB site is a little grebe, but I don't know how likely you'd be to come across one of those on a canal in Dublin.


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  • #2
    OpenYourEyes
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    If it looked like a Little Grebe it was probably a Little Grebe! Loads of them all over Dublin, Lovely little birds.


  • #3
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,737 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Really? I hope it was one, that'd be deadly! I wouldn't have thought you'd see them around here.

    I'm not much of a birdwatcher and it's hard to get a good look at anything with two dogs making a ton of noise, but I like to keep an eye out.


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