Irish wildlife observations 2011

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#41 Post by **corbyeire** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:12 pm

saw plenty of swallows in east galway last thursday - also saw 2 little egrets near the city centre

#42 Post by Al » Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:27 pm

Swallows in Leitrim/Longford and Roscommon direction, also Partridge running around the back roads

...by the time I got the telephoto lens on it was in someones garden though and into a hedge

#43 Post by **finding nemo** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:55 pm

killer whales off irelands eye

http://www.iwdg.ie/iscope/sightings/det ... p?id=16853

#44 Post by **JOHN1** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:03 pm

finding nemo wrote:killer whales off irelands eye

http://www.iwdg.ie/iscope/sightings/det ... p?id=16853

with a bit of luck they will stick around and feast on a few seals

#45 Post by **corbyeire** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:28 pm

an otter with 2 pups on an estuary last night

Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:01 am

http://www.iwdg.ie/iscope/sightings/det ... p?id=16853

#47 Post by **twinkle** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:58 am

yessss my prayers have been answered how many seals per day can they eat

#48 Post by **Last Cast** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 3:09 am

I heard my first Cuckoo of the year yesterday, 16 April at Coomhola near Bantry.

#49 Post by **beachcomber** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:55 am

A beautiful Jay feeding by the edge of the road near the viaduct just outside Cork city yesterday 16/4/11

#50 Post by **cathalger** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:48 am

Might not be too surprising to people in Munster, Connaught or the midlands but I heard my first drumming snipe yesterday evening in an upland area. I usually associate that sound with June up here.

#51 Post by **fastnet** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:14 pm

Saw a female sparrow hawk near Baltimore this morning!It was being pestered by a smaller bird!!

#52 Post by **corbyeire** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:05 pm

saw a barn owl near sligo on sunday in flight - first one i can say for sure that ive seen

#53 Post by **doggie3131** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:48 pm

first swallows here in mayo,spotted sunday,also a sparrow hawk....but hes nearly a pet at this stage....he likes my bird feeder table!

#54 Post by **gfkelly1969** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:56 pm

saw a Red-legged Partridge today,took a photo on the phone but its not great

Red-Legged Partridge.JPG

my boss said its around for awhile now

#55 Post by **beachcomber** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:53 pm

Saw a large Basking Shark off Galley Head yesterday evening

#56 Post by **cd07** » Mon May 09, 2011 2:14 pm

My 1st peregrine sighting on the north dublin coast! He stooped at a load of waders but I couldnt see if he got anything. Amazing birds

#57 Post by **corbyeire** » Mon May 09, 2011 6:41 pm

was on the bus down from dublin to galway yesterday - had no book so spent most the time looking out the windows - saw 3 seperate kestrels hovering just at the edge of the motorway

then walking the mutt down at the local point saw another one show up over a stone wall about 2 metres in front of me and about 3 m high - the gale was blowing hard so he could only hover infront of me for a second - it was amazing to have such a view

#58 Post by **roooster** » Mon May 09, 2011 8:03 pm

i seen a beauty chasing a load of them rock pigeons one day last week down east cork direction while out fishing,it made up for the brutal fishing id that day !!!

#59 Post by **eoghanb** » Wed May 11, 2011 6:58 am

I was walkin over oconnel bridge half asleep at 06:30 with mac d's coffee in hand,spotted sumtin in the river i was expecting to see a duck or cormerant but low and behold an otter wresting with a half decent trout,in the liffy

#60 Post by **cathalger** » Fri May 20, 2011 7:20 pm

Theres been talk of a kestrel decline in recent years, I dunno? I saw one near Ballygawley Co Tyrone last Sunday, another at Partry Co Mayo on Monday and another close to Antrim Airport yesterday evening. I think Ive seen 5 if not 6 in 2011 and I dont drive the motorways and dual carriage-ways very much at all. Only 2 of those have been seen hovering over roadsides where youd expect to see them.

Anyone else seeing them or noticing a decline?

Saw a sparrowhawk flit across the road infront of the car last Saturday in Glenariff Co Antrim.

Also a stoat ran across in front of the car on the way back from Mayo yesterday near Castlebar.

Mayo is rich with stuff and I'm sure Im forgetting things, heard cuckoos and drummimg snipe galore. A pile of birds heard that I have no idea what they were. Heres a 'Green Sawfly' photographed at the top of the Cong Canal, Lough Mask on Tuesday past. The cockchafer beetle was at the same area.

One last thing, picked up a freshly killed red squirrel in Glenariff Co Antrim, on the road last Saturday and then found one on the road between Partry and Tourmakeady Co Mayo on Tuesday, it was destroyed. Drying the tail of the first one now for flies.

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