Species Hunt other than Fish

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#21 Post by **stevecrow74** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:54 pm

boycie89 wrote:ready deep breath , falcon , otters, seal, dolphin (common and bottle nosed ), porpoise , blue shark , and even four massive killer whales chasing a porpoise whilst out off courtmacsherry in the summer !!!!! any more and ill start to sound like david attenborough !!!

i think you mis-read the title...
"Which species other than fish did you come across while angling in 2007?"

not what you saw last summer but this year

#22 Post by MC » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:18 pm

stevecrow74 wrote:
boycie89 wrote:ready deep breath , falcon , otters, seal, dolphin (common and bottle nosed ), porpoise , blue shark , and even four massive killer whales chasing a porpoise whilst out off courtmacsherry in the summer !!!!! any more and ill start to sound like david attenborough !!!

i think you mis-read the title...
"Which species other than fish did you come across while angling in 2007?"

not what you saw last summer but this year

aren't whales, dolphin and porpoise mammals

#23 Post by MC » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:34 pm

sorry just caught on the summer was last year :oops: :oops: :oops:

#24 Post by **adam.urwin** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:15 pm

I've seen Cormorant, Shag, Guilliemot, Black Guilliemot, Razorbill, Peregrin Falcon, Buzzard, White Egret, Grey Heron, Seal and porpoise. I know that they are talking about re-introducing White Tailed Sea Eagle back into Kerry and they can be seen up in Donegal. There is a population on Mull over in Scotland so I wouldn't be suprised if they'd been seen on the North Eastern coast of N.Ireland.

#25 Post by **adam.urwin** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:23 pm

I've seen Cormorant, Shag, Guilliemot, Black Guilliemot, Razorbill, Peregrin Falcon, Buzzard, White Egret, Grey Heron, Seal and porpoise. I know that they are talking about re-introducing White Tailed Sea Eagle back into Kerry and they can be seen up in Donegal. There is a population on Mull over in Scotland so I wouldn't be suprised if they'd been seen on the North Eastern coast of N.Ireland.

#26 Post by **corbyeire** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:30 pm

charlies pair didnt do to well the last time in the 70s - wouldnt think reintroducing them in kerry again would be a good idea

#27 Post by **adam.urwin** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:39 pm

My Dad is a major bird watcher and he reckons they are thriving on Mull. There's a lot of shouting about them taking lambs, but a study over there said that of the 2300 lambs that died last year only 32 of them could 'possibly' have been killed ny the eagles. Some idiot actually said that they might attack people!! It would be good to see them again though

#28 Post by **corbyeire** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:42 pm

it would be good to see them again alright - but think if reintroduction was to take place it would be better in the NE where they would be closer to mul - and an established population

#29 Post by **bigtuna** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:03 am

now seeing something like that whilst in the back of beyond up round donegal/derry would be something :shock: , must watch the skies and watch my catch!!

#30 Post by **Seancelt** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:22 am

That is one sighting that I would love to see. The only word to describe birds like those is majestic.

#31 Post by **boycie89** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:34 pm

well in that case just rule out the orca and blue shark !

#32 Post by **Paramedic030** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:30 pm

If it is a shoal of fish, a herd of sheep and a flock of gulls what the heck is this then?

Rare amphibic species gathering off the pier in Kilcummin, Co. Mayo

And by the way - no effen fish to be seen after that!

#33 Post by **donal domeney** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:29 am

Took these last Sunday week on the way back from the Ling Rocks

#34 Post by **corbyeire** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:29 am

nice pics - they are common dolphins?

#35 Post by **fenitbob** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:38 pm

Barnacle geese, cormorant, Heron, seal

An annoyance of seals? :D

pod of dolphins

#36 Post by **stevecrow74** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:29 am

have seen plenty of heron's lately.. quite a few geese(not sure what type) seen a few dippers on the canals a couple of seals, oyster catchers, crested grebes, thought i saw a swallow but i think its a bit too early for them at the moment( it sure looked like a swallow.. definitely wasn't a swift or martin)..

#37 Post by **Paramedic030** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:53 am

I've seen a swallow ( or it's look-a-like ) too, here in Mayo. Could they be here that early?

#38 Post by **corbyeire** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:07 pm

was it a european swallow or an african swallow??? :lol: - sorry lads

#39 Post by **stevecrow74** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:10 pm

corbyeire wrote:was it a european swallow or an african swallow??? :lol: - sorry lads

well it was laiden with a coconut.. :lol: :lol:

#40 Post by **donal domeney** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:58 pm

Spotted this basking shark today while fishing off Culoo Rock on Valencia Island
The 1st.. pic is for Petekd who likes to fish in the suds

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Species Hunt other than Fish

Which species other than fish did you come across while angling in 2007?