July 2005 Sightings
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03.07.05 Tubbercurry
1 Long-Eared Owl, gave good views for several minutes, hunting along hedgerows and over a meadow at nightfall.
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| Images © Mícheál Casey 2005 | ||
| 4th July 2005: Leucistic Bar-tailed Godwit at Raghley - possibly same bird seen at Streedagh on 30th November 2004 - see November 2004 sightings page | ||
04.07.05 Raghley
91 Bar-Tailed Godwits, including one markedly leucistic Bar-Tailed Godwit very similar to one seen at Streedagh Strand on the 30.11.04 (see sightings archive).
05.07.05 Raghley
159 Bar-Tailed Godwits, 2 Dunlin, flushed at high tide by a hunting Peregrine Falcon
08.07.05 Collooney
Peregrine Falcon, being mobbed by a flock of Rooks
08.07.05 Ox Mountains
Late report received of two pairs of breeding Twite, identified in the last week of June 2005 in course of a targeted study of breeding Twite in Ireland.
08.07.05 Castlebaldwin
Barn Owl hunting along the grassy verge of the main Sligo-Dublin road (N4), seen in the headlights of a passing car at 11.30 pm
14.07.05 Kintogher Strand, Drumcliffe Bay
Large flock of Curlews (289) on beach at high tide, a very high count for July.