March 2007 Sightings
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March 2007
| 31st March 2007 Trá Buí, Aughris Head |
1 Sand Martin (P. Keogh) |
| 31st March 2007 Strandhill |
70 Whooper Swans seen flying north (D. Scott) |
| 31st March 2007 Sligo Harbour |
Ring-billed Gull in Sligo Harbour (M. Bell) |
| 31st March 2007 Ballyconnell |
Dark-bellied brent with flock of approx 35 Light-bellied brent geese (M. Casey). |
| 30th March 2007 Tubbercurry |
Two Jays heard calling in an oak plantation (M. Casey) |
| 30th March 2007 Ballyconnell beach |
Single Dark-bellied Brent with a flock of approximately 18 Light-bellied Brent Geese, presumably the same one seen earlier this week (S. Feeney) |
| 29th March 2007 |
Male Merlin seen hunting in the fields behind the beach before disappearing from view into the reedbeds behind the northern end of the beach (M. Casey) |
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27th March 2007
Doonally, Sligo |
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Ballyconnell beach |
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Ballyconnell beach |
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| 25th March 2007
Carrowkeel |
One
Sand Martin seen, also
several Chiffchaffs heard in Co. Roscommon over the past few
days (M. Bell) |
Ballintemple, Maugherow |
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Ballysadare Abbey, Ballysadare |
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| Images © Mícheál Casey 2007 | |
| Iceland Gulls - Termoncarragh, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, March 24th 2007 |
Termoncarragh/ Annagh area, Belmullet, Co. Mayo |
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| 24th March 2007 Lissadell, Carney |
Male Green-winged Teal (M. Bell) |
| 24th March 2007 Ballyconnell, Maugherow |
One male Wheatear (D. Cotton) - second summer migrant of 2007 - spring has officially arrived! |
| 23rd March 2007 Lough Arrow |
Female Ring-necked Duck (M. Bell) |
Carrowroe, Sligo |
One Sand Martin seen flying across main road (C. Benson) |
Ballintemple, Maugherow |
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Ballysadare Abbey, Ballysadare |
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| 23rd March 2007 This Common Buzzard spent the last half-hour before dusk feeding on carrion on the commonage at Bunduff. |
| 23rd March 2007 Bunduff, Cliffoney |
A Common Buzzard was seen
and photographed at dusk, feeding on carrion on the commonage by the
front lake before going to roost in a wood nearby, also a
male
Goosander on the big lake (S. Feeney) |
| 23rd March 2007 Bunduff, Cliffoney 1.30.pm |
8 Whooper Swans (M.Casey) |
| 23rd March 2007 Bunduff, Cliffoney 6.30pm |
82 Whooper Swans (D. Cotton) Clearly the volume of visible migration of Whooper Swans reported in the past 48 hours suggests that their return migration to Iceland for breeding is well underway. The clear weather conditions have enabled this series of observations. |
| 23rd March 2007 Andresna Bay, Lough Arrow |
Female Ring-necked Duck with small flock of Tufted duck (S. Feeney) |
| 22nd March 2007 Lissadell, Carney |
Over 100 Whooper Swans seen at dusk (7.00 - 7.45 pm), flying north towards Mullaghmore in three groups varying in size from 15 to 65 birds (M. Casey) |
| 22nd March 2007 Pontoon, Co. Mayo |
4.30 pm Over 80 Whooper Swans seen flying north in a 'V'
forrmation, at a very high altitude (J. Milroy) |
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| Female Ring-necked Duck - Brick Bay, Lough Arrow, 21st March 2007 | ||
| 21st March 2007 Brick Bay, Lough Arrow |
Female Ring-necked Duck with small flock of Tufted Duck in Brick Bay, beside the caravan park and the former Rock House Hotel (S. Feeney) |
| 21st March 2007 Ballygilgan Nature Reserve (Goose Field), Lissadell |
Green-Winged Teal , pair of Shoveler on pond, approx 100 Wigeon, 40 Common (Eurasian) Teal, and approx 500 Barnacle geese also present (M.Casey) |
| 20th March 2007 Ballygilgan Nature Reserve (Goose Field), Lissadell |
Green-Winged Teal on pond (M.Casey) |
| 18th March 2007 Carney |
Little Egret flew across road (D.Cotton) |
| 17th March 2007 Ballygilgan Nature Reserve (Goose Field), Lissadell |
Green-Winged Teal on pond (D.Breen) |
| 15th March 2007 Ballygilgan Nature Reserve (Goose Field), Lissadell |
Green-Winged Teal (drake) on pond (M.Casey) |
| 11th March 2007 Aughris Head |
1w Iceland Gull (P.Keogh) |
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| 3rd March 2007These
photographs show the total eclipse of the moon from Sligo, one of the
best places to view this particular eclipse. It was viewed in
near perfect weather
conditions, resulting in one of the amazing views of this natural
spectacle. |
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| 3rd March 2007 Main road between Ballintogher and Ballygawley |
Male Hen Harrier hunting low over farmland in the morning (M. Bell) |
| 1st March 2007 Enniscrone Golf Links |
300+ Brent Geese (including 2 ringed birds) (Birdwatch Mayo Website) |
| 1st March 2007 Enniscrone Beach |
2 Iceland Gulls (Birdwatch Mayo Website) |
| 1st March 2007 Dooneen, south of Enniscrone |
Peregrine Falcon (Birdwatch Mayo Website) |