Tuesday, 31 December 2013
BLACK HEADED GULL (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) juvenile in moult to 1st winter plumage, Blessington Street Basin Reservoir, Dublin City, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Monday, 30 December 2013
INISHBOFIN ISLAND (OLD HARBOUR), Cloonamore, Connemara, Co.Galway, Ireland
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Monday, 23 December 2013
Sunday, 22 December 2013
WHITE THROATED SPARROW Zonotrichia albicollis Cape Clear Island, Baltimore, Co. Cork, Ireland
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Friday, 20 December 2013
COMMON GULL Larus canus ssp. l. c. canus Gormanston Beach, Co.Meath, Ireland
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Wednesday, 18 December 2013
MEDITERRANEAN GULL (Adult) Larus melanocephalus Gormanston Beach, Gormanston, Co.Meath, Ireland
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Up to the early 1980's Mediterranean Gull was considered to be a rare/scarce migrant in Ireland. Due to the expanding European population, there has been a gradual increase in the numbers occurring. Wintering flocks of up to 50 individuals have now been recorded at a number of coastal locations in Ireland. The first Irish breeding record was in 1995 in County Antrim. The following year breeding was proved in County Wexford which remains the stronghold of the small Irish breeding population. The above colour ringed (Green 542) individual has a very interesting history as follows; ringed as a nestling at Les Pas-de-Calais, France on 17/06/2008, observed at Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland on 15/10/2008, observed at Doelpolder Noord, Doel, Belguim on 12/06/2010, observed at Oostwold, Groningen, Netherlands on 08/07/2011, photographed at Gormanston, Co. Meath, Ireland on 03/08/2012, observed at Weymouth, Dorset, England on 26/11/13. |
Sunday, 15 December 2013
IBERIAN AZURE WINGED MAGPIE Cyanopica cooki El Acebuche Visitor Centre, Cota Donana, Huelva, Spain
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Friday, 13 December 2013
IBERIAN AZURE WINGED MAGPIE Cyanopica cooki El Acebuche Visitor Centre, Cota Donana, Huelva, Spain
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EL ACEBUCHE (PICNIC AREA) Cota Donana, Almonte, Huelva, Spain
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EL ACEBUCHE VISITOR CENTRE Cota Donana, Almonte, Huelva, Spain
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Saturday, 7 December 2013
GREATER SHORT TOED LARK Alandrella brachydactyla Centro de Interpretación del Parque Nacional de Doñana José Antonio Valverde, Sevilla, Spain
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Wednesday, 4 December 2013
THEKLA LARK Galerida theklae Centro de Educação, Ambiental Vale Gonçalinho, Castro Verde, Portugal
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Tuesday, 3 December 2013
CRESTED LARK Galerida cristata Sapal de Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António, Nature Reserve, Castro Marim, Portugal
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