Tuesday 31 December 2013
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 (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) adult on 03/08/2012 in winter plumage, colour ringed (Green 542) and 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
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first breeding record for Britain was in 1968 and now in excess of 1200
pairs breed. In 1995 a pair was discovered breeding in Co. Antrim and
the following year a pair bred in Co. Wexford. Since then the Irish
population has gradually increased to over 60 pairs. In the autumn there
is an influx of continental birds from Europe for the winter which has
been proven by colour ringing and then a return migration takes place in
late spring. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) distribution map  Breeding Breeding resident Non breeding - winter SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons |
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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