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The Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) is a small sandpiper type shorebird of the family Scolopacidae and is one of the three species of phalarope in the genus Phalaropus.
It is a long distance migrant, breeding in the Arctic tundra regions of
North America and Eurasia and wintering at sea on tropical oceans. The
small British population, which has recently increase to c60 pairs, is
mainly confined to the Shetland Isles and the Outer Hebrides
as well as occasionally breeding on the Scottish Mainland. Formally up
to to 50 pairs bred in Ireland then this population declined with no
proof of breeding since the early 1970s, although breeding has been
suspected on a number of occasions. Thanks to a program of habitat
improve by BirdWatch Ireland, a handful of birds have recommenced
breeding at one protected site in County Mayo.
There
are three previous Co.Dublin records: 30-09-1954 (West Pier, Dun
Laoghaire), 19-12-1956 (North Bull Island) and 08 to 10-09-1957
(Bootherstown Marsh) |
Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds
Reference:
A List of Some Rarer Birds in Dublin version 5.2 - Joe Hobbs (download pdf here)