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Showing posts with label wetland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wetland. Show all posts
Saturday 30 November 2013
BLACK BELLIED (GREY) PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola Rogerstown Estuary, Rush, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Saturday 13 April 2013
BLACK TAILED GODWIT (Limosa limosa) at the Horse Marsh, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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The Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) is of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Limosa. This large, long-legged and long-billed shorebird's breeding
range extends from Iceland through central Europe as well as central
and northeastern Asia. In the autumn, it migrates south to spend the
winter in southern and western Europe, sub Saharan Africa, southern Asia
and parts of coastal Australia. The species breeds in fens, damp
meadows, moorlands and bogs. In the winter, it occurs on estuaries, lake
shores, and in damp coastal fields. There are three subspecies recognised;
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) distribution map Yellow breeding Blue wintering Green breeding resident |
Labels:
April 2012,
Broadmeadow Estuary Co Dublin,
Canon 7D,
Fingal,
godwit,
Ireland,
passage migrant,
shorebird,
Swords,
waders,
wetland
Sunday 7 April 2013
GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus Portmarnock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Saturday 6 April 2013
Friday 8 March 2013
Thursday 28 February 2013
ICELAND GULL (1st winter) (Larus glaucoides) Seatown Marsh, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Monday 21 January 2013
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