Friday 21 February 2014
Wednesday 19 February 2014
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER or COMMON LOON (Gavia immer) Port Oriel, Clogherhead, Co Louth, Ireland
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The Great Northern Diver or Common Loon (Gavia immer) is of the family Gaviidae which is in genus Gavia
Monday 17 February 2014
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER or COMMON LOON (Gavia immer) Port Oriel, Clogherhead, Co Louth, Ireland
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The Great Northern Diver or Common Loon (Gavia immer) is of the family Gaviidae which is in genus Gavia.
Friday 14 February 2014
Sunday 9 February 2014
Saturday 8 February 2014
Friday 7 February 2014
Thursday 6 February 2014
Tuesday 4 February 2014
LITTLE GREBE or DABCHICK (Tachybaptus ruficollis) adult in winter plumage, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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The Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) or more commonly known as Dabchick, is a small waterbird in the family Podicipedidae which is in the genus Tachybaptus.
Nine subspecies are generally recognised whose range extends in a band
over most of Europe across southern and eastern Asia. It also occurs in
northern and sub Saharan Africa. Worldwide there were 23 species of
grebe but Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus), which was last seen in 1985 at Lake Alaotra in Madagascar, is now considered to be extinct.
Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds
Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds
LITTLE GREBE or DABCHICK (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 1st winter plumage Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Click external link here for detailed species informationClick external link here to see distribution map and to hear calls The Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) or more commonly known as Dabchick, is a small waterbird in the family Podicipedidae which is in the genus Tachybaptus.
Nine subspecies are generally recognised whose range extends in a band
over most of Europe across southern and eastern Asia. It also occurs in
northern and sub Saharan Africa. Worldwide there were 23 species of
grebe but Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus), which was last seen in 1985 at Lake Alaotra in Madagascar, is now considered to be extinct. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds |
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