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Sunday 8 September 2013
THE GAP, SYDNEY HARBOUR NATIONAL PARK Watsons Bay, NWS, Australia
Saturday 7 September 2013
BLACK BELLIED (GREY) PLOVER (Juvenile plumage) Pluvialis squatarola Broadmeadow Estuary, Corballis, Fingal, Donabate, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Juvenile Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) also known as Grey Plover in Europe at the high tide roost on the outer part of the Broadmeadow Estuary. |
COMMON GREENSHANK (Tringa nebularia) Broadmeadow Estuary, Corballis, Donabate, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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The Common Greenshank
(Tringa
nebularia) is a medium sized sandpiper of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Tringa. The breeding range of this wader or shorebird
extends from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. This migratory
species winters in sub Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Australasia. In
addition, small numbers overwinter along the coasts of northwest Africa and northwest Europe including Britain and Ireland. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) distribution map Breeding Passage Non-breeding-winter Vagrant SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons |
Friday 6 September 2013
RED KNOT (Juvenile) Calidris canutus Gormanston Beach, Gormanston, Co Meath, Ireland
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Birds of Meath,
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Canon 7D,
Co Meath,
Gormanston,
Gormanston Beach,
Ireland,
juvenile,
sandpiper,
September,
shorebird,
wader
Wednesday 4 September 2013
BLACK DARTER DRAGONFLY or BLACK MEADOWHAWK DRAGONFLY (Sympetrum danae) female Abbeyleix Bog (Killamuck Bog), Co. Laois, Ireland
CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE HIGHER QUALITY IMAGE Click external link here for detailed species information The Black Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum danae) is of the family Libellulidae which is in the genus Sympetrum. It occurs in northern Eurasia as well as parts of North America where it is know as Black Meadowhawk Dragonfly. The flight season is from July to September. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds |
BLACK DARTER DRAGONFLY or BLACK MEADOWHAWK DRAGONFLY (Sympetrum danae) male Abbeyleix Bog, (Killamuck Bog), Co. Laois, Ireland
CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE HIGHER QUALITY IMAGE Click external link here for detailed species information The Black Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum danae) is of the family Libellulidae which is in the genus Sympetrum. It occurs in northern Eurasia as well as parts of North America where it is know as Black Meadowhawk Dragonfly. The flight season is from July to September. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds |
Tuesday 3 September 2013
WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPER (Adult) Calidris fuscicollis (on left) + DUNLIN Seatown Marsh, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Sunday 1 September 2013
LITTLE STINT (Juvenile) (Calidris minuta) Gormanston Beach, Gormanston, Co Meath, Ireland
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In Ireland, the Little Stint (Calidris minuta) is a uncommon spring and a scarce autumn passage migrant which breeds in the Arctic and winters in sub Saharan Africa |
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August,
Birds of Meath,
Calidris minuta,
Canon 7D,
Co Meath,
Gormanston,
Gormanston Beach,
Ireland,
juvenile,
shorebird,
wader
SANDERLING (Calidris alba) juvenile at Gormanston Beach, Gormanston, Co. Meath, Ireland
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The Sanderling (Calidris alba) is of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Calidris. It breeds in the Arctic tundra regions of North America and Asia. This small shorebird winters on the coastal beaches of southern North America, South America, Western Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australia. It also occurs as a spring and autumn passage migrant at inland locations. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds
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