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October 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Can’t really improve on Oscar Wilde’s outlook on it.
‘The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable’.
‘The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable’.
October 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Can’t really improve on Oscar Wilde’s outlook on it.
‘The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable’.
‘The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable’.
#donegalbirding
Numbers seem to have exploded this year in particular. I thought a count of 40+ at Blanket Nook towards the end of the summer was good, until a few weeks later someone had 60+ (possibly even more). They’ve overtaken Grey Heron at many sites. Incredible progress. Global warming??
Numbers seem to have exploded this year in particular. I thought a count of 40+ at Blanket Nook towards the end of the summer was good, until a few weeks later someone had 60+ (possibly even more). They’ve overtaken Grey Heron at many sites. Incredible progress. Global warming??
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
#donegalbirding
Numbers seem to have exploded this year in particular. I thought a count of 40+ at Blanket Nook towards the end of the summer was good, until a few weeks later someone had 60+ (possibly even more). They’ve overtaken Grey Heron at many sites. Incredible progress. Global warming??
Numbers seem to have exploded this year in particular. I thought a count of 40+ at Blanket Nook towards the end of the summer was good, until a few weeks later someone had 60+ (possibly even more). They’ve overtaken Grey Heron at many sites. Incredible progress. Global warming??
Please do pass on the numbers. If I don’t have to work I might find more good birds..
October 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Please do pass on the numbers. If I don’t have to work I might find more good birds..
Rings of any kind - which it doesn’t have. And possibly signs of feather damage. This bird gets a clean bill of health on that front. Can’t really argue with location either. Had it turned up a few weeks later with Barnacles, I suspect there would have been a line of twitchers the following day.
September 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Rings of any kind - which it doesn’t have. And possibly signs of feather damage. This bird gets a clean bill of health on that front. Can’t really argue with location either. Had it turned up a few weeks later with Barnacles, I suspect there would have been a line of twitchers the following day.
Depends on who you ask! The IRBC will look at things like date of arrival, location, signs of captivity, carrier species (which might indicate origin), weather systems etc. I think the nail in the coffin will be date and carrier species (Greylag) which are probably Scottish. Resplendent bird!
September 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Depends on who you ask! The IRBC will look at things like date of arrival, location, signs of captivity, carrier species (which might indicate origin), weather systems etc. I think the nail in the coffin will be date and carrier species (Greylag) which are probably Scottish. Resplendent bird!