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Wednesday, 29 July 2015

No reason, just a nice photo of a Barn Owl

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Barn Owl fledgling, Dingle Peninsula, 29th July 2015 (M.O'Clery,  under licence from NPWS ). While checking a Barn Owl nest box ...

Ring-billed Gull, TBWC

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Second year Ring-billed Gull , Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre, 28th July (Ed Carty). Present since January last.
Monday, 27 July 2015

Low point for breeding Curlews in Kerry

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Anyone birding along the coast at this time of year will see plenty of Curlew. Chances are though, they are Scottish- or Scandinavian-born ...

Dangerous Gulls run rampant in Kerry

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There has been a recent series of reports concerning serious attacks by ‘giant seagulls’ in Co. Kerry. One incident, reported in the online ...
Wednesday, 22 July 2015

Abietinus Chiffchaff confirmed in Ireland

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Abietinus Chiffchaff , Ross Castle, 23rd January 2015 (photo: Barry O'Mahony). This is the first c onfirmed  abietinus Chiff chaf...
Monday, 13 July 2015

Another Kerry record - the first brood of 6 Barn Owl chicks for Ireland

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On 11th July the first brood of six Barn Owl chicks ever recorded in Ireland was discovered in a nest box near Castlemaine, Co. Kerry. ...
Sunday, 12 July 2015

Ireland's oldest wild Barn Owl discovered in Kerry

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The oldest wild Barn Owl ever recorded in Ireland was discovered yesterday, during  ringing at a nest site near Castleisland.  John Lus...
Saturday, 4 July 2015

Red Grouse, Stack's Mountains

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The Red Grouse is a very scarce species in Kerry, with loss of heather moorland habitat to forestry, fires and drainage, compounded by hunt...
Saturday, 27 June 2015

Bumper Barn Owl Bonanza

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Things are looking good for the Kerry Barn Owl population so far this summer. Only a few sites have been lost from last year, several new s...
Sunday, 21 June 2015

Young Kestrels take to the skies

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Young Kestrels around the country are either close to, or starting to, fledge from their nest sites. At this particular site in south Co. K...