tallaghtgulls.blogspot.com
Tallaght Gulls + Rings: April 2014
http://tallaghtgulls.blogspot.com/2014_04_01_archive.html
Friday, 4 April 2014. April 2014 - Great Black Backed Gulls Gull with Yellow legs! Speedy reply from Scotland. 4th sighting - all by me! 2102 Scottish Ringed Great Black Backed Gull. There were also 2012 Great Black Backed Gull with Irelands' Eye Darvic Rings. Including yet another that is new to me. It is interesting to compare the plumage between the two colonies so the photos I've chosen are as close as possible to the same pose. 2012 Irelands' Eye ringed Great Black Backed Gull. I got a mid week trip...
tallaghtgulls.blogspot.com
Tallaght Gulls + Rings: July 2014
http://tallaghtgulls.blogspot.com/2014_07_01_archive.html
Sunday, 6 July 2014. July 2014 - Meds about. Lots and lots of Black Headed Gulls in the park this week but the fine weather means a busy park! No foreign coloured rings so far and even 27H0 only making a weekly appearance. The parks of Tallaght have been quiet for rings. I had a week in Kerry where in the fishing ports and at the Fish Factory in Renard Point I got no rings, not even a metal. In Dublin there are meds around at the coast but none yet seen inland. Med Gull at Sandycove. The ring is a BTO Lo...
birdingatantrimmarina.blogspot.com
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina: Yellow 260D in Glenarm...
http://birdingatantrimmarina.blogspot.com/2015/08/yellow-260d-in-glenarm.html
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina. Sunday, 16 August 2015. Yellow 260D in Glenarm. My sister Heather and I arrived at Antrim Marina just before 9am this morning, a lovely morning it was too. The temperature was reading 14 °. C with almost clear sunny skies and a slight south-westerly wind blowing in from the Lough. Black-headed Gulls Present Today. Black-headed Gull - Orange 2AAN (16 Aug 2015). Black-headed Gull - Orange 2ADJ (16 Aug 2015). Black-headed Gull - Orange 2BRA (16 Aug 2015). Once again, there we...
tallaghtgulls.blogspot.com
Tallaght Gulls + Rings: December 2013
http://tallaghtgulls.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html
Monday, 2 December 2013. December 2013 - Another new Darvic and a Caspian Gull! Ballymount Park, Dublin 24 at lunch time today and 18 Mute Swans were out of the water so I got to check for rings. Only one with a ring and again a old style ring with a code that was unfamiliar to me. Again, I hope it will be an interesting report when it arrives from the BTO. Mute Swan ring in Ballymount Park. Larus Ridibundus K[P615]W from Lithuania. Black Headed Gull from Norway. Mute Swan ring upside down! An early pres...
tallaghtgulls.blogspot.com
Tallaght Gulls + Rings: April 2013
http://tallaghtgulls.blogspot.com/2013_04_01_archive.html
Tuesday, 30 April 2013. December 2012 1st -16th. Mt first CR Godwit. Meds, GBB and Godwit! December 2012 was such a fantastic month. It started with a metal ring in Tymon Park, on a Juvenile Black Headed Gull. This turned out to be my first from Lough Mask Island. The only place in Ireland I knew they ringed Black Headed Gulls! By C Benson as age nestling, sex unknown on 28-May-2012 at Lough Mask Island. Black Headed Gull EW53681. I also read the Mute swan in Tymon Park. This b ird was. Back at Sean Wals...
tallaghtgulls.blogspot.com
Tallaght Gulls + Rings: Mute Swan Census - Phase 2
http://tallaghtgulls.blogspot.com/2015/08/mute-swan-nesting-census-phase-2.html
Thursday, 6 August 2015. Mute Swan Census - Phase 2. Received yet another report of Mute Swans with Cygnets in Russborough House in Blessington. Confirmed breeding pair no. 42! Thank you Vincent - yet again. It is proving slow work getting around to sites and then trying to relocate Swans and Cygnets. Parks are easy but waterways, Canals and Rivers are proving difficult. Completed the Peples Garden in the Phoenix Park today. 3 Cygnets first noted 25th May and still 3 Cygnets. 1st Date of Cygnets. These d...
birdingatantrimmarina.blogspot.com
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina: A Third Winter Starts...
http://birdingatantrimmarina.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-third-winter-starts.html
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina. Sunday, 2 August 2015. A Third Winter Starts. Before I continue, I must give a big thank you to the newly amalgamated Antrim and Newtownabbey Council. The car parking area to the front of the cafe, has now been closed off to the general public, by the placement of a barrier. Therefore, 'Thank You' to the Antrim and Newtownabbey Council for their understanding and permission allowing me access, especially Karen Steele and Ruth Wilson, whom I have been in recent liaisons with.
birdingatantrimmarina.blogspot.com
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina: April 2015
http://birdingatantrimmarina.blogspot.com/2015_04_01_archive.html
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina. Sunday, 12 April 2015. After 36 consecutive Sunday visits to Antrim Marina, my second winter of 'Ring Watching' is complete. For the commencement of my second winter, I decided to start this Blog as a record of my visits to Antrim Marina. I was initially unsure, if I could obtain enough info to make this worthwhile. I therefore decided to expand slightly by recording 'Rings' that I spotted elsewhere. I also strongly believe, that a greater number of Darvic-rung approachabl...
birdingatantrimmarina.blogspot.com
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina: February 2015
http://birdingatantrimmarina.blogspot.com/2015_02_01_archive.html
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina. Sunday, 22 February 2015. 2AAJ - On The Move. Arriving at Antrim Marina at 9am, the temperature was reading 2 °. C with a dark sky, raining fairly heavily and a light wind was blowing in from the Lough. The rain finally ceased about 11pm and came on again quite heavily around 12.20. By mid-morning the temperature had rose to 7 °. C and so had the wind, which by then was blowing strongly. Can be found below. I noticed today that 2AAN. Black-headed Gulls Present Today. I had...
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT