Birds of North Bull Island - Dublin Bay


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	Species list 2012


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Date	Species		Number	Observer	Location
22-Jan-2012	Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	2	Adrian Rooney, Gary De Lacy.	north saltmarsh
19-Jan-2012	Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris	1	Edd Kealy	Causeway
17-Jan-2012	Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	1	Ger Franck	Causeway
16-Jan-2012	Skylark	Alauda arvensis	20	Ger Franck	Beach south end
14-Jan-2012	Merlin	Falco columbarius	2	Siobhan McNamara, Helen Boland, Sinead Cummins
14-Jan-2012	Peregrine	Falco peregrinus	3	Siobhan McNamara, Helen Boland, Sinead Cummins

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	Winter 2012 The mild winter has helped some that have suffered losses during the previous two cold winters. Stonechats are still very scarce but a few can be found with a bit of effort. The bird photographed (above) was in the dunes nearest the beach on the southern end of the island along with a small flock of 20 Skylarks. Blackcap are still in the scrub beside the Interpretative Centre in addition to Fieldfare and Redwing both of which have been very scarce this winter. The island still has a good variety of birds of prey with 2 merlin, 3 peregrines, 2 short-eared owl, 1+ sparrowhawks and a small number of Kestrels. The kestrels no longer nest on the island since their nest boxes fell from the old telegraph poles some years ago.

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