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2006 Migrants

 Sand Martin  28th March, Angliham, Lough Corrib (Tim Griffin)
 House Martin  8th April, Nr. Wolfe Tone Bridge, Galway City (Dermot Breen)
 Swallow  29th March, Moycullen (Aonghus O'Donaill)
 Swift  30th April, Ballinasloe (Pete Capsey)
 Common Sandpiper  
 Whimbrel  11th April, Mutton Island, Galway City (Michael Davis)
 Marsh Harrier  2nd March, Curraghline, Lough Corrib (Aonghus O'Donaill)
 Common Tern  9th April, Angliham, Lough Corrib (Aonghus O'Donaill & Pádraic Reaney)
 Arctic Tern  
 Little Tern  8th April, Grattan Road, Salthill, Galway City (Tim Griffin)
 Black Tern  
 Roseate Tern  
 Willow Warbler  8th April, Waterside, Galway City (Dermot Breen) & Carrick, Cornamona (Tom Tarpey)
 Sedge Warbler  26th April, Nr. Milltown, Tuam (Chris Benson)
 Whitethroat  8th April, Carrick, Cornamona (Tom Tarpey)
 Grasshopper Warbler  16th April, Nr. Milltown, Tuam (Chris Benson)
 Garden Warbler  
 Corncrake  
 Spotted Crake  
 Quail  
 Cuckoo  15th April, Nr. Ben Lettery, Connemara (Pádraig Keirns)
 Turtle Dove  
 Nightjar  
 Wheatear  18th March, Nimmo'sPier, Galway City (Tim Griffin)
 Ring Ouzel  
 Spotted Flycatcher  7th May, Nr. Milltown, Tuam (Chris Benson)
 Pied Flycatcher  
 Garganey  
 Manx Shearwater  27th March, Baile na hAbhann (Tim Griffin)
 Arctic Skua  16h April, Silver Strand, Galway City (Tim Griffin)
 Great Skua   20th May, Silver Strand, Galway City (Tim Griffin)
 Pomarine Skua  

If you are interested in the pattern of bird migration in Ireland and Britain you may like to visit the BTO/BirdWatch Ireland Migration Site.

Phenology is the study of the dates of recurring natural phenomena such as the arrival and departure dates of migratory birds and the dates of bud break and flowering of plants and trees. It is thought that this type of study may be of particular relevance to Global Warming and other climatic phenomena.

The Irish Native Woodland Trust web site has a page via which you can contribute to this study.

© BirdWatch Galway 2006