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2009 Migrants

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 Sand Martin  14th March, Rahasane Turlough (Dermot Breen)
 House Martin  18th March, Lettera, Headford (Neil Sharkey).
 Swallow  1st April, Gorteen, Nr. Ballinasloe (Pat Roberts).
 Swift  3rd May, Angliham, Lough Corrib (Tom Cuffe).
 Common Sandpiper  16th April, Tullyconnor, near Killary Harbour (Dermot Breen).
 Manx Shearwater  21st March, off Kilronan, Inishmore (Hugh Delaney).
 Whimbrel  17th April, Inveran & Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare (Aonghus O'Donaill & Martin Byrnes).
 Marsh Harrier  Overwintered at Lough Corrib.
 Osprey  
 Hobby  18th April, Creganna Marsh, Nr. Oranmore (Aonghus O'Donaill).
 Common Tern  7th May, 'commic' prob Common, Rabbit Island, Galway City (Tom Cuffe).
 Arctic Tern  
 Little Tern  15th April, Silver Strand, Galway City (Tim Griffin)
 Black Tern  
 Roseate Tern  28th June, Inish Meain (Dermot Breen).
 Arctic Skua  11th April, Lettermullan (Dermot Breen).
 Pomarine Skua  11th April, Lettermullan (Dermot Breen).
 Great Skua  1st May, Baile na hAbhainn (Tom Chadwick).
 Long-tailed Skua  16th May, Lettermullan (Dermot Breen).
 Willow Warbler  5th April, Slieve Aughty mountains Nr, Derrybrien (Pete Capsey, John Carey & Neil Sharkey).
 Wood Warbler  28th April, Cloonbeg Bridge, Ballinahinch Castle (Dan Ballard).
 Sedge Warbler  15th April, Monacow, Tuam (Chris Peppiatt).
 Whitethroat  14th May, Inishbofin (Aonghus O'Donaill)
 Grasshopper Warbler  13th April, Gorteen, Nr. Ballinasloe (Pat Roberts).
 Garden Warbler  
 White Wagtail  2nd April, Mutton Island, Galway City (Tom Cuffe).
 Corncrake  30th March, 2, Inishturbot (Paddy Pryce).
 Spotted Crake  
 Quail  29th June, Clonfert (Neal Warnock).
 Cuckoo  18th April, Moycullen (Martin Byrnes)
 Turtle Dove  24th May, Inishbofin (Anthony McGeehan).
 Nightjar  
 Wheatear  17th March, Bunowen, Ballyconneely (Dermot Breen)
 Whinchat  26th April, Clonfert (Neal Warnock)
 Ring Ouzel  
 Spotted Flycatcher  6th June (Marianne ten Cate).
 Pied Flycatcher  
 Garganey  20th April, Angliham, Lough Corrib (Tim Griffin).

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.

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