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2013 Migrants

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 Sand Martin  23rd March, Lough Coy (Paul Troake).
 House Martin  1st April, Coole Lough (Chris Peppiatt).
 Swallow  13th April, Lackan, Nr. Ardrahan (Paul Troake)
 Swift  23rd April, Coolanillaun, Menlo (Aonghus O'Donaill)
 Common Sandpiper  20th April, Lough na bhFaoilean Beag (Chris Peppiatt)
 Manx Shearwater  1st April, Inishmore ferry (Penny Insole)
 Whimbrel  19th April, Rusheen bay, Galway city (Lucian Fasola)
 Marsh Harrier  
 Osprey  
 Hobby  
 Common Tern  28th March, Rusheen Bay (Lucian Fasola).
 Arctic Tern   2nd June, off Gentian Hill, Galway city (Lukasz Czajka).
 Little Tern  20th April, off Gentian Hill, Galway city (Lukasz Czajka).
 Black Tern  
 Roseate Tern  
 Arctic Skua  2nd June, off Gentian Hill, Galway city (Lukasz Czajka).
 Pomarine Skua  
 Great Skua  3rd May, Salthill, Galway city (Brendan Dunne).
 Long-tailed Skua  
 Willow Warbler  12th April, Derreen, Maam (Dermot Breen)
 Wood Warbler  
 Sedge Warbler  24th April, Terryland, Galway city (Penny Insole)
 Whitethroat  2nd May, Toureen (Paul Troake)
 Grasshopper Warbler  23rd April, Toormacnevin, Slieve Aughties (Paul Troake)
 Garden Warbler  
 White Wagtail  
 Corncrake  20th April, Middlequarter, Inishbofin (John Mercer)
 Spotted Crake  
 Quail  
 Cuckoo  12th April, Derreen, Maam (Dermot Breen)
 Turtle Dove  
 Nightjar  
 Wheatear  19th March, Inveran (Aonghus O'Donaill).
 Whinchat  
 Ring Ouzel  
 Spotted Flycatcher  17th May, Oughterard (Steve Bierley).
 Pied Flycatcher  
 Garganey  

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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