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2014 Migrants

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 Sand Martin  24th March, Tuam (Jim Glennon).
 House Martin  21st April, Rahasane turlough (Paul Troake).
 Swallow  31st March, Toureen (Paul Troake).
 Swift  26th April, Bearna Pier (Cathal Forkan).
 Common Sandpiper  19th April, Lough Corrib Nr. Headford (Eamonn Delaney).
 Manx Shearwater  28th March, Silver Strand, Galway city (Aonghus O'Donaill).
 Whimbrel  18th April, Kilcaimin (Paul Troake).
 Marsh Harrier  16th June, Lough Inch, Bearna (Cathal Forkan).
 Osprey  
 Hobby  
 Common Tern  24th April, Nimmo's Pier (Tom Cuffe).
 Arctic Tern  7th May, Bearna (Paul Troake).
 Little Tern  12th April, Bearna Pier (Cathal Forkan).
 Black Tern  
 Roseate Tern  28th April, Rusheen Bay (Aonghus O'Donaill).
 Arctic Skua  6th April, Tawin (Bermot Breen & Aonghus O'Donaill).
 Pomarine Skua  
 Great Skua  9th June, Inishbofin (Manus Curran).
 Long-tailed Skua  
 Willow Warbler  31st March, Toureen (Paul Troake).
 Wood Warbler  
 Sedge Warbler  26th April, Lough Inch (Cathal Forkan).
 Whitethroat  
 Grasshopper Warbler  18th April, Kilgevrin, Nr. Milltown (Chris Peppiatt).
 Garden Warbler  
 White Wagtail  18th April, Tawin (Paul Troake).
 Corncrake  20th April, Inishbofin (Sam Julian-Grace).
 Spotted Crake  
 Quail  27th May, Island Eddy (Paul Troake).
 Cuckoo  14th April, Old Town, Moycullen (Steve Bierley).
 Turtle Dove  24th May, Mainistir, Inishmore (Daniel O'Connell).
 Nightjar  
 Wheatear  14th March, Murlach, Ballyconneely (Dermot Breen).
 Whinchat  
 Ring Ouzel  
 Spotted Flycatcher  18th June, Menlo, Galway city (Aonghus O'Donaill).
 Pied Flycatcher  
 Garganey  4th May, Ahapouleen turlough (Paul Troake).

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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