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2023 Migrants

Can you fill in any of the gaps, or have you seen any of these birds on earlier dates than are shown?

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 Sand Martin  19th March, Rahasane turlough (Paul Troake)
 House Martin  12th April, Shankill, Lough Corrib & Knocknacarra, Galway city (Sandra O'Toole & Aonghus O'Donaill)
 Swallow  31st March, Baranny, Lough Corrib (Ian O'Connor)
 Swift  27th April, Rahasane turlough (Paul Troake)
 Common Sandpiper  
 Manx Shearwater  6th May, Tawin (Sean Holland)
 Whimbrel  17th April, Tawin (Sean Holland)
 Marsh Harrier  
 Osprey  
 Hobby  
 Common Tern  22nd April, Inishroo, Corranroo Bay (Paul Troake)
 Arctic Tern  
 Little Tern  27th April, Bunowen Pier, Ballyconneely (Dermot Breen)
 Black Tern  
 Roseate Tern  
 Arctic Skua  10th May, Bunowen Pier, Ballyconneely (Dermot Breen)
 Pomarine Skua  10th May, Bunowen Pier, Ballyconneely (Dermot Breen)
 Great Skua  1st May, Slyne Head (John & Susan Brittain)
 Long-tailed Skua  
 Willow Warbler  1st April, Coolanillaun, Lough Corrib (Mike Sylvia)
 Wood Warbler  
 Sedge Warbler  23rd April, Near Ballindereen (Paul Troake)
 Whitethroat  23rd April, Clooncurreen Bog, Nr. Moylough & Nr. Ballindereen (Paidi Cullinan & Paul Troake)
 Lesser Whitethroat  
 Grasshopper Warbler  19th April, Pillagh, Nr. Moycullen (Paul Troake)
 Garden Warbler  
 White Wagtail  18th April, Murvey, Roundstone (Dermot Breen)
 Yellow Wagtail  
 Corncrake  1st May, Inishbofin (Stephen Blandford)
 Spotted Crake  
 Quail  
 Cuckoo  11th April, Nr. Headford (Ian O'Connor)
 Turtle Dove  
 Nightjar  
 Wheatear  20th March, Pollagh, Nr. Ballinderreen (Paul Troake)
 Whinchat  
 Ring Ouzel  
 Spotted Flycatcher  
 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 BirdTrack 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 Climate Change.

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