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Migrants

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 Sand Martin  .
 House Martin  .
 Swallow  27th March, Crestwood, Menlo (Dympna Brennan).
 Swift  30th April, Shantalla, Galway City (Aonghus O'Donaill).
 Common Sandpiper  .
 Manx Shearwater  .
 Whimbrel  18th April, Mutton Island, Galway City (Michael Davis).
 Marsh Harrier  Overwintered at Lough Corrib.
 Osprey  .
 Hobby  .
 Common Tern  .
 Arctic Tern  .
 Little Tern  .
 Black Tern  
 Roseate Tern  .
 Arctic Skua  .
 Pomarine Skua  .
 Great Skua  .
 Long-tailed Skua  .
 Willow Warbler  27th March, Crestwood, Menlo (Dympna Brennan).
 Wood Warbler  .
 Sedge Warbler  .
 Whitethroat  .
 Grasshopper Warbler  .
 Garden Warbler  27th June, Moycullen (Aonghus O'Donaill).
 White Wagtail  .
 Corncrake  17th April, Inishturbot (Marty Burke).
 Spotted Crake  
 Quail  .
 Cuckoo  10th April, Woodford (Jamie Durrant).
 Turtle Dove  9th May, Tullyvoheen, Clifden (Miryam & Michael Harris)
 Nightjar  
 Wheatear  28th March, Ballinderreen turlough (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 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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