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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/crunchie-carruthers/">Brian Carruthers-Dublin-Eire</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/crunchie-carruthers/55561392295/" title="Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) &amp; Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55561392295_31249de66c_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) &amp; Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S61912888" rel="noreferrer nofollow">ebird.org/checklist/S61912888</a><br /> <br /> Scientific classification<br /> Kingdom: Animalia<br /> Phylum: Chordata<br /> Class: Aves<br /> Order: Pelecaniformes<br /> Family: Threskiornithidae<br /> Genus: Plegadis<br /> Species: P.falcinellus<br /> [FR] Ibis falcinelle | [DE] Brauner Sichler | [ES] Ibis Castana | [NL] Zwarte Ibis <br /> <br /> spanwidth min.: 88 cm<br /> spanwidth max.: 105 cm<br /> size min.: 55 cm<br /> size max.: 65 cm<br /> Breeding<br /> incubation min.: 20 days<br /> incubation max.: 23 days<br /> fledging min.: 26 days<br /> fledging max.: 23 days<br /> broods 1<br /> eggs min.: 3<br /> eggs max.: 6<br /> <br /> <br /> Physical characteristics<br /> <br /> Unmistakable because is the only species in Europe with greenish-black plumage, long black legs and long curved bill. The size is bigger than 50 cm. Characteristic wetland species, breeding colonies are usually mixed with other herons. Birds may feed tens of kilometres from the breeding colonies. The Glossy Ibis feeds mainly on aquatic animals. Migrant.<br /> <br /> Habitat<br /> <br /> Characteristic wetland species, breeding colonies are usually mixed with other herons. Lakes, swamps, lagoons, sewage ponds, rivers wet meadows and irrigated cultivation. Roosting sites in large trees often far from water. Nests in freshwater or brackish wetlands, usually in tall dense trees or in low trees or bushes over or near water.<br /> <br /> Other details<br /> <br /> Plegadis falcinellus is a patchily distributed summer visitor to southern and southeastern Europe, which accounts for a tiny proportion of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is relatively small (10%) overall. Consequently, it is provisionally evaluated as Declining.<br /> This bird has a nearly cosmopolitan but very fragmented distribution. In Europe it breeds in the Mediterranean regions, the Balkan Peninsula and the eastern parts of the continent. The population of the European Union comprises 52-89 breeding pairs, which represents only 0.5% of the total European population. Being fairly unpredictable in the occupation of its breeding sites, its trends are often difficult to assess, but globally it has undergone a strong decline since the latter part of last century, and its breeding area have definitely contracted. This trend seems even to have been accelerated during the last few decades. The main reasons for this are wetland reclamation, hunting and disturbance of breeding colonies<br /> <br /> ========================<br /> <br /> Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)<br /> <br /> Scientific classification<br /> Kingdom:Animalia<br /> Phylum:Chordata<br /> Class:Aves<br /> Order:Charadriiformes<br /> Family:Scolopacidae<br /> Genus:Limosa<br /> Species:L. limosa<br /> [FR] Barge à queue noire | [DE] Uferschnepfe | [ES] Aguja de Cola Negra | [IT] Pittima reale | [NL] Grutto | [IRL] <br /> Guilbneach earrdhubh<br /> <br /> spanwidth min.: 63 cm<br /> spanwidth max.: 74 cm<br /> size min.: 37 cm<br /> size max.: 42 cm<br /> Breeding<br /> incubation min.: 22 days<br /> incubation max.: 24 days<br /> fledging min.: 0 days<br /> fledging max.: 0 days<br /> broods 1<br /> eggs min.: 3<br /> eggs max.: 4<br /> <br /> Red Godwit, Small Curlew<br /> <br /> Status: Winter visitor from Iceland. Numbers remain high throughout the winter, especially September.<br /> <br /> Conservation Concern: Amber-listed in Ireland as the majority of Black-tailed Godwits winter at less than ten sites. The European population is considered to be Vulnerable, due to past and present declines in key populations, such as the Netherlands and Russia.<br /> <br /> Identification: Very similar in size and shape to Bar-tailed Godwit, but the slightly longer, straighter bill, neck and legs give it a more elegant appearance. Winter plumage is a similar greyish brown to Bar-tailed, but generally plainer, with less dark-centred feathers, especially on the wings. In flight, the similarities between the godwits disappears - Black-tailed shows a striking contrasty upperwing - mostly black with bold white wingbars, a square white rump and a black tail (Bar-tailed has quite uniform brown wings and a long white rump which extends well up the back forming a white wedge). Summer plumaged or moulting birds often occur, showing varying amounts of rich orange. Typically wades in shallow water on tidal mudflats - favours the inner, more silty parts of estuaries and inlets. Can occur in large flocks of several hundred birds.<br /> <br /> Call: Described as loud 'wicka' repeated three times.<br /> <br /> Diet: Visual and tactile feeders - feed on a range of invertebrates, including bivalves, polychaete worms and shore crabs. Prefer to feed on muddier estuaries, but also feed in brackish pools and on nearby rough pasture. While on pasture, they feed on the larvae of crane fly (Tipulidae) and on the amphipod Corophium volutator. They have also been recorded feeding on grain in stubble fields on the Wexford Slobs.<br /> <br /> Breeding: Breed in lowland wet grassland and marshes. Nine breeding sites were identified in Ireland during the last breeding atlas. More recently, birds were present during the breeding season between 1996 and 1999 inclusive, though breeding was not proven.<br /> <br /> Wintering: Winters in a variety of habitats, both inland (particularly grassland and river deltas) and coastal (particularly estuaries), though seldom seen along non-estuarine coast.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/canderson/">candersonclick</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/canderson/55560986623/" title="CausewayRicoh_03"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55560986623_cda4537060_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="CausewayRicoh_03" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/mickmcd/">mick mcd</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mickmcd/55561063980/" title="The Burren"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55561063980_d18892b558_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="The Burren" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/mickmcd/">mick mcd</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mickmcd/55560828799/" title="Dungaire Castle"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55560828799_d1b48c4cf9_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Dungaire Castle" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/181913147@N07/">John David Murphy</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/181913147@N07/55560612153/" title="Eurasian Oystercatcher."><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55560612153_59a489f92a_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Eurasian Oystercatcher." /></a></p> <p>Status<br /> Resident &amp; winter visitor (from Iceland and the Faeroes) - largest numbers in Ireland between September &amp; March<br /> <br /> Identification<br /> Large, distinctive wader with long orange-red bill, black head, chest and upperparts and white underparts.<br /> <br /> Voice<br /> Noisy - call is shrill, loud 'beep'. Piping call usually from the ground comprises phrases often run together and accelerating 'kip kip kip-kip-kip' and fast 'kli-klikli', and bubbling trill 'prrrr…'. Flight song, usually made in wide-circling display-flight is slower 'plee-ah plee-ah' repeated in time with wingbeats.<br /> <br /> Diet<br /> The main food resource includes the larger invertebrates, particularly mussels and cockles that proliferate along sandy coasts. They also occasionally feed on grasslands where they prey on tipulid larvae and earthworms. They feed by both sight (for polychaete worms) and touch (bivalve mussels).<br /> <br /> Breeding<br /> Nests principally on shingle beaches, dunes, salt marshes and rocky shores around the coast, but also on some large inland lakes.<br /> <br /> Wintering<br /> Use all coastal habitats, and particularly favour open sandy coasts. Around 60,000 Oystercatchers spend the winter around the Irish coast, which is a decline of around 28% since the early 2000's.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/funkymonk2000/">SteMurray</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/funkymonk2000/55559413432/" title="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55559413432_848e7941ab_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography" /></a></p> <p>SM_1822_0112<br /> <br /> <a href="https://instagram.com/ste_murray/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stemurrayphotographydesign?ref=hl" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/murray_ste" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://stemurray.tumblr.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Tumblr</a> | <a href="http://www.ste.ie" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.ste.ie</a></p> <p><a 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Photography"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55560533793_d3bbfc194c_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography" /></a></p> <p>SM_1822_0253<br /> <br /> <a href="https://instagram.com/ste_murray/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stemurrayphotographydesign?ref=hl" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/murray_ste" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://stemurray.tumblr.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Tumblr</a> | <a href="http://www.ste.ie" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.ste.ie</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/funkymonk2000/">SteMurray</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/funkymonk2000/55560828800/" title="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55560828800_603198bfcb_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography" /></a></p> <p>SM_1822_0510<br /> <br /> <a href="https://instagram.com/ste_murray/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stemurrayphotographydesign?ref=hl" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/murray_ste" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://stemurray.tumblr.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Tumblr</a> | <a href="http://www.ste.ie" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.ste.ie</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/funkymonk2000/">SteMurray</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/funkymonk2000/55560595494/" title="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55560595494_e57340c7f7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography" /></a></p> <p>SM_1822_0377<br /> <br /> <a href="https://instagram.com/ste_murray/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stemurrayphotographydesign?ref=hl" rel="noreferrer 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href="http://www.ste.ie" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.ste.ie</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/funkymonk2000/">SteMurray</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/funkymonk2000/55560828620/" title="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55560828620_08bbae2640_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography" /></a></p> <p>SM_1822_0669<br /> <br /> <a href="https://instagram.com/ste_murray/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stemurrayphotographydesign?ref=hl" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/murray_ste" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://stemurray.tumblr.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Tumblr</a> | <a href="http://www.ste.ie" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.ste.ie</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/funkymonk2000/">SteMurray</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/funkymonk2000/55560829215/" title="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55560829215_1711938d08_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography" /></a></p> <p>SM_1822_0161<br /> <br /> <a href="https://instagram.com/ste_murray/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stemurrayphotographydesign?ref=hl" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/murray_ste" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://stemurray.tumblr.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Tumblr</a> | <a href="http://www.ste.ie" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.ste.ie</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/funkymonk2000/">SteMurray</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/funkymonk2000/55559412737/" title="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55559412737_8cbb6efee0_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography" /></a></p> <p>SM_1822_0779<br /> <br /> <a href="https://instagram.com/ste_murray/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stemurrayphotographydesign?ref=hl" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/murray_ste" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://stemurray.tumblr.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Tumblr</a> | <a href="http://www.ste.ie" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.ste.ie</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/funkymonk2000/">SteMurray</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/funkymonk2000/55560595009/" title="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55560595009_c240f3f78a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cyclone _ Rehearsal Photography" /></a></p> <p>SM_1822_0752<br /> <br /> <a href="https://instagram.com/ste_murray/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stemurrayphotographydesign?ref=hl" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/murray_ste" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://stemurray.tumblr.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Tumblr</a> | <a href="http://www.ste.ie" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.ste.ie</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/firehuse999/">firehouse.ie</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/firehuse999/55560566894/" title="Late September Sunrise"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55560566894_de5cc5d0aa_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Late September Sunrise" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ari555/">Aidophoto</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ari555/55560364123/" title="Dublin sunrise,"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55560364123_26cd5b062b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Dublin sunrise," /></a></p> <p>Pools of gold</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/fotos_by_findlay/">FotoFling Scotland</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_by_findlay/55560365409/" title="Trim Castle, County Meath"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55560365409_7de4c4ee47_m.jpg" width="240" height="125" alt="Trim Castle, County Meath" /></a></p> <p>Dominating the town of Trim beside the River Boyne, Trim Castle is the largest Anglo-Norman fortification in Ireland and one of the most impressive survivals from the Norman conquest of the country. <br /> <br /> After Henry II granted the Kingdom of Meath to the Anglo-Norman lord Hugh de Lacy, de Lacy established a timber fortification at Trim. It was destroyed in 1172 by Rory O’Connor, the last High King of Ireland, and construction of the great stone castle began the following year. Building and enlargement continued under de Lacy and his successors for around 30 years, with the complex essentially completed by about 1220. <br /> <br /> At its heart is the extraordinary three-storey, 20-sided keep, whose cruciform plan makes it one of the most distinctive medieval keeps in Ireland. The stronghold was further protected by an extensive curtain wall, ditch and water-filled moat. The enclosed castle grounds cover approximately 1.5 hectares. <br /> <br /> Trim is sometimes known as King John’s Castle, although there is a splendid wrinkle to that association: when King John visited Trim, tradition records that he preferred to stay in a tent on the opposite side of the river rather than sleep in the castle. Richard II visited in 1399, and Prince Hal — the future Henry V — was subsequently held at Trim as a prisoner. <br /> <br /> Today the castle is a National Monument in the care of the Irish state and remains one of the clearest demonstrations of Anglo-Norman power in late 12th- and early 13th-century Ireland.<br /> <br /> Trim Castle, Trim, County Meath, Ireland.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/146656979@N08/">LostRealist11</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/146656979@N08/55558807677/" title="20260903_144307"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55558807677_1dd865ed19_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="20260903_144307" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/146656979@N08/">LostRealist11</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/146656979@N08/55559971889/" title="20260905_154300"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55559971889_4a4d59564e_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="20260905_154300" /></a></p>

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