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<p>Dún Laoghaire, Co.Dublin, Ireland, 05-03-2023 <br />
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Scientific classification<br />
Kingdom:Animalia<br />
Phylum:Chordata<br />
Class:Aves<br />
Order:Charadriiformes<br />
Family:Scolopacidae<br />
Genus:Calidris<br />
Species:C.maritima<br />
[FR] Bécasseau violet | [DE] Meerstrandläufer | [ES] Correlimos oscuro | [IT] Piovanello violetto | [NL] Paarse Strandloper<br />
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Measurements<br />
spanwidth min.: 40 cm<br />
spanwidth max.: 44 cm<br />
size min.: 20 cm<br />
size max.: 22 cm<br />
Breeding<br />
incubation min.: 21 days<br />
incubation max.: 22 days<br />
fledging min.: 0 days<br />
fledging max.: 0 days<br />
broods 1<br />
eggs min.: 3<br />
eggs max.: 4<br />
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Status: Winter visitor from NE Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia, Russia & Siberia - most occur between September & April.<br />
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Conservation Concern: Green-listed in Ireland. The European population is considered to be Secure.<br />
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Identification: Shares the same kind of habitat as Turnstone - rocky shorelines, headlands, islands and harbours - sometimes on sandy shores where rotting seaweed is piled up. Roughly same size and shape as Dunlin. Its non-descript, dull, slate grey plumage with dark streaks make it surprisingly difficult to see against seaweed covered rocks. Legs are yellowish orange, bill is fine and slightly downcurved, yellowish at the base with a dark tip. In flight, wings and upperparts a uniform dark grey, with just a thin white wingbar. Feeds mouselike right where waves break on seaweed-covered rocks and is easily missed - often first making itself visible by a quick flutter to avoid a crashing wave. Not common - usually in small flocks of about ten birds and often associates with Turnstones.<br />
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Similar Species: Turnstone<br />
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Call: A distinct but quiet "chit, chit".<br />
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Diet: Feed in areas overgrown by seaweed - gastropods and other molluscs mostly. Locate prey by sight, and also feed on the larvae, pupae and adults of kelp flies.<br />
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Breeding: Breeds in tundra habitat, mountains and rocky shores in Iceland and Scandinavia.<br />
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Wintering: Occurs at many rocky shore sites and harbours all around the coast.<br />
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Where to see: Quilty in County Clare is the best site (up to 300 birds), Outer Ards in County Down, Rockabill, Skerries, Howth, Dun Laoghaire harbour and the Dalkey Islands (County Dublin) and Annagh Head (County Mayo) also support high numbers (35- 95 birds).</p>

<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/55333173125/" title="Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus hibernicus)"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55333173125_50a1137fdc_m.jpg" width="240" height="178" alt="Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus hibernicus)" /></a></p>

<p>In Atrocious Misty Conditions<br />
Co.Dublin 19-02-2023<br />
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Scientific classificatione<br />
Kingdom:Animalia<br />
Phylum:Chordata<br />
Class:Aves<br />
Order:Galliformes<br />
Family:Phasianidae<br />
Genus:Lagopus<br />
Species:L. lagopus<br />
Subspecies: L. l. hibernicus<br />
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Irish Name:<br />
Cearc fhraoigh<br />
Scientific name:<br />
Lagopus lagopus hibernicus<br />
Bird Family:<br />
Game Birds<br />
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Status<br />
Localised and declining resident on bogs and upland sites.<br />
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Identification<br />
A heavy set bird with rounded body and wings, a short tail, small bill, small head and sturdy feathered legs. Has reddish brown upper and underparts with very finely marked feathers. Females are lighter in colour with more yellow on the feather edges, males are darker and redder and display a bright red eyebrow in the breeding season. A ground bird, will not usually be seen in flight except when flushed. Takes off explosively and flies with a series of rapid wing beats followed by a short glide. Males can be seen in the breeding season standing on prominences and will allow a reasonably close approach.<br />
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Voice<br />
Calls are distinctive accelerating series of loud nasel clacks ending in a trill.<br />
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Diet<br />
Eats mostly heather throughout the year, even where the plant is not abundant. Will also take other food including berries, insects and the shoots and leaves of other plant species.<br />
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Breeding<br />
Nest on the ground. A sub-species of Willow Grouse, which has an all white plumage in the winter. Resident in the west and north of Britain and in Ireland. In Ireland, it is a widespread breeding bird but nowhere is it numerous. Found on mountains, moorland and lowland blanket bogs and raised bogs, where it is associated with heather, requires for food, shelter and nesting. As a 'game' species it had benefited from past management of heather moorland. Densities of Red Grouse in Ireland are much lower in than in parts of northern England and eastern Scotland, where carefully controlled burning of heather on suitable moorland takes place and provides enhanced nesting and feeding opportunities. The national Red Grouse Survey 2006-08, found the species strongholds in Co. Wicklow, Co. Laois, Co. Waterford, and along the western seaboard from Co. Donegal to Co. Kerry. Few are remaining on the raised bogs in the Midland counties.<br />
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Wintering<br />
Resident and sedentary (non-migratory). Will move in the winter if snow is on the ground, to wind swept ridges and lower ground.<br />
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Lagopus l. Hibernicus<br />
The willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus) has a circumpolar distribution from Canada to Russia, including Britain and Ireland. British and Irish grouse are considered distinct from the typical willow grouse based on plumage characteristics. For example British grouse do not change colour between seasons, unlike the willow grouse, thus they are taxonomically classified as separate subspecies (Lagopus l. scoticus).<br />
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Its habitat within the UK includes blanket bogs, raised bogs and heath. Although the status of this population as a subspecies is generally well accepted, a more controversial question relates to the Irish population of red grouse. Whether or not the Irish population of grouse is taxonomically distinct from the British population was one of the issues address in the genetic research conducted by the trust.<br />
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The Irish race is paler in plumage colouration (almost yellow) due a higher proportion of grasses and sedges in Irish moor land habitats. The red grouse is one of only two remaining resident native species of Galliforme in Ireland, the other being the grey partridge (Perdix perdix).</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/juliamaudlin/55330826806/" title="Doorway leading into the lush and historic gardens of Graigueconna House, film 2002, near Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55330826806_1404f173fb_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Doorway leading into the lush and historic gardens of Graigueconna House, film 2002, near Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland" /></a></p>

<p>While once open to the public as part of the Wicklow Gardens Festival, the 2.3-acre property was sold in recent years and is a private residence.</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/juliamaudlin/55330977588/" title="Secluded in a quiet corner is a garden pergola and bench constructed from rustic wooden timbers densely enveloped in climbing vines, film 2002, Graigueconna, near Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55330977588_54923309cf_m.jpg" width="240" height="158" alt="Secluded in a quiet corner is a garden pergola and bench constructed from rustic wooden timbers densely enveloped in climbing vines, film 2002, Graigueconna, near Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland" /></a></p>

<p>This private estate gained international renown as a major Irish garden under the care of the late garden writer and horticulturalist Rosemary Brown, who welcomed us into her home and her garden in the summer of 2002. The gardens were originally planted in the 1830s by Phineas Riall, who was Rosemary Brown’s great-grandfather. The garden's distinctive layout was later created by his grandson, Lewis Meredith, who was a noted alpine gardener and author of the 1910 classic Rock Gardens. A massive rock garden once spanned an acre and a half. Mr Meredith famously installed a length of railway track to transport large stones through the garden; this track later served as the garden's central axis. Rosemary Brown never lost her appetite for life, despite serious illness in 2006 and failing sight. She was still showing visitors around Graigueconna in 2010, and until Christmas insisted on helping as usual with flower arrangements at Rathmichael Church. Shortly before she died, discussing her funeral service, she said, pragmatically: “There is to be no grief for me. I have had a long and interesting life.” While once open to the public as part of the Wicklow Gardens Festival, the 2.3-acre property was sold in recent years and is a private residence. Rosemary Brown was born May 12th, 1918; she died January 18th, 2011.</p>

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<p>Dublin Airport, 11/06/2026</p>

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<p>Nach unserem Besuch in der Kylemore Abbey verbrachten wir die Nacht in der Stadt Athlone.<br />
Hier ist ein Blick auf die Mary O'Rourke Brücke, die nachts beleuchtet ist und den Fluss Shannon überspannt. Auf der linken Seite des Bildes ist die römisch-katholische Kirche St. Peter und Paul zu sehen.<br />
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After our visit to Kylemore Abbey, we spent the night in the town of Athlone. <br />
Here is a view of Mary O'Rourke Bridge, which is lit up at night and spans the River Shannon. On the left-hand side of the picture, you can see the Roman Catholic Church of St Peter and Paul.</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ursula_valtiner/55328899622/" title="Athlone, Irland / Athlone, Ireland"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55328899622_5e2b130811_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Athlone, Irland / Athlone, Ireland" /></a></p>

<p>Die obersten Fotos zeigen Athlone Castle, die Burg aus dem Jahr 1210 am Ufer des Flusses Shannon. In der Bildmitte sind zwei nachts beleuchtete Brücken zu sehen: die Eisenbahnbrücke auf der linken Seite und die Mary-O’Rourke-Brücke auf der rechten Seite. Unten links sieht man die St. Mary’s Parish Church und daneben ein Boot auf dem Fluss Shannon.<br />
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The top photos show Athlone Castle, the 1210 castle on the banks of the river Shannon. In the centre of the photo are two bridges illuminated at night: the railway bridge on the left and the Mary O'Rourke Bridge on the right. At the bottom left, you can see St Mary’s Parish Church and, next to it, a boat on the River Shannon.</p>

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<p>Marlay Park</p>

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<p>Classiebawn Castle, on the Mullaghmore peninsula.</p>

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