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2010 Migrants

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 Sand Martin  23rd March, Tuam (Jim Glennon).
 House Martin  21st April, Loughrea (Pete Capsey).
 Swallow  25th March, Nr. Milltown (Chris Benson).
 Swift  29th April, Angliham, Lough Corrib (Tom Cuffe).
 Common Sandpiper  22nd April, Lough Inch, Barna (Brendan Power).
 Manx Shearwater  .
 Whimbrel  13th April, Mutton Island, Galway City (Michael Davis).
 Marsh Harrier  Overwintered at Lough Corrib.
 Osprey  25th April, Clonfert (Neal Warnock).
 Hobby  .
 Common Tern  3rd May, Rabbit Island, Galway City (Chris Peppiatt).
 Arctic Tern  27th April, Mannin Bay (Dermot Breen).
 Little Tern  10th April, Inishmore (Dermot Breen).
 Black Tern  
 Roseate Tern  .
 Arctic Skua  .
 Pomarine Skua  .
 Great Skua  .
 Long-tailed Skua  .
 Willow Warbler  24th March, Oughterard (David Rees).
 Wood Warbler  .
 Sedge Warbler  29th April, between Mweenish Is. and Mace Head (Dermot Breen).
 Whitethroat  16th May, Angliham, Lough Corrib (Dermot Breen).
 Grasshopper Warbler  17th April, Moycullen (Gerard Walshe).
 Garden Warbler  25th June, Moycullen (Aonghus O'Donaill).
 White Wagtail  25th April, Kilcolgan Point, Tawin (Michael Davis).
 Corncrake  26th April, Omey Island (Patrick Poohill).
 Spotted Crake  
 Quail  .
 Cuckoo  7th March!, Barna (David O'Keeffe).
 Turtle Dove  
 Nightjar  
 Wheatear  20th March, Tawin (Marianne ten Cate).
 Whinchat  25th April, Clonfert (Neal Warnock).
 Ring Ouzel  
 Spotted Flycatcher  1st May, Tullyvoheen, Clifden (Miryam & Michael Harris).
 Pied Flycatcher  
 Garganey  2nd May, Rahasane Turlough (Dermot Breen).

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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