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2015 Migrants

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 Sand Martin  19th March, Knockferry, Lough Corrib (Dermot Breen).
 House Martin  17th April, Oranmore Bridge (Neill Butterfield).
 Swallow  27th March, Milltown, Nr. Tuam (Chris Benson).
 Swift  3rd May, Angliham/Portumna Forest Park (Aonghus O'Donaill/Tom Tarpey).
 Common Sandpiper  19th April, Lough Inch, Bearna (Cathal Forkan).
 Manx Shearwater  5th May, Baile na hAbhann (Michael Nolan).
 Whimbrel  16th April, Tarrea Pier (Paul Troake).
 Marsh Harrier  .
 Osprey  
 Hobby  
 Common Tern  20th April, Galway Bay (Niall Keogh).
 Arctic Tern  21st April, 60 nautical miles WSW Slyne Head (Niall Keogh & Ashley Bennison).
 Little Tern  .
 Black Tern  
 Roseate Tern  .
 Arctic Skua  .
 Pomarine Skua  
 Great Skua  24th April, Inishbofin (Anthony McGeehan).
 Long-tailed Skua  
 Willow Warbler  6th April, Angliham, Lough Corrib (Aonghus O'Donaill).
 Wood Warbler  
 Sedge Warbler  22nd April, Killymongaun, Nr. Clifden (Chris Peppiatt).
 Whitethroat  19th April, Milltown, Nr. Tuam (Chris Benson).
 Lesser Whitethroat  24th April, Inishbofin (Anthony McGeehan).
 Grasshopper Warbler  22nd April, Killymongaun, Nr. Clifden & Rooaunmore, Nr. Ardrahan (Chris Peppiatt & Paul Troake).
 Garden Warbler  
 White Wagtail  26th April, Kilcolgan Point, Tawin (Paul Troake).
 Corncrake  3rd May, Inishbofin (Frank Wedgeworth).
 Spotted Crake  
 Quail  .
 Cuckoo  2nd April, Bearna (Denis Cody).
 Turtle Dove  24th April, Inishbofin (Anthony McGeehan).
 Nightjar  
 Wheatear  16th March, Little Killary (Dermot Breen).
 Whinchat  
 Ring Ouzel  
 Spotted Flycatcher  23rd May, Recess (Eamonn Delaney).
 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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