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2016 Migrants

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 Sand Martin  27th March, Menlo, Lough Corrib (David O'Keeffe).
 House Martin  20th April, Ellagh, Headford (Neil Sharkey).
 Swallow  27th March, Kilcolgan (Neil Ellis).
 Swift  5th May, Kinlough, Nr. Headford (Deirdre Comerford)
 Common Sandpiper  20th April, Inchiquin, Lough Corrib (Neil Sharkey).
 Manx Shearwater  
 Whimbrel  17th April, Kinvara Bay (Paul Troake).
 Marsh Harrier  
 Osprey  27th April, Lough Fee (Anne & Matt Wheeler).
 Hobby  
 Common Tern  17th April, Kinvara Bay (Paul Troake).
 Arctic Tern  1st May, Bearna (Cathal Forkan & Dylan Storey Branagh).
 Little Tern  26th May, Inishlackan (Niall Keogh).
 Black Tern  
 Roseate Tern  .
 Arctic Skua  
 Pomarine Skua  
 Great Skua  6th April, Lough Corrib, Nr. Maam (Dermot Breen).
 Long-tailed Skua  
 Willow Warbler  3rd April, Tullaghnafrankagh Lough (Paul Troake).
 Wood Warbler  
 Sedge Warbler  8th May, Rusheennamanagh, Nr. Kilkieran (Chris Peppiatt).
 Whitethroat  8th May, Rusheennamanagh, Nr. Kilkieran (Chris Peppiatt).
 Lesser Whitethroat  
 Grasshopper Warbler  20th April, Renmore, Galway city (Neil Ellis).
 Garden Warbler  
 White Wagtail  
 Corncrake  29th April, Knock, Inishbofin (David O'Keeffe & Fiona McGowan).
 Spotted Crake  
 Quail  
 Cuckoo  26th March, Addergoole, Nr. Lough Corrib (Thisal Kosgahakumbura).
 Turtle Dove  
 Nightjar  
 Wheatear  11th April, Lough Inch, Bearna (Brendan Power).
 Whinchat  
 Ring Ouzel  21st March, Ballyconneely Golf Course (Joe Walsh).
 Spotted Flycatcher  26th May, Loughrea town (Pete Capsey).
 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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