2024 Migrants
Sand Martin | 18th March, Rahasane turlough (Paul Troake) |
House Martin | 11th April, Kinvara (Paul Troake) |
Swallow | 29th March, Tooreen, Nr. Ballindereen (Paul Troake) |
Swift | 30th April, Lydacan (David McNicholas) |
Common Sandpiper | |
Manx Shearwater | 18th March, Sliver Strand, Galway city (Aonghus O'Donaill) |
Whimbrel | 18th April, Ballyconneely (Dermot Breen) |
Marsh Harrier | |
Osprey | 17th May, Nr. Friar's Island, Lough Corrib (Padraig Keirns) |
Hobby | |
Common Tern | 7th April, Mweeloon (Sean Holland) |
Arctic Tern | 13th April, Tawin (Sean Holland) |
Little Tern | 13th April, Inishmore (per. Dermot Breen) |
Black Tern | |
Roseate Tern | |
Arctic Skua | 7th April, Silver Strand, Galway city (Aonghus O'Donaill) |
Pomarine Skua | |
Great Skua | 31st March, Renvyle Point (Niall Keogh) |
Long-tailed Skua | 17th March, Maam Cross (Gerard Walshe) |
Willow Warbler | 28th March, Tooreen, Nr. Ballindereen (Paul Troake) |
Wood Warbler | |
Sedge Warbler | 7th April, Killaclogher Bog (Paidi Cullinan) |
Whitethroat | 30th April, Renville (Sean Holland) |
Lesser Whitethroat | |
Grasshopper Warbler | 16th April, Renville West (Sean Holland) |
Garden Warbler | |
White Wagtail | 17th April, Ballyconneely Bay (Dermot Breen) |
Yellow Wagtail | |
Corncrake | 18th May, Inishbofin (Fearghas Mac Lochlainn) |
Spotted Crake | |
Quail | |
Cuckoo | 17th April, Ballyconneely (Martin O'Malley) |
Turtle Dove | |
Nightjar | |
Wheatear | 19th March, Tawin & Aillebrack, Ballyconneely (Paul Troake & Dermot Breen) |
Whinchat | 23rd June, Bishop's Islands, Clonfert (Dermot Breen). |
Ring Ouzel | |
Spotted Flycatcher | |
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 BirdTrack 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 Climate Change.