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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project: Little Tern Information
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project. Working to protect one of Ireland's rarest seabirds (littletern@birdwatchireland.ie). A condensed version of the following information can be found on this poster here -. Http:/ www.birdwatchireland.ie/Portals/0/pdfs/Little Tern poster.pdf. The Little Tern (. Is the smallest species of tern in Ireland, with a body length of 22-24cm and a wing span of 48-55cm, making it roughly two-thirds the size of a Common Tern. In flight. The white tail is relatively short.
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project: The Wardens Duties
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project. Working to protect one of Ireland's rarest seabirds (littletern@birdwatchireland.ie). Aims of the Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project. Census the Little Terns and monitor their breeding success. Maximise the breeding productivity of the terns by:. Caused by humans and dogs. The loss of eggs and chicks to predators. Minimising the impacts of storms and flooding where possible. Liaise with the general public and media. Dispersal and migration (ringing).
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project: June 2015
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project. Working to protect one of Ireland's rarest seabirds (littletern@birdwatchireland.ie). Friday, 26 June 2015. Numbers are booming at the Little Tern colony in June. The nest count, which continues to rise daily, has reached a whopping total of 164 nest attempts! Of these nest attempts, 57 nests have hatched and there are 139 little ternlets running around the beach. There are still 81 active nests left to go - that's 81 birds sitting on 195 eggs! The list of chick...
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project: Spring tides and storms
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project. Working to protect one of Ireland's rarest seabirds (littletern@birdwatchireland.ie). Tuesday, 7 July 2015. Spring tides and storms. The Terns and I spent Monday sheltering from the wind and driving rain. The sea was angry and, combined with Spring highs, crashed its way up the beach and into the colony. Chick shelter (with no chick! Not quite what we had in mind. ©. Niall Keogh (picture taken under NPWS licence). So where do we stand now? We are a science-based...
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project: Candid camera
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project. Working to protect one of Ireland's rarest seabirds (littletern@birdwatchireland.ie). Monday, 27 July 2015. Parents bringing in food. The race for food! Thanks to Brian for the lend of the camera! 29 July 2015 at 23:35. Lovely to see birds fledging. Great work/photos. 29 July 2015 at 23:35. Lovely to see birds fledging. Great work/photos. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Local branches across the country. Events free to the public in every year.
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Birdwatch Ireland West Cork Bran
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Protecting birds and biodiversity in West Cork. We created the branch diary to keep people up to date on what the branch has been doing, outings we've been on and birds we've seen.
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project: Juveniles (but no delinquents!)
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project. Working to protect one of Ireland's rarest seabirds (littletern@birdwatchireland.ie). Tuesday, 4 August 2015. Juveniles (but no delinquents! We have already looked at other species breeding inside the Tern colony - Oystercatcher. We have also seen other avian life. A Sedge Warbler has his measurements taken during Sunday's ringing session (photo: Paddy Manley). Juvenile Sedge Warbler (photo: Paddy Manley). Susan in conversation with a young Willow Warbler. Nice ...
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project: July 2015
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project. Working to protect one of Ireland's rarest seabirds (littletern@birdwatchireland.ie). Monday, 27 July 2015. Parents bringing in food. The race for food! Thanks to Brian for the lend of the camera! Tuesday, 21 July 2015. Many chicks are still in that between-phase (and I think these are the prettiest! Little Tern fleglings at Kilcoole ©. The beginnings of a dark crown forming ©. We catch these fledges daily now to take measurements of their wings and body weight&...
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project: August 2014
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project. Working to protect one of Ireland's rarest seabirds (littletern@birdwatchireland.ie). Wednesday, 20 August 2014. We've been off site now for 2 weeks. It's hard to believe the season is over for another year, they grow up so fast! It's a strange feeling leaving our caravans after taking care of the Little Terns for the last 3 months. I'm still adjusting to normal hours and not chasing after crows! Kilcoole Little Tern feeding fledgling ©. They grow up so fast!
