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[barry o'mahony @bomah]

@RichardTMills Yes, I should have specified Whimbrel in that response

[Graham Appleton @GrahamFAppleton]

Snipe update!
Lots more tagged Snipe have flown from Ireland to Iceland
Please read linked thread.
Data from Tómas Gunnarsson and @_JoseAAlves_
#ornithology

[barry o'mahony @bomah]

@RichardTMills Ringed Clogheen Marsh Aug 2024 and this is its 8th sighting in W Cork. No sighting May-Aug 2025 when it was probably in Iceland so it’s due to leave again soon.

[Graham Appleton @GrahamFAppleton]

More Snipe news!
Very few Icelandic Snipe winter in England (https://t.co/9NyliKWojy)
This tagged bird left Cornwall at 7pm on 13th April and arrived in Iceland 16 hours later.
Info from Tómas Gunnarsson & @_JoseAAlves_
#ornithology

[Graham Appleton @GrahamFAppleton]

Snipe news!
1/4
Two Snipe tagged in Iceland by José Alves left Ireland at dusk on 5 April and reached Iceland 17 hours later. See map.
Averaging 80 and 87 km/h
#ornithology

[barry o'mahony @bomah]

@RichardTMills @govisitdonegal @donegalcouncil In February this plot in Douglas was a nice woodland with an impenetrable bramble undergrowth. Counted 135 annular rings on the Oak stump!

[West Midlands Ringing Group @RingersWm]

🚀 Incredible movement alert!

Our @PulsarWild sponsored CTT-tagged Jack Snipe has just completed an astonishing journey reaching Belgium from Staffordshire in just 7 hours 9 minutes! 🇬🇧➡️🇧🇪

That’s an average speed of 30+ mph for one of our most elusive and secretive species. 🤯

[HarpersIslandWetlands @IslandWetlands]

Our Sand Martin's are back in big numbers this am and very active at the nesting banks. This video shows the view from our outside camera this morning and our first visit to burrow 19 by a returning bird! You can check out our Sand Martin nestcams 24/7 on our YouTube channels!

[barry o'mahony @bomah]

@LoughBegCork Send them over to Raffeen!

[barry o'mahony @bomah]

@LoughBegCork It sometimes swims off into the reeds/rushes in the southeastern corner of the lagoon where it could stay hidden for days.

[barry o'mahony @bomah]

@RichardTMills @SamBayley2 Both Clogheen birds, BYN was ringed Jan 2025 and hadn't been seen since, and BRR from Nov 2024 winters in Clon. and Ross. but happened to be seen briefly in Dundalk last June, presumably on its flight from the breeding grounds in Iceland

[barry o'mahony @bomah]

@RichardTMills @SamBayley2 Another Clogheen bird, this time from August 2024, and with a liking for the Rosscarbery-Castlefreke area

[barry o'mahony @bomah]

@RichardTMills @SamBayley2 @GrahamFAppleton BLB was ringed at Glogheen Marsh Nov 2024 and has been seen between Clon. and Ross. on nine occasions. It seems to be able to hang on to that loose leg!

[barry o'mahony @bomah]

@RichardTMills @SamBayley2 BRO, ringed at Clogheen Marsh Nov 2024 and has been seen in the area six times. The other two with only one leg on show can't be assigned to a project although very likely that BWW is also from Clogheen in Jan 2025 and hasn't been seen since. OY could be from Iceland

[barry o'mahony @bomah]

@RichardTMills @SamBayley2 @GrahamFAppleton Much easier to fit the ring when there’s a gap in the leg like that one. Well spotted!

[Graham Appleton @GrahamFAppleton]

If you have ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit, you have helped to establish connections that cross national and continental boundaries.
Here's how the Wash links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
https://t.co/vgilL6R4gE
#ornithology

[barry o'mahony @bomah]

@EugeneBirds Great stuff, Eugene. You’ll have to put that day in your diary for 2026 while we wait for the other three Lough Beg birds to turn up somewhere!

[barry o'mahony @bomah]

@RichardTMills Ringed at Clogheen Marsh last month. Hasn’t had time to travel very far!

[BirdsMatter_ie @BirdsMatter_ie]

Mixed picture for bird species who nest on Ireland's Eye https://t.co/LfXKexrYab via @rte Well done to seabird team colleagues led by @BBurke88 & tks to @Fingalcoco for funding also to provide wardening to prevent disturbance to breeding birds. @DarraghOBrienTD