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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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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!
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project: Colour-ringing at Kilcoole
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project. Working to protect one of Ireland's rarest seabirds (littletern@birdwatchireland.ie). Sunday, 5 July 2015. With just over 275 chicks on the beach, the Kilcoole Little Tern colony is booming! The newly hatched chicks are fitted with a British Trust of Ornithology metal ring with an individual ID number when they are one day old - just before they leave the nest and set out to explore their exciting new world beyond the shell that is the shingle beach! So far we h...
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project: Kilcoole Birdlife
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project. Working to protect one of Ireland's rarest seabirds (littletern@birdwatchireland.ie). Sunday, 12 July 2015. The beach at Kilcoole is not only home to the Little Terns: we have many species on the shore, in the lagoon, in the surrounding farmland and offshore. Several of these species are breeding, while others are only passing through, and others are returning after their own breeding season. Captain Splash, the Little Tern (Photo: Brian Power). Outside of the c...
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project: Lift off!
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Kilcoole Little Tern Conservation Project. Working to protect one of Ireland's rarest seabirds (littletern@birdwatchireland.ie). Tuesday, 21 July 2015. Most of the chicks at Kilcoole are well on their way to fledging. The youngest chicks roaming the shingle are 10 days old now, and all their elder cousins are at least a week their senior. Some fledges have a prominent black-to-dark brown crown and waterproof feathers - showing that well on their way to being big and strong enough to migrate! Since then, ...
