Warblers at Lickeen

Grasshopper warblers ,Sedge Warblers and Whitethroat are showing within and around brambles Tusack grass and hedgerows in and around Lickeen Lough area .

Spring air

One thing about spring is you dont have to travel and search for birds..quality birding can be at a local spot.

A morning walk reveals Blackbirds feeding young , Finches,Warblers ,Crows are at song and spring  arrivals such as the Cuckoo and Wheatear can be seen or heard once again.

Blackbird

Cuckoo

Jackdaw

Robin

Wheatear

Stonechat -female

Chhurrr chhuurrr !
 The female Stonechat calls around me as I walk past a territory that it habitats

Female Siskin

A surprise visitor to my doorstep , a lovely female Siskin

March Swells

Good west swells have rolled through the bay consistently during the month of March.

Heres a few pics from the sessions 

Lahinch Ravens

The pair of  Ravens are nesting along the cliffs above the reefs of Lahinch for a 2nd year.
The male is patrolling the above field area and cliff top keeping Gulls and Jackdaws away, making himself prominent on the fence posts with his deep calls.

Jacky and the Donkey

Within the grounds of The Falls Hotel , Ennistymon.. Jackdaws are beginning making there nests in the nearby wood.

Some Jackdaws are taking there nesting material from the grounds Donkeys...and where one bird learns so do others , leaving a bald patch on the back of one Donkey

Our Frog pond

First signs of spring arrived at the pond beside our home.

The frogs come every year and my children love to go down to the pond and watch the show

Little Gulls - West Beach Seafield

I took a drive down the coast away from Lahinch  to a few places I know that may be good for Gulls.

At the very south end of the west facing beach of Seafield is Clonahinchy ,  Two Little Gulls (adult & 1st winter) were feeding on the ocean in front of the channel run off.

Gulls along the seaweed

Herring Gulls ,Common Gulls, and 2 Iceland Gulls monitor the washed up seaweed along the high-tide shoreline of Lahinch  sea-front. 

 Common Gull

 Iceland Gull

 Herring Gull

Iceland Gull

Seaweed in the Gutters- 3 storys up

The 2nd Storm came , they named it `Take 2`.
 Tonnes of Seaweed thrown high into the air by strong swell and high-tides.The evidence of a  which was in the rooftop gutters along Lahinch sea-front...3 storys up.
All the good work that was put in after the 1st storms damage .....gone

Redpoll visit

Its always nice to have a Redpoll visit the garden feeders, this little finch has been squabbling with the resident birds for a go on the nuts and seeds

Wood-pigeon

While out walking with the kids after school we came across an approachable Wood-pigeon in the grounds of the Falls Hotel , normally quite a shy bird,we feared it was injured but it was`nt. 

But its  the first Woody post on my blog.