by admin | May 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
The little tern numbers are slowly increasing: May 22nd – 57 May 23rd – 28 May 24th – 23 May 25th – 60+ May 26th – 80 – One female sat for several hours on a scrape and a male delivered fish on three occasions, but no egg. May 27th...
by admin | May 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Thanks to everyone who heloped with erecting the electric fence and wardening over the weekend: Billy Clark, Patricia Fuentes, Dominic Hartigan, Anto Kerns, Larry lenehan, Tony Glass, Maurice Connaghy, Kieran Campbell, Matthew Byrne, Ray McElhinney, Tony Brothwood,...
by admin | May 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
We are planning to erect the electric fence, the final part of the defensive wall, tomorrow, starting from 10am. Anybody who has an hour or two to lend a hand would be very welcome. Progress with the terns themselves continues to be slow, with four pairs apparently...
by admin | May 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
The terns seem to be slow to start nesting this year. Yesterday a maximum of 31 birds came in in mid afternoon but just went to roost, before flying back out to sea. On Monday a maximum count of 16 was seen. In previous years birds would be in full courtship at this...
by admin | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
This year the Louth Nature Trust has contracted Birdwatch Ireland to manage the Baltray site. Lead ornithologist for the project this year is Domhnall Finch from Birdwatch Ireland ; Domhnall will be organising a roster of volunteers once the little terns start to...
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