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Waterford Birds
 
Welcome to the Waterford Birds website, providing up-to-date and archival information on the birds of County Waterford (Ireland), compiled from a range of published and unpublished sources.  Some records of migrant or scarcer insect species, cetaceans and less commonly seen mammals etc are also included (see also www.waterfordwildlife.com).  See Main menu (left) for list of main contents, and further down this page for latest news, updates, contact details etc. 

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Recent Reports page: Iberian Chiffchaff © M O'Keeffe

Latest news (see Recent reports & reports blog):
2 SPOONBILLS, Dungarvan, 18th-24th July 2010.  Balearic Shearwaters, Brownstown & Helvick Heads, 18th July.  LONG-TAILED SKUA, Helvick Head, 10th  July.  12+ Fin Whales, Ram Head, 9th July.  IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF (1st Irish record), Brownstown Head, Marsh Fritillary butterfly, south of Clonmel, 16th  June.

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Guide to bird sites in Waterford (click map)
 
Where to Watch ... Waterford Coast
For a copy of this article, published in the autumn 2008 issue of BirdWatch Ireland's Wings magazine, click below:

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Irish birding lists online: BUBO.org, Surfbirds.com.
 
Coastal helicopter views:  Click here for aerial photos along the entire Irish coast.
 
Find a grid reference:  See www.gridreference.ie/, zoom & click location on map - useful when reporting sightings.
 
Online OSi map resource:  Click osi to zoom in on Ordnance Survey maps and satellite images for Ireland - unfortunately from late June 2010 free access to 1:50,000-scale maps no longer available online. (Typical!)
 
Rare bird news & photographs from around Ireland:  See www.irishbirding.com.
 
Irish Rare Birds Committee:  Click www.irbc.ie for updated website, including provisional lists of reported rarities for 2007-2009, and full Irish Rare Bird Reports for 2005 -2007.
 
Geograph website (photos by 1-km square):
See www.geograph.org.uk or click here to see photos from a selection of 1-km squares in Co Waterford or further afield.

Latest updates:

SpringAlive project:  click here to report sightings of Swallow, Swift and Cuckoo.

Website policy on rare breeding or other vulnerable species:  Click here for details.

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WATERFORD BREEDING BIRD ATLAS:  1st April to 31st July:  Fieldwork for the 5th (and second-last) season of this project, also contributing to the national Bird Atlas 2007-2011, ends on 31st July.  See the main Breeding Atlas page, and www.birdatlas.net, for preliminary results and further details of how to get involved (Roving Records or Timed Tetrad Visits).  All records emailed or texted to Waterford Birds will also be added to the Atlas.
 
Target species for the Breeding Atlas:  Records of all breeding or summering species are important, but some scarcer or easily-overlooked species are a particular priority in the last 2 seasons of Waterford coverage (click for preliminary maps): 
Red Grouse   -   Hen Harrier   -   Buzzard   -    Merlin   -   Water Rail    -   Corncrake   -   Curlew (breeding habitat)  -   Snipe   -   Woodcock   -   Cuckoo   -   Barn Owl   -   Long-eared Owl   -   Nightjar   -   Kingfisher   -   Dipper   -   Grasshopper Warbler   -   Reed Warbler   -   Spotted Flycatcher   -   Treecreeper   -   Jay   -   Tree Sparrow   -   Yellowhammer   -   Crossbill  -  all species maps

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Waterford bird-ringing summaries:  Now available on the British Trust for Ornithology website's ringing pages, Co Waterford ringing totals for 20092008, 2007 and 2006, and recoveries (in Waterford or elsewhere) for 20092008, 2007 and 2006. Highlights include recoveries in Co Waterford of gulls from Poland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and recoveries of Waterford Sedge Warblers in France and the Channel Islands. The most recent recoveries include a Lesser Repoll ringed at Brownstown Head in October 2007, retrapped in Suffolk in October 2008 and again in Sussex in November 2009, and a Teal ringed in Co Down in September 2009, shot at Villierstown in December 2009.

WINTER ATLAS  1st November-28th February:
Fieldwork for the 3rd winter season of the Bird Atlas 2007-2011 project ended on 28th February (the final season starts 1st November 2010), but records from the period November-February can still be entered online at www.birdatlas.net.  See the main Winter Atlas page, and www.birdatlas.net, for preliminary results and further details of how to get involved (Roving Records or Timed Tetrad Visits).  All November-February records emailed or texted to Waterford Birds will also be included.
Bird records - request for sightings:  The website compilers are always interested in sightings - not just of scarcer migrant or winter visitors, but also counts of commoner species.  Of particular value are sightings of uncommon residents like Barn Owl (precise breeding locations of sensitive species will not be published online or elsewhere).  In addition to any records included on the website, all records will be added to a larger database of Waterford sightings, to help with ongoing assessment of local bird status.  Records during 2006-2011 will also contribute to the Breeding Atlas and Winter Atlas.
 
Please email any sightings (recent or from any year), or digital photos, to the website compilers.  Any comments or suggestions re the site would be welcomed.  We would also encourage you to submit sign up and contribute records to the online BirdTrack and Bird Atlas 2007-2011 recording schemes covering Ireland and Britain
 
See also the website of waterfordwildife for other information on local fauna, and links for other relevant websites.

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BirdTrack website - click logo

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Website contributors:
 
Click here for a list of those who have submitted records, photographs or other items since the website went online in September 2004 - many thanks to you all.
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