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

More Snipe news! Very few Icelandic Snipe winter in England (wadertales.wordpress.com/201…) This tagged bird left Cornwall at 7pm on 13th April and arrived in Iceland 16 hours later. Info from Tómas Gunnarsson & @_JoseAAlves_ #ornithology

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

🚀 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. 🤯

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!

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: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… #ornithology

RT @BirdsMatter_ie: Mixed picture for bird species who nest on Ireland's Eye rte.ie/news/environment/2025… via @rte Well done to seabird team col…

Here's some tasty wildlife that I found in a Cave today.

A day on the water with the Port of Cork 🌊 Follow along as we set out across Cork Harbour to monitor three floating pontoons that serve as vital breeding habitats for Common Terns – a protected seabird species in Ireland. From nest checks to chick counts and ringing, every step helps us better understand and protect these incredible birds. 🐣💍 Thank you to everyone who was involved in supporting biodiversity in the harbour.💚 *Filmed under licence* #KeepingCorkConnected

Port of Cork’s Common Tern Breeding Project is in full swing! 🐣 Hatching began at the start of June, and during a recent bird-ringing event on 26th June, our team counted over 100 chicks across the three pontoons. Each chick was fitted with a unique PVC identification ring. Bird ringing helps ornithologists understand and track migratory routes, stop-over sites, and the survival rates of individual birds. With more than 15 active nests and eggs still to hatch on our Foaty Channel pontoon, we look forward to seeing even more chicks over the next two weeks. @BirdWatchIE @NPWSIreland

🌿 Supporting Biodiversity in Cork Harbour 🐦 Since 2017, the Port of Cork has been providing breeding habitat for Common Terns to nest successfully in Cork Harbour. This summer, three pontoons have been deployed within Foaty Channel and the Ringaskiddy Basin, and we’re already seeing over 50 nests! 👋 Meet Zoe and Tim, our UCC summer interns, who are helping monitor Tern activity on site as part of this important project. Tern activity is also being observed via remote cameras installed on the pontoons, allowing for continuous monitoring, with the hope that 2025 brings another successful breeding season. 🎥 Check out some footage from the pontoons #PortOfCork #KeepingCorkConnected #CorkHarbour #WildlifeConservation #CommonTerns #Biodiversity #Sustainability

To follow along with all the action - go here 👉: Burrow 19 youtube.com/channel/UCXj8kzk… Burrow 21 youtube.com/channel/UCvui-Xb…

1/2 We have 🐣 🐣 🐣 Yesterday at 04:04AM the first of the eggs hatched in No 19! By 06:57AM all were hatched and we got our first glimpse of the new family! All going well, in about 2 weeks this tiny chick 👇, no bigger than your thumbnail will take their first flight 😍

Latest WaderTales blog reviews what we are learning from tracked #waders #shorebirds: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… But are researchers making full use of the data that birds collect for them? Whimbrel map from Global Wader #ornithology

Wow! Nest check today on our ‘Dennis Leonard’ Sand Martin Bank @stwater Minworth. 23 active nests, some with eggs. This is great news for the future of this colony and a great legacy for many years to come.

Our SandMartins are back and this year you can follow all the action live by scanning the codes below or clicking the links in the next tweet. A nest has already been built in burrow 19, and we are expecting the start of egg laying any day!

Common Tern Update! Last year 53 nesting pairs of Common Terns were observed on the Ringaskiddy Pontoons. Notably, Tern Red 744 was sighted in Gambia in October 2024, after also being spotted there in 2023. This bird was ringed as a chick in Ringaskiddy during the summer of 2023. This initiative remains an important step in promoting local biodiversity and protecting our natural heritage. 📸 Tadhg O’Keeffe

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Did you know? The Port of Cork introduced purpose-built pontoons in Cork Harbour to provide a protected breeding site for the Common Tern, an amber listed migratory seabird 🪺 The pontoon comes with anti-predator measures and has been a very valuable addition to support local bird diversity #KeepCorkConnected

Motoring past the Spit Bank Lighthouse today in surprisingly unseasonal conditions.