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20 03 2007
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In the most recent edition of the Irish Naturalist's Journal ( Volume 28. No 8 (2006); details of two new Irish moths from Tramore - the Pine leaf-mining moth Clavigesta purdeyi (top) and Bryotropha afimnis
Images ack. to Ian Kimber and Charles Fletcher |
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03 2007
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A rare Snow Bunting was seen in
a Waterford City garden over the past few days..
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02 2006
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A new bird for the Waterford List - an immature Caspian Gull seen at Kinsalebeg on the 24th of February is the first record for the county. See www. Waterford Birds rfor more details,r
Adult Caspian Gull |
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02 2007
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Receieved today from Geraldine Power, details of 17 now rare Yellowhammers at Kilbride near Tramore.
Image ack. to Eric
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07 02 2007
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Seen at Summerville, Tramore today -a Black Redstart
Info. ack to Kevin Collins |
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31 01 2007
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Fin Whales have been reported all along the Waterford coast in the past week. The ones shown here were photographed off Mine Head.
Images. ack. to Andrew Malcolmm |
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01 2007
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Photographed today at Tramore, Sanderling.
Ack. To Michael Walsh |
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18 01 2007
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The Waterford Branch of the Irish Wildlife Trust invite you to join them for a walk at Tramore Back Strand on Sunday 21st January to observe the wintering birds. Meet outside the TBaySurf Centre at 1.30pm. All are welcome.
A typical wading bird of Tramore Back Strand, the Common Redshank |
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01 2007
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On the first day of 2007, hundreds of Lapwing roosted on the island in the Tramore boating lakes together with Godwits and with Brent Geese, Ducks and Swans on the water. (See January 2006 below)
Ack. to Anne Phelenn |
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01 06 2006
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Reported over the past few days - Dead Badger near Picardstown Cross on the Tramore Road - Male Sparrowhawk trying to stand on bullrushes at Castletown Fen - Ravens nesting in a tree at the Airport side of the causeway at Castletown Fen (these were also seen in th same place in 2005) a Buzzard at Moinamintra Cross on the Airport Road and a Turtle Dove at Creadan Head. |
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06 2006
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Recently published information on the wildlife of Waterford includes 'Records by the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group' of stranded cetaceans on the Waterford Coast for 2003 in the Irish Naturalists' Journal (Vol. 28 No5. p214) and a paper by Patrick Smiddy 'A previously undocumented breeding site for the Little Tern Sterna albifrons in County Waterford' in Irish Birds 7, 2005. In fact, this site is shown as a 'possible breeding' dot in the 1968-1972 'Atlas of breeding Birds of Britain and Ireland' published by the Irish Wildlbird Conservancy and the British Trust for Ornithology in 1976
Little Tern Image ack. to Mike Brown
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03 06 2006
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Just reported from the Clashmore area - the Four Spotted Chaser shown here and the Emporor Dragonfly. Both are extensions to the known range of these insects in Waterford.
Details ack. to Andrew Malcolm |
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06 2006
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Waterford's newest mammal, a Bank Vole was found in a stunned condition on the Vee road outside Lismore at the weekend. It was carefully moved to roadside vegetation where it later recovered.
Image and details ack. to Andrew Malcolm |
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06 2006
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Aaeolid is the fancy name for a sea slug.. These are generally far more beautiful than the slugs in your garden. The one shown here, Facelina auricula feeding on the marine plant/animal Tubularia indivisa, was recently photographed at Ballymacaw by a local diver, Jamie Malone, who is rapidly being recognised as the the marine equal of Ireland's best known photographer of terristrial wildlife, Mike Brown, who does much of his work in Waterford. Further information on the work of Jamie Malone may be seen on www.divewaterford.com. or contact him direct to acces his own gallery at malonejamie@hotmail.com
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06 2006
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Still
on the wing in Waterford, the Cockchafer Beetle or Common Maybug
recently photographed by John Hennessy of the East
Cork Camera Group.
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03 10 2006
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Seen at Ardmore Bay on the first of the month, a Fin
Whale about 1km from shore, and a Bottlenose Dolphin. See details
of this on http://iwdg.ie
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18 06 06
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Recently brought to me from Killure for identification,
the larva (left) of the Elephant Hawk Moth (right)
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26 06 2006
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Just reported by Michael Viney in the Irish Times; at Lismore, Ireland's second largest moth, the African migrant Convolvulus Hawk Moth. This is 4.5cm, long and with a proboscis 7.5cm with which it probes into bell-shaped flowers such as the Nicotiana shown here.
Image ack.to Nigel Harland at Ian Kimber's http://ukmoths.org.uk |
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10 07 2006
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Read all about Waterford's Wolves in this week's |
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07 2006
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Flying in goods numbers in Waterford
City today, the Common Blue butterfly.
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Reports recently received ...
13 07 2006 |
Sand Wasp, probablly Ammophila subulosa L. Ack. to Andrew Malcolm
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Wooly Bear caterpillar of the Garden Tiger moth near Portlaw. Ack. to Margaret Knox |
Wood Wasp, Urocerus gigas L. from Tramore. Ack. to Noel Breen |
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07 2006
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This female Emperor Dragonfly was photographed while depositing eggs near Clashmore.
Ack to Andrew Malcolm. |
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19 07 2006
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Read all about Watrford Turtles in the Waterford Wildlife column in the Features section of today's
LeLeatherback image ack. to P. EvensP |
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07 2006
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Now on the wing in the Clashmore area, the Silver-washed Fritillary
Image ack. to Andrew Malcolm |
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27 07 2006
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Read all about local Jellyfish in today's
Image. Ack. to Jamie Malone |
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03 08 2006
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Recently seen in the Collin's Avenue area of Waterford City, the Gatekeeper butterfly. |
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09 08 2006
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The Emerald Damsel, recerntly photographed in West Waterford
Image ack. to Andrew Malcolm |
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08 2006
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On the wing in the Commeragh Mountains on the Bank Holiday. from L to R, the Large White, Red Admiral and the Peacock butterflies
Images ack to Neil van Dokkum. |
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16 11 2006
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What would you do if you were sitting with a camera in west Waterford and an Emperor Dragonfly landed on your leg?
Image ack. to Andrew Malcolm. |
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19 08 2006
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One of Waterford's rarest mammals, the Pine Marten recently found dead on a Portlaw road.
Image ack. Michael Cowming |
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29 08 2006
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A parculiar plume moth recently reported from a number
of city windows, Emmelina monodactyla, sometimes described
as the T Moth
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08 2005
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Read all about Waterford Bitterns in this week's
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09 2006
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National Heritage Week. 51 acres that includes about 30 acres of the original urban NHA - Natural Heritage Area No. 1700 at the Kilbarry Bog in Waterford City, has recently been sold with "Development Potential"!
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10 09 2006
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Reported by Tadgh O'Carroll, Clouded Yellow butterflies at Sawleen in late August, at Ardmore Head on the 07th September where "clouds of Clouded Yellows and Silver Y moths coming in from the sea" were reported by members of the Irish Whale and Dolphin group and at Woodstown and Grace Dieu Lower in Waterford City on the following day .
West Waterford Clouded Yellow image ack. to Andrew Malcolm |
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26 09 2006
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A rare Waterford animal, the Black Darter shown here was recently found at a site in west of the county.Reddish Common Darters have been seen in Waterford City in the past few days.
Image ack. to Andrew Malcolm |
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28 09 2006
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Eventhough its the end of September, migrant Red
Admirals are still flying south in good numbers throughout the
City and County
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Bizarre! There is a certain lady named Mary who loves slugs so much that she and her brother feeds them every night.He takes pictures of them!! The slugs shown here are Deroceras reticulatum (Muller 1774) (a common species). The good news is that these are just 40 miles from Waterford AND just outside Waterford City and County! I am informed that they will not eat Italian food like Spaghetti!!! |
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10 10 2006
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CloudedYellows continue to fly between the showers in the areas of Ardmore and Clashmore. One also seen in Waterford City on the 11th.
Image ack. to Andrew Makcolm |
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10 2006
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WWaterford dragonflies are so accommodating, if you want to photograph them, they will land on your finger. These Common and Black Darters were flying at Clashmore on the 10th October.
Images. acl to Andrew Malcolm |
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24 10 2006
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This extremely late Humming-bird Hawk Moth was photographed today near the Ursuline Convent in Waterford City.
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I regret that this site and associated e-mail have been offline for the past three weeks, compliments of the very insecure American domain-name supplier who insisted on having a noterised letter of indemnity stating that these would not be used to incite people to attack America! All OK now - I think!
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10 2006
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More late lepidoptera - Another Humming-bird Hawk Moth reported from near Annestown on the 29th October, and a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly flying in a Waterford City garden on the Bank Holiday Monday together with two Herald moths entering a city house looking for safe places to hibernate in for the winter moths.
Herald Moth |
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02 11 2006
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Another late butterfly, a Peacock flying in a Waterford City Garden today. |
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11 2006
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This Red
Admiral was photographed in Waterford City today - an extremely late
date for this African migrant butterfly.
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14 11 2006
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Two of 24 Choughs recently seen at Whiting Bay .
Image ack. to Andrew Malcolm |
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11 2006
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Thousands of By the Wind Sailors Velella velella, have been reported washed ashore all along the Waterford coast from Whiting Bay (shown here) to Tramore over the past week.
Image ack. to Andrew Malcolm. |
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05 12 2006
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Seen near the Dungarvan pitch n' putt course on Sunday 3rd December, a Leach's Petrel.
see www. Waterford Birds rfor more details,r defotilsrfor mo se dII Image ack. to Wendy and Andy Sladether details) |
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12 2006
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Read all about festive Christmas plants in today's |
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09 12 2006
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In the Bulletin of the Irish
Bigeographical Soceity (No. 30) just published, are details of a new
Fly found at the Blackwater; details of Otters in Waterford
City, Kilmacthomas, Ballyduff, the Mahon River, Dunmore East , Tallow,
Tallow Bridge and Cappoquin and a map showing that 80 species of Hoverfly
have now been recorded in Waterford City and County.
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12 2006
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The latest edition of the Irish
Naturalists' Journal (Vol. 28.pp 269-308) contains several new
records for Waterford - new Flies from Ballinlough, Mahon Falls
and Dunhillwith a Chironomidae from Belle Lake: details of a Greater
Weever fish from off Mine Head, this being the forth record from Co.
Wateford, and the official write-up of the first Irish record of the Chinese
Mitten Crab (left) captured on the River Suir near Bellview in January
2006 (see below)
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24 12 2006
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Netted in Waterford City this
morning for ringing purposes, this female Goldfinch was already
ringed with a closed ring used by illegal trappers. These rings are used
on young wild birds when in the nest so that when 'harvested' for cages,
they can claim that it was bred in captivity.
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