A few days ago my dad took me to River Ilen to bird, a place really close to our house. When the water level goes down late in the day and the river is scattered with mudflats, a large variety of shorebirds arrive. We stood on a pier with a great view of many shorebirds. Many birds called COMMON REDSHANK were here, a shorebird with a bright red bill and bright red legs.Life bird 212! I also forgot to mention that the other day I saw my first GRAY HERON, which was a life bird for me. The most common bird of the day were about 30 EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHERS, a bird found often in Ireland. Then I spotted about 6 NORTHRN LAPWING! Life bird 213! Since I did not take any photos at all, heres a photo of a lapwing that I pulled off the internet.
Almost every day we drive past this river and I always claim to see an egret, but I cant count it on my list since we are driving fast. Finally, that im here I have finally positively identified my first LITTLE EGRET! Life bird 214! At the beggening of our birding trip I also spotted 2 EURASIAN MOORHENS a species that i saw at St. Stevens Greene in Dublin. By the way to all of you who are not birders, life bird means that it is the first time you have ever seen that specific bird before. I was glad to finally go to River Ilen and see birds and positively identify them (not while driving by).
Life List 214 ( 3 life birds that day)+Gray Heron (seen recently)
Bird List For That Day
Black Headed Gull X (X means the number of birds of that species is unknown)
Eurasian Moorhen 2
Little Egret X Life Bird!
Eurasian Oystercatcher 30
Common Rdshank X Life Bird
Eurasian Magpie 2
Rock Pigeon 1
Lesser Black Backed Gull 1
Great Cormorant 2
Life List 214 ( 3 life birds that day)+Gray Heron (seen recently)
Bird List For That Day
Black Headed Gull X (X means the number of birds of that species is unknown)
Eurasian Moorhen 2
Little Egret X Life Bird!
Eurasian Oystercatcher 30
Common Rdshank X Life Bird
Eurasian Magpie 2
Rock Pigeon 1
Lesser Black Backed Gull 1
Great Cormorant 2
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