Critter News

MAY 16, 2010

It's just weird how many birds are being killed in England, Scotland and Ireland. A horrific total of 6 eagles, 10 buzzards, 3 red kites, a Peregrine falcon and a sparrowhawk have all been poisoned in recent weeks across Ireland, England and Scotland. Tags: wildlife crime UK Ireland.

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Ireland Killing 2010 Falcons 100

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

A bit larger than the Netherlands but with less land than Latvia and Ireland, in terms of territory, we rank 126. As far as countries go, Costa Rica is at the smaller end of the spectrum. With good reason, lots of birders visit Costa Rica and we also have a good sized local birding community.

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Costa Rica Latvia Albatross Netherlands 211

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AUGUST 10, 2019

These individuals were seen during a cliff walk in Northern Ireland during August. My cliff walk took me up the Red Trail from the Giant’s Causeway (an outcrop of hexagonal, basaltic columns on the north coast of Northern Ireland). This year is an irruption year with Painted Ladies showing up in abundance.

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Ireland South America North America 2009 121

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

All month long we’ll be visiting – in spirits, at least – the rugged Celtic landscapes of Scotland and Ireland where whiskey was born and – with luck – have a look at the birds that inhabit them.

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Eagles Ireland Deer 2014 190

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MARCH 1, 2024

Most of the Icelandic population winters in the British isles The sightings stopped, but then on 18 February 2019 EY70 137 was observed on Lady’s Island Lake, Wexford, Ireland. Did it then move on to Ireland? Was this where it spent its winters? It seems highly likely that it was.

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Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 12, 2020

Soon after the tech company’s top leadership unanimously selected, Cork, the second largest city in Ireland, in 2013, Zazzle’s operations guru arrived in Cork City to select a site and spearhead the early hiring. and Ireland can be as much as eight hours, and Kang was operating teams in both regions. operations.

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Ireland Europe Branding Beavers 62

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JULY 12, 2024

Blackbirds sing from February through to July My UK list is, in reality, an English list, as I haven’t wandered into the adjoining countries of Wales, Scotland and Ireland this year, and I have no plans to do so.

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Cyprus Greece Spain Europe 205

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OCTOBER 14, 2012

Thumbing through the cheap flight destinations from the local airport and trying to figure where might offer the chance of something different in early October without breaking the bank I was drawn to the short hop over to Ireland.

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Ireland Geese Stray Europe 155

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

And in Ireland, well… In Ireland they killed Wrens. In Wales people who slept in late – and female servants, who probably never slept in late in their lives – used to be beaten with holly branches for luck, although modern assault laws have largely ended the practice. And tied them to the top of sticks.

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Ireland New Zealand Hunting Cooking 131

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

All month long we’ll be visiting – in spirits, at least – the rugged Celtic landscapes of Scotland and Ireland where whiskey was born and – with luck – have a look at the birds that inhabit them. I must admit that this isn’t the bottle I had planned for the final installment of this year’s edition of Whiskey Month at Birds and Booze.

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Eagles Ireland Oregon Protection 204

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FEBRUARY 11, 2022

All month long we’ll be visiting – in spirits, at least – the rugged Celtic landscapes of Scotland and Ireland where whiskey was born and – with luck – have a look at the birds that inhabit them.

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Owls New York New York City Cuba 205

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MARCH 8, 2024

Here some will remain for days, or, if the berry supply is good, weeks, but others head inland almost at once, and it’s usually not long before flocks turn up in western Britain and even Ireland. They are fast and efficient fliers, quite capable of covering considerable distances in a short time.

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Finland Estonia Bears Ireland 208

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Here in the southeast of Europe where I live, woodpeckers appear slim, but up there in Ireland where the painter Killian Mullarney lives, they may more commonly fluff up their feathers to keep more air for insulation and this new ball-like appearance (literally!) may be more usual for northern Europe?

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Europe Birds Woodpeckers Ireland 252

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

Nuthatches are garden birds for many people in England and Wales (they are rare in Scotland and don’t occur in Ireland), but they like beech trees, and if you haven’t any beech trees in or near your garden, you are unlikely to see them.

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Barn Owls Rats Japan Blackbirds 209

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AUGUST 30, 2013

Portstewart may be considered one of the finest bird watching points in Northern Ireland, but visitors will find crane flies more prominent this time of year! This weekend, at least for those of us in the United States, takes us across the threshold from symbolic summer to fall.

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Ireland United States 2013 Birds 152

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JANUARY 24, 2020

But seeing as the month is also bookended by Hogmanay and Burns Night, we’ll gladly take the opportunity to visit– in spirits, at least – the rugged Celtic landscapes of Scotland and Ireland where whisky was born and – with luck – have a look at the birds that inhabit them. He’s even been given a name: Gilbert. . Gilbert: The Famous Grouse.

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Sheep Branding Ireland Fowl 194

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Author: Deirdre Moran, VP of Emerging Technologies, IDA Ireland The advent of online sales has certainly upended the traditional model of selling high-tech products but doing business over the internet only goes so far. Deirdre Moran is vice president of emerging technologies at IDA Ireland. Ultimately, fast-growing U.S.

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Ireland Europe Ethics Laws 72

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

Enjoy gorgeous vistas like this exquisite cloudscape over Dunfanaghey, Ireland (Find out what Alan spied under those Irish skies …). Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend !

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Ireland 2012 Birds 144

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MARCH 2, 2023

It is kind of interesting, actually, and about the Norman invasion of Ireland. But once you passed ‘the Pale,” you were outside the authority and safety of English law, and subject to all the savageries of rural Ireland. ’ “ This has absolutely nothing to do with the Pale Thrush , of course.

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Iraq Birds China Ireland 130

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JULY 9, 2011

They range across most of Europe and into the southern parts of Scandinavia, but, like all other woodpeckers have shunned Ireland (Ireland does however have Guinness and the Irish, so there is some justice in the world). The most striking feature of a grounded bird is the red crown with a black face and pale eye.

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Woodpeckers Ireland 2011 2010 168

Critter News

APRIL 12, 2010

This complaint is the result of proposed legislation to ban puppy mills in Ireland. Tags: Ireland legislation puppy mills dogs. Legislators are being contacted by people around the world to support the legislation. They are blaming the dastardly Green Party whose leader proposed the legislation.

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Puppy Mills Animal Welfare Ireland Legislation 100

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 28, 2012

Teaser: In this excerpt from his book "The Accidental Salesperson," Chris Lytle explains how he tagged along with his wife on a tour of the Waterford Crystal factory in Ireland and took home a seminar's worth of sale insights. read more

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Ireland Factory 2012 Tagged 88

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

All month long we’ll be visiting – in spirits, at least – the rugged Celtic landscapes of Scotland and Ireland where whiskey was born and – with luck – have a look at the birds that inhabit them.

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Owls Ireland United States Europe 214

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

Whooper Swans ( Cygnus cygnus ) The Whooper Swans of the UK and Ireland generally come from Iceland. The site is an important wintering site of Whooper Swans , a large Arctic migrant that is found across the northern extent of Eurasia. They are popular birds, and are the National Bird of Finland.

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Finland Ireland Iceland Birds 104

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DECEMBER 5, 2015

Steve Falk gives authoritative accounts and Richard Lewington provides the detailed illustrations in the Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland (a British Wildlife Guide published by Bloomsbury ). Backed up by hundreds of excellent photographs, they have brought to life the bees of the British Isles.

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Ireland United States 2010 Game 101

Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

Brief commentary follows this e-mail I received regarding greyhounds, animal rights and Ireland. At ARAN many of our volunteers work day and night fighting animal abuse- -we're simply asking you for just two hours during our week of action against the Greyhound industry in Ireland. Need reminding why cruelty to animals is wrong?

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Greyhounds Animal Rights Ireland Rights 100

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

As Irene passed through Ireland depositing waders hither and thither, it was Tacumshin in County Wexford that hit the jackpot as it was transformed into a small corner of the US with Nearctic Waders appearing from every puddle.

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France Estonia Ireland Finland 221

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FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Perhaps the biggest event of this winter has been the late winter occurrence of hundreds of ‘white-winged gulls’ from Shetland to Dover and seemingly at all points in between we, in Britain & Ireland, have been inundated with Iceland Gulls and Glaucous Gulls in recent weeks.

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Ireland Iceland Japan Albatross 155

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MARCH 10, 2013

Dressed up to the nines they just can’t resist the urge to get out there and put on a display for the rest of the party-goers who are often still in the early stages of waking up or acquiring the necessary dutch courage to get out and give it some. Inland -breeding waders are without doubt the local equivalent of early party dancers.

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Factory Ireland Breeding Rescue 165

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

asks Padraic Gilligan , co-founder of SoolNua, an Ireland-based consultant for corporate events and incentive travel suppliers. Would it really be a motivational experience if I couldn’t stand at the bar and celebrate freely with my fellow qualifiers?” Incentives interrupted.

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Groups 2020 Ireland Hawaii 87

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Graham Clarke liked Dotterel , a bird he needed for Ireland. Dotterel are not exceptionally rare in Ireland occurring during both spring and autumn migration. However their preference for high mountains plateaus or large open stubble fields means that they are probably overlooked or pass through unseen.

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2012 Ghana Ireland Costa Rica 133

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FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The coast of the Mediterranean Sea is used mostly as a wintering ground, with just a handful of breeding colonies between Greece, northern Italy and eastern Spain (and recently through central Europe all the way to Ireland). So there you have it: conservative taxonomy leads to unfortunate common names.

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Europe Spain Italy Ireland 121

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2019

Remarkably, al-Maghrib’’s Kitab al-Juhrafiya ( Geography ) even makes mention of Ireland and Iceland, islands at the edge of the known world at the time, and identifies these places as sources of this coveted falcon.

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2016 Iceland Falcons Egypt 100

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JANUARY 17, 2020

But seeing as the month is also bookended by Hogmanay and Burns Night, we’ll gladly take the opportunity to visit– in spirits, at least – the rugged Celtic landscapes of Scotland and Ireland where whiskey was born and – with luck – have a look at the birds that inhabit them.

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Lions Eagles Hunting Lamb 159

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JANUARY 31, 2020

But seeing as the month is also bookended by Hogmanay and Burns Night, we’ll gladly take the opportunity to visit– in spirits, at least – the rugged Celtic landscapes of Scotland and Ireland where whisky was born and – with luck – have a look at the birds that inhabit them.

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Geese Ireland Investigation Wildlife 155

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JULY 22, 2014

The species spread north to the Mediterranean, reaching parts of Spain and southern Europe, spread along the Atlantic coast of France and, at times, even reaching Britain and Ireland. In the east, this species can be found along the east coast of Africa, the Nile Valley,and into parts of the middle east and India and southeast Asia.

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Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

I have invested in a book, “The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland” by Jeremy Thomas and Richard Lewington, from which most of the information above has been transposed. Others however were building on the success of the re-introduction scheme by ensuring that there is a new population for next season. The male is on the left.

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Rabbits Ireland 2002 Sheep 155