Tipperary Branch

Recent Branch News

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Reports Received

17th January:      Albert Nolan reports two Green Sandpipers at Gleeson's Quarry, Tipperary town and one Blackcap on a feeder at Hynes Hotel, Tipperary.  

 13th January:        At Cabragh Wetlands this afternoon - 2000 Golden Plover, 500 Teal and one ringtail Hen Harrier                                  

31st December:    Barn Owl found dead at Dovehill, Carrick-on-Suir.

27th December:    Two Goosanders at the Roadstone Gravel Pit, Cahir. 

20th December:    Male Green-winged Teal and two Ruff seen at Ardcroney Turlough, just to west of village.

18th October:     White-tailed Eagle seen on Yellow Island, near Islandmore, Lough Derg, by Marnie Guerney

12th October:	Clouded Yellow Butterfly (Migrant) seen at Baptist's Grange, Lisroagh.
27th September	White-tailed Eagle reported flying between Nenagh and Dromineer by Dymphna Kavanagh
8th September	Seven Grey Wagtails and one otter at Old Bridge, Clonmel.  Several Swallows, Sand and House Martins + one Common Sandpiper at Rathcoole, Fethard.
16th August	Whinchat at L. Derryella, New Birminghan, today.
28th July	Pair of Arctic Terns at the Roadstone gravel pit, Cahir, today.
28th June	At L. Ourna - 1 second summer Mediterranean Gull, 1 Whooper Swan, 2 Female Pochard with ducklings (believed to be first recorded breeding evidence of this species in the county).