| Species |
Scientific name |
Place |
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Date |
Start time |
End time |
Count |
Breeding status |
Comment |
Breeding details |
Plumage |
Direction of flight |
Activity |
Observer name |
Visit weather comments |
Visit comments |
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| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Monasterevin - Mayfield E |
53.1411599 |
-7.0070042 |
15/05/2016 |
14:50 |
14:50 |
2 |
5 |
At a considerable distance of 3km to E from Monasterevin SE, a pair of Honey-buzzard were picked up in full display at the Mayfield E area from 14:47-14:57 with mutual circling and a limited amount of diving. |
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1 Adult Female, 1 Adult Male |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Monasterevin SE |
53.1054692 |
-7.0376895 |
15/05/2016 |
14:10 |
15:10 |
1 |
5 |
1 male in butterfly display just SE of Monasterevin (Co Kildare) from 14:45-14:48. Got some piccies of the male Honey-buzzard at Monasterevin, which are very useful (6006). 1,2 show the aerodynamic pose adopted in diving in the display with carpal pushed well forward, long tail emphasised and long neck protruding; 3,4 show a fast glide with elongated wings, tail and neck with 3 also showing one of the inner tail bands; 5 shows the bird pausing in the activity; 6-8 show typical appearance at distance high-up. |
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1 Adult Male |
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Perfect weather as made the fairly long drive of c280km from Rosscarbery to Dublin with strong sunshine and polar airstream giving fantastic visibility |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Portlaoise Togher |
52.9996915 |
-7.3379371 |
15/05/2016 |
14:05 |
14:05 |
1 |
1 |
female Honey-buzzard floating at moderate height on N side of plantation at Togher, mobbed by corvids, mainly Jackdaw. Perfect weather as made the fairly long drive of c280km from Rosscarbery to Dublin with strong sunshine and polar airstream giving fantastic visibility. |
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1 Adult Female |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Portlaoise Clonadacasey |
53.0000084 |
-7.3975106 |
15/05/2016 |
14:00 |
14:00 |
2 |
3 |
pair up low-down over plantation, looking very frisky, in active engagement. Perfect weather as made the fairly long drive of c280km from Rosscarbery to Dublin with strong sunshine and polar airstream giving fantastic visibility. |
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1 Adult Female, 1 Adult Male |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Rathmacknee |
52.2775065 |
-6.491637 |
12/11/2015 |
14:15 |
15:45 |
1 |
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Was rather intrigued to see 4 Common Buzzard up in this weather over a small wood to N of the Castle at 14:35; the obvious family party looked agitated and it was several minutes before another raptor was seen to emerge from E end of their wood and move S towards the Castle in vigorous flap-flap-glide motion. This bird had long tail and wings and was thought to be a Honey-buzzard on structure and jizz. I moved a little to the W down the lane and saw what looked like a Pheasant feeding in a field to the immediate N. But it wasn't: it was a dark brown juvenile Honey-buzzard feeding on the field. I took a 6 minutes video at 14:50 through a gap in the hedge before it moved out of sight. On trying to get it back into view at a gate, I realised there were 3 'buzzard' feeding on the winter-wheat field, the other 2 being Common Buzzard. They all flew off to S to nearby fields |
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1 Juvenile |
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1 Migrant |
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pretty horrific conditions with driving rain on a SW gale |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Rathmacknee |
52.2775065 |
-6.491637 |
10/11/2014 |
11:20 |
13:20 |
1 |
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Unlike the previous 2 sightings on the trip, this was a drawn out affair with at 11:34 the juvenile seen flying low between trees on the N side of Rathmacknee Castle, c300m from it. The bird perched on a branch showing the usual horizontal stance for the species, with long tail, elongated body and small head. It stayed there for about 10 minutes while the rain poured down, eventually at 11:45 moving 50m to the top of an exposed tree-trunk where it watched the ground below very carefully as the rain got heavier. At 11:48 it dropped off the tree trunk to land on the ground below, obviously some feeding opportunity it had spotted. I didn't stay any longer as they can spend ages on the ground (walking around!). The bird was a rufous-grey-brown colour |
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1 Juvenile |
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Weather was appalling today: did start off dry but by mid-morning the rain started and quickly became heavy, made worse by the fresh ESE breeze; it rained all the rest of the day! |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Avoca NE |
52.8622644 |
-6.2115752 |
06/11/2014 |
12:20 |
14:20 |
1 |
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Thought habitat of the whole Vale was superb for raptors, including Honey-buzzard with extensive woodland, mainly deciduous by the river, and rough pastures surrounding the woods. On return leg of walk at 13:44 in the drizzle noticed a buzzard floating just over some trees slightly to N; thought it looked like a Honey-buzzard and took some pictures and was rather surprised when a very solid looking Common Buzzard came closer into view from the same area moving E low over the fields; another Common Buzzard appeared in the area it had come from a short time later. The pictures confirm the Common Buzzard but also show a rufous juvenile Honey-buzzard at the start of the series, which was obviously interacting with the Common Buzzard, just over the tops of the trees and had not come forward. |
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1 Juvenile |
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Rained all day, actually becoming heavier in afternoon after a brief lull at midday. |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Wicklow Bay N |
52.8778968 |
-6.0623858 |
05/11/2014 |
12:35 |
14:20 |
1 |
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1 Honey-buzzard juvenile, a pale grey bird up on N side of bay inland from 12:30-12:40 heavily mobbed by 10-20 Jackdaw, and moving slowly SW towards forests on mountain-edge where it came down. The presumption is that the Honey-buzzard is a Scottish-bred bird that has made the short water crossing from Galloway to Northern Ireland further north; that was one reason for the Monasterevin check: to see whether Irish sites were still occupied. |
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1 Juvenile |
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great day weather-wise with continuous sunshine on cool light N breeze |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Raven N |
52.3793556 |
-6.3780221 |
07/11/2013 |
11:05 |
12:35 |
1 |
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following last year's Honey-buzzard in this area, had another juvenile Honey-buzzard in the dunes just N of the wood. It was up at 11:55, heavily mobbed by 3 Hooded Crow, and had clearly been disturbed in the dunes where it was presumably feeding. It moved N and didn't see it again. Good views and clear clips were obtained. So this place seems to be a holding area for juvenile Honey-buzzard, offering good feeding, while they work out what to do. It could be a Scottish bird, having drifted into Ireland from Galloway, or an Irish one, after the discovery in Co Kildare this May. Hopefully it will go on to Pembroke, doing a Strongbow in reverse: it's not far! |
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1 Juvenile |
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1 Migrant |
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brilliantly fine day, moderate SW breeze, good visibility, sunny and dry |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Monasterevin SE |
53.1054692 |
-7.0376895 |
20/05/2013 |
14:30 |
16:15 |
1 |
1 |
At 15:16 a Honey-buzzard female was seen floating for 10 seconds over pastures in the afforested area near Monasterevin, Co Kildare; 15 minutes later she came higher, while languidly exploring her territory, mobbed by a Corvid! Fantastic discovery and latter action captured on video! All centred on spectacular woodland at Moore Abbey near the town, which spotted from motorway on outward leg of trip! |
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1 Adult Female |
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Weather did not help: dull today with drizzle from time to time but fairly mild on light E breeze. |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Wexford N Slob |
52.361789 |
-6.4080263 |
07/11/2012 |
14:40 |
16:25 |
1 |
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a juvenile Honey-buzzard came out of the plantation, flapping slowly (almost Harrier-like) and then landed in a stubble field, scattering birds in all directions; later at 16:02 it tangled briefly with a Common Buzzard, just before the latter caught a substantial prey item and returned to the plantation carrying it (1125). Honey-buzzard on the E coast of Ireland are likely to be Scottish-bred birds, moving from Galloway into Northern Ireland and then continuing S to Wexford before facing a hazardous sea crossing. Go SE (or SSE if cutting it finer) and make SW England or Brittany; go SW and you're out into the Atlantic. It's very mild here, 13 degrees today and sunny on moderate W breeze, with lots of insects still around so the birds can linger for a bit longer |
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1 Juvenile |
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1 Feeding |
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It's very mild here, 13 degrees today and sunny; moderate W breeze |
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Y |