28th November 2012
Our Trip to Glounthaune
We went to Glounthaune on the 23rd of November 2012. It was a beautiful
day,and we left on the train at 10:30 am.
Jim Wilson, Ms. Doherty and Mr. McSweeney were with us. We saw over
600 birds. We saw Black-tailed Godwits, Knot, Black headed gulls, Mallard,
Golden Plover, Rooks, Oyster Catchers, Turnstones, Redshanks, Greenshanks,
a Little Egret, Curlews, Bar-tailed Godwits, Grey Heron,
Cormarent, Dunlin. Great Black Backed Gulls. We also saw the Teal, which
is our smallest duck.just The weather was very sunny until we got a
heavy shower of rain
just before we returned home on the 12.10pm train. That
was our trip to Glounthaune.
Ruairi, signing off. 27/11/12
Students from Scoil Iosaef Naofa, Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland preparing to go look for colour ringed Black-tailed Godwits in Cork Harbour.
(photo © Willie McSweeney)
Students looking for colour ringed Black-tailed Godwits at Glounthaune in Cork Harbour.
(photo © Willie McSweeney)
Some gulls at Glounthaune, spot the Curlew!
(photo © Willie McSweeney)
Students taking notes from the East Cork Birdwatching Trail Display Board at Glounthaune..
(photo © Willie McSweeney)
Jim Wilson explains to students how a wader uses its beak to catch food in the mud.
(photo © Willie McSweeney)
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