Common Buzzard - Baltrasna, Ashbourne

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Common Sandpiper

Each summer Broadmeadow Estuary at Swords plays host to small numbers of Common Sandpipers.  I counted up to a dozen on a recent trip, but unfortunately they remained in and around the grassy areas in the middle of the estuary making viewing with the scope the only option.

They have been known to over Winter in Ireland on occasion, however the visitors we get at Broadmeadow tend to be of the Spring and Summer variety. 



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