Dingle Peninsula Bird Report 2005-2007

With 94 pages, full-colour throughout, tables, graphs, colour maps and 74 colour photographs it gives the status of all the bird species recorded on the peninsula. It includes a survey of all the breeding birds of the Magharees and related islands for 2006/7 by Michael O’Clery and the Dingle Peninsula Twite survey 2006 from Derek McLoughlin.

On sale @ €12.00 in Ventry Post Office; Dingle Bookshop, Green Street;  Dingle; Fitzgerald’s Hardware, Baile an Buaile, Dingle, the Castlegregory Information Centre and, in summer, Ballyferriter Museum.

Available by post from Lucie Hankey, Monaree, Dingle, Tralee, Kerry, Ireland. E-mail ldhankey@indigo.ie  Tel: 066 9159904. Cheques made payable to The West Kerry Branch of BirdWatch Ireland. €14.00 (includes P & P Europe and worldwide) or via PayPal to Lucie’s e-mail.

We would like to thank the sponsors of the Bird Report, specifically from the Heritage Council under the Publication Grant Scheme 2008, Brian de Staic, Fitzgerald’s Homevalue, and Blasket Islands Eco Ventures.
 
Also available are 2009 Dingle Tide Timetables and free leaflets Birding The Dingle Peninsula in Ventry Post Office and Ballyferriter Museum. 

Copies of the 2002-4 Report are still available from The Dingle Bookshop and Lucie Hankey

• Written by Michael O’Clery, illustrator of The Complete Guide to Ireland’s Birds, The Pocket Guide to the Birds of Ireland and Finding Birds in Ireland.
• The essential reference guide for residents, visitors and researchers.
• Important contribution to the documenting the natural heritage of the peninsula.
• Contains status of  all species recorded on the Dingle Peninsula and main locations.

It gives

• which species have been seen here.
• where and when they were seen.
• how common or scarce the bird is and whether it is in decline or doing well.
• its conservation status as a red or amber listed bird.
• encouragement for involving the community in recording.

Information about birdwatching in Kerry from the West Kerry and Kerry branches of BirdWatch Ireland is available from our email Round Robins in Dingle Library, The Dingle Tourist Office, Frank King’s Radio Kerry programme on Thursdays at 10.30am.

The West Kerry Branch of BirdWatch Ireland produces the Dingle Peninsula Bird Report as part of our commitment to documenting the natural heritage of Kerry. All the work on the report (except the printing) was voluntary.

We would encourage you to submit your bird sightings by email to Lucie Hankey ldhankey@indigo.ie or post them to Monaree, Dingle, Kerry. The Bird Report will show you how significant your records are. We are particularly interested in red list species and have conservation or monitoring  projects for Corncrake, Barn Owl, Hen Harrier and Brent Geese.