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Tag Archives: birds
Saving Clane Swifts…
Swifts may grace the skies of Clane for many years to come if recent efforts to create a new breeding site for them are successful. Clane Community Council and Clane Tidy Towns have installed 5 nestboxes in the tower of the Abbey specifically for these birds. Fingers are crossed that the swifts will discover them over the summer months and their presence in Clane will be secured… Continue reading
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Available To Let – 17 new Nest boxes!
Clane Tidy Towns and Kildare Branch of Birdwatch Ireland were delighted with the reponse to the Nest Box Scheme for Clane, 2012: a grand total of 17 boxes were donated to the cause and are now installed in and around the town and available to let. Read on to find out more… Continue reading
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Calling all … nesting birds?
Have you noticed any bird nests this year? It is the last year of the enormous Bird Atlas project and there are still some gaps in the data for around Clane. Read on to see the species that are not yet confirmed breeding here – including Magpies! – maybe you can help fill some of the gaps… Continue reading
Finches…
Some of the most colourful birds that can be seen around Clane are the finches, and many of them are attracted to garden bird feeders in the winter… Continue reading
Birds of Prey…
You don’t have to go very far to see amazing birds of prey in Ireland: there are three species of raptors that can regularly be seen in and around our town… Continue reading
Thrushes…
Did you know several species of thrush fly into Clane to enjoy our wonderfully mild…winters? Continue reading
Swallow-like birds…
There are four swallow-like birds that migrate to Ireland for the summer, and all four can be seen in and around Clane… Continue reading