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Common Tern
Common Tern
This seabird is a summer visitor from west Africa - March – September.
Copyright Mike Brown
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Fungi the Dolphin
Fungi the Dolphin
The Dingle Dolphin named Fungi, has become a firm favourite with locals and tourists. The young bottle-nosed dolphin has been around our shores since 1984.
Copyright Mike Brown
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Common Dolphin
Common Dolphin
Widely distributed in British and Irish waters the Common Dolphin is usually found in groups of 10-30. They are fast swimmers, reaching speeds of 24km per hour or faster if threatened. Common dolphins are inquisitive and sociable, often approaching boats and hitching a free ride in the wake caused by the boat. They eat a varied diet of squid.
Copyright the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
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Cuckoo
Cuckoo
The sound of a Cuckoo is a good sign that spring has arrived, as it returns to Ireland in April from its winter home in Africa.
Copyright Mike Brown
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Coal Tit
Coal Tit
Close your eyes when listening to the Coal Tit's song. Does it sound like the whistle of a bicycle pump - a rapid pitchew, pitchew, pitchew?
Copyright Mike Brown
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Corncrake
Corncrake
Corncrakes dramatic decline, its near extinction, and its more recent recovery and even re-introduction to new or formerly abandoned areas makes an excellent example of how man can and has influenced his environment.
Copyright Mike Brown
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Gannet
Gannet
This resident bird is a seabird with long, narrow wings. Itm can plunge dive into the sea from up to 40 metres, folding its wings back to hit the water in a streamlined shape.
Copyright Environment Protection Agency
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Common Frog
Common Frog
An adult frog lives among the bog mosses. The tadpoles live in the bog pools where they feed on tiny aquatic insects. The presence of multicoloured Sphagnum moss is a sign of an actively growing blanket bog.
Copyright Mike Brown
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Gorse bush
Gorse bush
A typical gorse bush can be made of up to 20 species of everygreen shrub. The Common Grouse is native to Western Europe, growing in clay and sandy soil.
Copyright Environmental Protection Agency.
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Goldcrest
Goldcrest
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