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Author Archives: birdwatchcorcaigh

Sand Martin Nest Cam – Testing their Wings – 5.00am, 27th May 2024

Harper's News & UpcomingBy birdwatchcorcaighMay 28, 2024

The chicks are now 16 days old and from early morning have been flapping their wings for the first time. This is a recording of the live stream from the Sand Martin’s nest burrow 19 in the artificial nesting bank at Harper’s Island Wetlands Nature Reserve.

Sand Martin Nest Cam – Weather prevents feeding – 10pm, 25th May 2024

Harper's News & UpcomingBy birdwatchcorcaighMay 27, 2024

From noon today it has been raining heavily, torrential at times and from mid-afternoon until nightfall the parents were unable to go out and hunt for food. This is a recording of the live stream from the Sand Martin’s nest burrow 19 in the artificial nesting bank at Harper’s Island Wetlands Nature Reserve.

Sand Martin Nest Cam – Toilet Trained Chicks! – 7.10am, 22nd May 2024

Harper's News & UpcomingBy birdwatchcorcaighMay 23, 2024

Within the last couple of days the chicks have started leaving the cup of the nest and pooping outside it. Before that they would when a parent was present they would point their bum towards them and produce a sealed sac of poop called a feacal sac.The parents take it directly from the chick and…

Sand Martin Nest Cam – Chicks 3 Days Old – 14th May

Harper's News & UpcomingBy birdwatchcorcaighMay 14, 2024

Video recorded on our ‘nest cam’ in the nesting chamber of one of the nesting burrows in our artificial nesting banks. The nest is in the nesting bank further away from the hide and is in the 5th burrow from the far end of the bottom row.

Sand Martin Nest Cam – Three eggs hatched! – 11th May 224

Harper's News & UpcomingBy birdwatchcorcaighMay 13, 2024

Video recorded on our ‘nest cam’ in the nesting chamber of one of the nesting burrows in our artificial nesting banks. The nest is in the nesting bank further away from the hide and is in the 5th burrow from the far end of the bottom row.

Sand Martin Nest Cam – Feathering the Nest – 10th May 2024

Harper's News & UpcomingBy birdwatchcorcaighMay 13, 2024

Video recorded on our ‘nest cam’ in the nesting chamber of one of the nesting burrows in our artificial nesting banks. The nest is in the nesting bank further away from the hide and is in the 5th burrow from the far end of the bottom row.

Sand Martin Nest Cam – More Feathers and an incubation shift changeover – 5th May 2024

Harper's News & UpcomingBy birdwatchcorcaighMay 6, 2024

Video recorded on our ‘nest cam’ in the nesting chamber of one of the nesting burrows in our artificial nesting banks. The nest is in the nesting bank further away from the hide and is in the 5th burrow from the far end of the bottom row.

Sand Martin Nest Cam – Feathering the Nest – 1st May 2024

Harper's News & UpcomingBy birdwatchcorcaighMay 2, 2024

Video recorded on our ‘nest cam’ in the nesting chamber of one of the nesting burrows in our artificial nesting banks. The nest is in the nesting bank further away from the hide and is in the 5th burrow from the far end of the bottom row.

Sand Martin Nest Cam – Time lapse of Activity from 2nd – 12th April 2024

Harper's News & UpcomingBy birdwatchcorcaighApril 29, 2024

Video recorded on our ‘nest cam’ in the nesting chamber of one of the nesting burrows in our artificial nesting banks. The nest is in the nesting bank further away from the hide and is in the 5th burrow from the far end of the bottom row.

Sand Martin Nest Cam – 4th egg laid – 27th April 2024

Harper's News & UpcomingBy birdwatchcorcaighApril 29, 2024

Video recorded on our ‘nest cam’ in the nesting chamber of one of the nesting burrows in our artificial nesting banks. The nest is in the nesting bank further away from the hide and is in the 5th burrow from the far end of the bottom row.

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