African vulture seen in Ireland
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African vulture seen in Ireland
I,m not good with links but if you google BBC news ,Northern Ireland, its on there. Spotted in Donegal, the twitchers are going mad.
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Re: African vulture seen in Ireland
That's pretty cool
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Re: African vulture seen in Ireland
Smoothound wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18 2021 18:43 -It was actually an Egyptian vulture, apparently they fly thousands of miles but never Donegal before.That's pretty cool
I saw a White tailed sea eagle in Donegal last season while piking. Made my day tbh.
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Re: African vulture seen in Ireland
GAVIN H wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18 2021 20:36 -Smoothound wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18 2021 18:43 -It was actually an Egyptian vulture, apparently they fly thousands of miles but never Donegal before.That's pretty cool
I saw a White tailed sea eagle in Donegal last season while piking. Made my day tbh.
There's sea eagles on the Scottish Islands, particularly Mull, its not too much of a stretch to think they'll be flying over Ireland at times.
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Re: African vulture seen in Ireland
GAVIN H wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18 2021 20:36 -Yeah thought they were Egyptians but assumed they had other names too! There are some White Tailed right down here on the South Coast but not seen one yet but Red Kites and Buzzards are almost common nowSmoothound wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18 2021 18:43 -It was actually an Egyptian vulture, apparently they fly thousands of miles but never Donegal before.That's pretty cool
I saw a White tailed sea eagle in Donegal last season while piking. Made my day tbh.
Phil
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