Birdwatch - Shannonbridge.

Birdsong in Rachrabeg just beautiful at the moment, pariicuraly in the evening. Birds heard include Robin, Wren, Goldfinch, Blackbird and Thrush,
Large flock of Swans on the River Suck. Three Cock Pheasants out picking in the fields.

First Swallows of the year spotted at the bridge on the 1st. of April.

At home, the Jackdaws have mastered the art of feeding on the peanut feeder.

Report in yesterdays Irish Times of the disappearance of Goldfinch in south Kildare, linked to the big increase in Magpie and other members of the Crow family.

Large Heronry in woodland in Clonfad seems to have disappeared.

A pair of Peregrine Falcons seen at the Power Station during the week, hope they nest in the boxes provided by the ESB this year. .