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Sighting Ref : IB213151
Sighting Date : 16 Oct 25
Common Name : Red-crested Pochard
Scientific Name : Netta rufina
Location : Royal Canal Greenway
County : Westmeath
Number Seen : 1
Principal Observer(s) : Padraig O Donnell Not Specified
Reported By : Not Specified
Comments : Female / immature type. Between Coolnahay and Shandonagh Bridges. (The bird was swimming strongly , occasional stops to pick at bank side vegetation, did not react like a wild bird, seems unafraid of walkers along Canal Bank trail c4 to 5 m away, bird possibly from a wildfowl collection?).
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