| Sighting Ref : |
IB96886 |
| Sighting Date : |
29 Mar 17 |
| Common Name : |
Water Rail |
| Scientific Name : |
Rallus aquaticus |
| Location : |
Bray |
| County : |
Wicklow |
| Number Seen : |
1 |
| Principal Observer(s) : |
Johanna Keene
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| Comments : |
This may be of some interest to you - today my children said they'd found a dead bird on the way home from school. They know a lot about wildlife so I was surprised when they said they didn't recognise it. We went back for a look and it was a Water Rail! This is the first we've seen in Ireland and we have lived here for one and a half years. It looks to have been caught, possibly by a bird of prey, as feathers have been ripped out. It was found in the Woodbrook Glen estate in Bray, Co Wicklow. I don't know of any suitable habitat around here where it could have come from, although there is a small stream in a wooded area at the bottom of the estate, and possibly a pond in the grounds of the nearby golf club.
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Johanna Keene
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