Irish Birding Sighting Record
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| Website : | www.irishbirding.com | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sighting URL : | https://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/213151/Redcrested_Pochard.html | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Photographer(s) : | © Padraig O Donnell | ||||||||||||||||||
