Ireland Through Birds. Conor W. O'Brien

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      IRELAND

      THROUGH

      BIRDS

      IRELAND

      THROUGH

      BIRDS

      Journeys in Search of a Wild Nation

      CONOR W. O’BRIEN

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      First published in 2019 by

      Merrion Press

      An imprint of Irish Academic Press

      10 George’s Street

      Newbridge

      Co. Kildare

      Ireland

       www.merrionpress.ie

      © Conor W. O’Brien, 2019

      9781785373053 (Paper)

      9781785373060 (Kindle)

      9781785373077 (Epub)

      9781785373084 (PDF)

      British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

      An entry can be found on request

      Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

      An entry can be found on request

      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved alone, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

      Typeset in Sabon LT Std 11.5/15 pt

      Jacket design by River Design

      All illustrations courtesy of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds/Mike Langman (rspb-images.com)

      CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION A NATION AND ITS BIRDS
MERLIN DUNDALK
GOOSANDER GLENDALOUGH
GREY PARTRIDGE LOUGH BOORA
RED GROUSE THE MILITARY ROAD
CORNCRAKE TORY ISLAND
CUCKOO CONNEMARA
GREAT SKUA INISHTURK
RING OUZEL GAP OF DUNLOE
BARN OWL MAYNOOTH
JAY PHOENIX PARK
HEN HARRIER SOUTH WEXFORD
JACK SNIPE NORTH BULL ISLAND
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES

      For Ma, Da and Neil.

      Thanks also to Mark for all his help

      on my Wicklow journeys.

      INTRODUCTION

      A Nation and its Birds

Jack Snipe

      By retaining


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