hi im new here

gerardkeogh · Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:37 am Post subject: hi im new here

hi folks recently just joined so i thought i would share my bird watchin with u you guys,
i live in rathfarnham and have alot of different vistors to my gardening such as , siskins goldenfinches, chafinches, blue, coal and great tits and green finches, is after taken me nearly 2 years to built this relaltionship with those feathered friends Laughing

. but one day i looked out to find a peregrine falcon sat on my fence!!! i couldn't believe my luck such a rare site to see.

Sive · Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:52 am Post subject:

hi there gerardkeogh, welcome to the site. Doesn't the bird-watching add a whole new dimension to gardening?
Try this website: http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/
You can even become a member, and doing the winter bird survey for them is fantastic fun...Dec-March each year and you find you'll see all sorts of birds you never realised were in your garden...especially if you put feeders out.
I just love counting the birds every winter now,
I will never forget the first time I saw a sparrowhawk in my garden in suburban Dublin. And we have them here in Wexford too, now we've moved out of Dublin.
But a peregrine falcon is something else altogether.......
I once saw one hovering in Blackrock and someone told me they were nesting in Dalkey quarry. I wonder where yours came from.......
Enjoy them all!

gerardkeogh · Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:03 pm Post subject:

sive hi, i live near marley park and just beside 2 golf coarse so i presume that its nesting somewhere there ill let u know if i see it again...... i hope