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Ger McGann Memorial Rogerstown North Hide

Dublin  >  Ireland

Saltmarsh viewing area that is inundated with sea water to varying degrees on a daily basis.

Tillagd* av Brian Carruthers
Senast uppdaterad 15 oktober 2021

Beskrivning

​The Ger McGann Memorial Rogerstown North Hide is set within the inner Rogerstown estuary – a relatively small, narrow, and extremely shallow estuary with extensive mudflats at low tide. The reserve is also an area of land used as grazing pasture for horses. The saltmarsh is inundated with seawater to varying degrees on a daily basis. WARNING!: Please check local tide times before traveling, as the best time for viewing is one hour before, during, and one hour after high tide, so be prepared to wait during super high tides of four metre ++ (4m++). It is during these times that the brackish grasslands and inter-tidal creeks are extremely important for birds, providing safe roosting sites for thousands of wintering wildfowl and waders. The soft mudflats, exposed during low tides, are their feeding areas.The winter time is when ljungpipare , kustpipare , tofsvipa , storspov , rödspov , kärrsnäppa , kustsnäppa , sandlöpare , rödbena , gluttsnäppa , strandskata ,gravand , bläsand , Kricka Skedand småskrake , gråhäger , Silkeshäger and prutgås are numerous., Also a good site for Pilgrimsfalk stenfalk sparvhök ormvråk & tornfalk.

During the summer and autumn months, the area attracts spovsnäppa småsnäppa & brushane , the water channel beside the track to the North Hide is also one of the best sites to see skogssnäppa feeding. The Ger McGann Memorial Rogerstown North Hide site is managed by Fingal Birdwatch Ireland (see link below) who look after the two bird hides in the area, so it is advisable to contact bwifingal@gmail.com before visiting for updated information.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

From the M1 motorway, take right turn signposted Skerries, Rush , Donabate. Continue north on the R132 dual carriageway for 2.6km until you get to the 'Blakes Cross' juntion, turn right for Skerries, Rush, Lusk. At 400m take first right turn signposted Balleally. Follow this road with speed ramps for almost 940m until you reach a bungalow on the right with a farm gate marked **IWC - Birdwatch Ireland Reserve** (Only parking for 2 cars reversed in) with a smaller swing gate attached for entrance which leads to a rough laid track through a row of trees and then across the shared right of way, open horse field to another small swing gate to reach the Ger MaGann Memorial Rogerstown North Hide. (total distance to walk to hide = 550m) This track is NOT SUITABLE for wheelchairs, prams, or buggies.

Terräng och habitat

Våtmark , Gyttjig strand , Spridda träd och buskar , Slätt , Flod , Hav / ocean

Förhållanden

Platt , Halt , Risk för högvattten

Rundtur

Nej

Tubkikare behövs?

Ja

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt

Bästa tid för ett besök

Vinter , Vår , Höst , Vårsträck , Höststräck

Rutt

Smal stig

Hur ansträngande vandring

Lätt vandring

Nås

Till fots

Fågeltorn / plattform

Ja

Extra information

Important Information, before traveling contact bwifingal@gmail.com for Key Coded Entrance if requiring to use the Bird Hide, Otherwise stand behind the Bird Screen for viewing

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