A number of rare African birds have ditched warmer climes and have taken up residence in Ireland’s deepest, dankest low-lying bogs. It said there have been a number of other sightings of rare birds, including a whitetailed eagle, on Irish bogs in the past few weeks. Photograph: Philomena BradyBord na Móna Ecologist Dr Mark McCorry said: “We are used to the occasional rare bird sighting but to get three glossy ibis in Bunihinly bog in Co Westmeath is very exciting. It follows sightings in the last week of another very rare glossy ibis at Lough Boora Discovery Park in Offaly and a Whitetailed Eagle on a bog in Co Roscommon. It is understood the birds arrive in Ireland having been blown off course.

Source: The Irish Times January 21, 2018 12:42 UTC