To celebrate the beginning of spring in the Gaelic calendar, ornithologist Seán Ronayne is across the schedule on RTÉ lyric fm with a new series to discuss the distinct bird songs, melodies and calls that we have today in Ireland. Listen to Sean celebrate the chough above...
About The Chough: Choughs are Ireland's only marine crow and like many members of the crow family, they have a glossy jet-black plumage. But this is offset with a striking lipstick-red decurved beak which they use to pry invertebrates from short grass all along the coast. Their Irish name appropriately translates to red-legged Jackdaw. These birds are masters of the air…. soaring, plummeting, twisting and turning in the strong maritime winds, where they seem to fly for fun.
Bird Songs with Seán Ronayne, RTÉ lyric fm, February 1st – 16th - listen back here
