In woods, etc., the breeding species include tin- Red- start, (nesting in Ireland only in Wicklow and Tyrone); Blackcap, (chiefly in Wicklow) ; Golden-crested Wren, (common) ; Siskin, (also chiefly in Wicklow) ; Crossbill, (local in Ireland) ; Tree-Sparrow, (local in Ireland) ; Long- eared Owl, (frequent) ; Heron,; (frequent) ; and Stock-Dove (increasing in Ireland).
The winter visitors to the district are numerous. Among the rarer are the Black Redstart, Waxwing, Hawfinch, Great Grey Shrike, Snowy Owl, Eider Duck, Velvet Scoter, Glaucous Gull, Iceland Gull, Little Auk, Black-throated Diver, Great Crested Grebe, and Slavonian. Of summer visitors one of the most local is Montagus Harrier, which has on a number of occasions been taken in or near Co. Wicklow (Accommodation, Wicklow, Ireland), and scarcely ever in any other county.
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