No shortage of birds as the chilly months approach

Rogerstown, County Dublin Brent geese are here, and black-tailed godwit have begun arriving from their breeding grounds in IcelandOn a bright morning we are sitting with volunteer warden Aileen in a bird hide a little north of Dublin. We have come to watch the first of the avian migrants for whom the south bank of the Rogerstown estuary is a favoured wintering spot. It clearly isn’t the best time to be here, as feathered visitors are so far in short supply. Perhaps the house martins swoopi