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THERE are plenty of people who devote their spare time to studying birdlife, but Kez Armstrong has gone one better. She’s become the first person in Ireland to be awarded a PhD for her work on one of our most loved birds: the kestrel. The 36-year-old Belfast ecologist – who can now call herself Doctor – spent four years at Queen’s University studying the beautiful falcon, and it was a labour of love. “The kestrel is my favourite bird – raptors were always special to me,” she told Dúlra this week. “From the data that I have collected there are probably 300 to 500 nests across the whole island. “That’s why it was so important for me to do the PhD at the time that I did it, the kestrel and indeed the merlin as well are two completely overlooked, under-the-radar birds that we haven’t got enough information on. So to collect any information on kestrels was exceptionally important because we’re on the most westerly part of their range.” Kez’s work meant she ....
THE island of Ireland s very first Kestrel Cam has been installed in one of Mannok’s Quarries, and will be live-streamed online in coming months. The footage can be viewed on Mannok’s website, and will give viewers an exclusive look inside an Irish Kestrel nest throughout the breeding season. The livestream was been launched on World Earth Day, Thursday, April 22 to highlight the need to protect our local wildlife and wider ecosystems, particularly with the common Kestrel having recently been placed on the Red List as a species now at risk of extinction in Ireland. Two discreet cameras have been installed in the nesting location under license from NPWS, and in partnership with Netwatch, to enable Queen’s University to study the birds and to raise awareness of the need to protect the species and other wildlife across the island. ....