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19-577: Decies ( Déisi Muman ) bounded in by the Drum Hills ( Drom Fhinín ). Decies-within-Drum is located in the southwest of County Waterford, east of the Munster Blackwater and including the coast between Youghal and Dungarvan harbours. Déisi Muman were an ancient Gaelic Irish tribe that occupied this territory; their name means "Vassals of Mumu ." and they are believed by some historians to have Gaulish origin. Decies-within-Drum

38-823: Is a list of settlements in Decies-within-Drum barony: Munster Blackwater The Blackwater or Munster Blackwater ( Irish : An Abhainn Mhór , The Great River) is a river which flows through counties Kerry , Cork and Waterford in Ireland. It rises in the Mullaghareirk Mountains in County Kerry and then flows in an easterly direction across County Cork through the towns of Mallow and Fermoy . It then enters County Waterford where it flows through Lismore , before abruptly turning south at Cappoquin and finally draining into

57-563: Is blunt. The call is a typical sandpiper "chreep", and the display song a harsh trill. Dunlin are small migratory waders, however they show strong philopatry with individuals of the southern subspecies Calidris alpina schinzii in Sweden and Finland returning to, or very close to, their natal patches. Habitat fragmentation has reduced the availability of habitat patches to these birds through reducing patch size and increasing patch isolation. This reduced connectivity between patches has reduced

76-492: Is from Latin and means "of high mountains", in this case referring to alpine tundra habitats generally, rather than the Alps specifically. Ten subspecies are recognised: Measurements : An adult dunlin in breeding plumage shows the distinctive black belly which no other similar-sized wader possesses. In winter, dunlins are basically grey above and white below. Juveniles are brown above with two weak whitish "V" shapes on

95-463: Is provided by the male, as the female deserts the brood and often leaves the breeding area. Apparent hybrids between this species and the white-rumped sandpiper as well as with the purple sandpiper have been reported from the Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe, respectively. The dunlin has an extremely large range and although the population appears to be decreasing, the population

114-531: Is still very large. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has judged that the threat to the species is of " Least concern ". The dunlin is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds ( AEWA ) applies. The southern subspecies C. a. schinzii is of particular concern, declining and endangered in some areas, particularly towards

133-415: Is the species with which other waders tend to be compared. At 17–21 cm (6.7–8.3 in) length and with a 32–36 cm (13–14 in) wingspan , it is similar in size to a common starling , but stouter, with a longer, thicker bill. The dunlin moves along the coastal mudflat beaches it prefers with a characteristic "sewing machine" feeding action, methodically picking small food items. Insects form

152-649: The Celtic Sea at Youghal Harbour in Cork. In total, the Blackwater is 169 km (105 mi) long. The total catchment area of the River Blackwater is 3,324 km . Its long-term average flow rate of is 89.1 cubic metres per second (m /s) The Blackwater is notable for being one of the best salmon fishing rivers in the country. Like many Irish rivers, salmon stocks declined in recent years, but

171-487: The location as Lapland. This species was formerly placed (with the other " stints ") by some American authors in the genus Erolia , but is now placed with 23 other sandpipers in the genus Calidris that was introduced in 1804 by the German naturalist Blasius Merrem . The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris , a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific alpina

190-635: The E.U. Birds Directive , the SPA extends from Youghal New Bridge to the Ferry Point peninsula, near the outflow of the river to the sea. The SPA encompasses a section of the main channel of the River Blackwater as far as Ballynaclash Quay as well as the channel between Kinsalebeg and Moord Cross Roads on the eastern side and part of the estuary of the Tourig River as far upstream as Kilmagner . The tidal flats attract numbers of waders and wildfowl and

209-744: The E.U. Birds Directive. Dunlin The dunlin ( Calidris alpina ) is a small wader in the genus Calidris . The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–1532. It derives from dun , "dull brown", with the suffix -ling , meaning a person or thing with the given quality. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in western Europe are short-distance migrants largely staying on western and southern European and northwest African coasts; those breeding in far northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and

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228-574: The Irish government banned commercial netting of salmon off the coast of Ireland in November 2006. Tributaries of the Blackwater include: Towns along the river are Youghal , Cappoquin , Lismore , Fermoy , Mallow and Rathmore . The Blackwater Estuary was listed on the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance on 11 June 1996. It is also a Special Protection Area (SPA) under

247-746: The Middle East. Birds that breed in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic migrate short distances to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America, although those nesting in northern Alaska overwinter in Asia. The dunlin was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Tringa alpina . Linnaeus specified

266-450: The back, though less obvious than the same feature on little stint and some other species in the genus. They usually have black marks on the flanks or belly. All ages show a narrow white wingbar in flight. The legs and slightly decurved bill are black. The subspecies differ mainly in the extent of rufous plumage and the size of the black belly patch in the breeding season, and the bill length; in winter there are no subspecific distinctions in

285-426: The main part of the dunlin's diet on the nesting grounds; it eats molluscs , worms and crustaceans in coastal areas. The nest is a shallow scrape on the ground lined with vegetation, into which typically four eggs are laid and incubated by the male and female parents. Chicks are precocial , but are brooded during early development. They start to fly at approximately three weeks of age. The majority of brood care

304-423: The movements of Dunlin leaving them more susceptible to inbreeding in these locations. The dunlin is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches. Large numbers can often be seen swirling in synchronized flight on stop-overs during migration or on their winter habitat. This bird is one of the most common waders throughout its breeding and wintering ranges, and it

323-512: The plumage, with only the bill length providing a limited guide. Bill length varies between sexes, the females having longer bills than the males, further complicating winter subspecies identification. On the tip of the Dunlin's bill is a soft covering that fills with blood and with many nerve endings, forming a sensitive probe that is used to locate invertebrate prey in mud and sand. Although the bill can look sharp-pointed in dead specimens, in life it

342-745: The species named as targets for conservation within the SPA include an internationally important population of black-tailed godwit as well as nationally important populations of Eurasian wigeon , European golden plover , Northern lapwing , dunlin , bar-tailed godwit , Eurasian curlew and common redshank . Other notable species occurring within the SPA are pale-bellied brent goose , common shelduck , Eurasian teal , mallard , Northern shoveler , red-breasted merganser , great cormorant , little egret , grey heron , Eurasian oystercatcher , common ringed plover , grey plover , red knot , common greenshank and ruddy turnstone . Little egret, European golden plover and bar-tailed godwit are listed on Annex I of

361-826: Was anciently the territory of the Ó Broic, a surname literally meaning "descendant of badger ", perhaps a totemic animal. They claimed descent from the Fir Bolg . The Ó Broic were later driven out by the Eóganachta of Desmond. After the Munster Plantation it came to the La Poer (Power) family. The Walsh (or Welsh) family were also large landowners. The origin Decies barony was divided into two halves some time between 1654 and 1774. Decies-within-Drum contains Gaeltacht na nDéise , an Irish -speaking region. Below

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