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Bird stamps of Ireland
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 1978 Irish currency Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 1979 Birds Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 1979 Birds Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 1979 Birds
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1979 Birds Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1983 Irish dogs 5v set Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1983 Irish dogs 5v sheet European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 1987 Christmas 3v set
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 1987 Christmas 3v set Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 1989 Game birds Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 1989 Game birds Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 1989 Game birds
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 1989 Game birds Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 1989 Game birds Sheet Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 1989 Game birds Sheet Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 1989 Game birds Sheet
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 1989 Game birds Sheet Great Tit Parus major 1992 WWF 4v set Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 1996 Fresh water ducks Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 1996 Fresh water ducks
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 1996 Fresh water ducks Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1996 Fresh water ducks Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 1996 Fresh water ducks Sheet Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 1996 Fresh water ducks Sheet
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 1996 Fresh water ducks Sheet Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1996 Fresh water ducks Sheet Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 1997 Birds European Robin Erithacus rubecula 1997 Birds Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 1997 Birds
Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 1997 Birds Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 1997 Birds European Robin Erithacus rubecula 1997 Birds, Robin Booklet European Robin Erithacus rubecula 1997 Birds, Robin Booklet Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1997 Birds, Falcon and Robin Strip, sa, ISS European Robin Erithacus rubecula 1997 Birds, Falcon and Robin Strip, sa, ISS Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1997 Birds, Falcon and Robin Strip, sa, SNP
European Robin Erithacus rubecula 1997 Birds, Falcon and Robin Strip, sa, SNP Mute Swan Cygnus olor 1997 Europa, Tales and legends 2v set Mute Swan Cygnus olor 1997 Europa, Tales and legends 2v set, sa Northern Pintail Anas acuta 1997 Pacific 97 p 14¼x14 MS
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 1997 Birds Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 1997 Birds Corn Crake Crex crex 1997 Birds Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 1997 Birds Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 1997 Birds Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 1997 Birds Corn Crake Crex crex 1997 Birds, Corncrake and Falcon Booklet
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1997 Birds, Corncrake and Falcon Booklet Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1997 Birds, Corncrake and Falcon Booklet Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 1998 Birds Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1998 Birds European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 1998 Birds Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1998 Birds
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 1998 Birds Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1998 Birds Northern Pintail Anas acuta 1998 Birds Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 1998 Birds, Woodpigeon and Blackbird Booklet Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1998 Birds, Woodpigeon and Blackbird Booklet
Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1998 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Strip, sa, ISS Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1998 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Strip, sa, ISS Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1998 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Strip, sa, SNP Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1998 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Strip, sa, SNP Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1998 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, chsp Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1998 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, chsp Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1998 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, chsp
Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1998 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, chsp Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1998 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Strip, sa, pho, SNP Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1998 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Strip, sa, pho, SNP Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1998 Birds ph European Robin Erithacus rubecula 1998 Birds ph European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 1998 Birds ph
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1998 Birds ph Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 1998 Birds ph Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1998 Birds ph Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1998 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Strip, sa, pho, ISS Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1998 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Strip, sa, pho, ISS Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1999 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, pho
Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1999 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, pho Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1999 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, pho Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1999 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, pho Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 1999 Birds, Woodpigeon and Goldcrest Booklet, pho Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1999 Birds, Woodpigeon and Goldcrest Booklet, pho European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho Corn Crake Crex crex 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho
European Robin Erithacus rubecula 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho White Wagtail Motacilla alba 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 1999 Birds Sheet, p 14x15, s 21x24 mm, pho
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 1999 Europa 2v set Common Pochard Aythya ferina 1999 Europa 2v set Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 1999 Europa 2v set, sa Common Pochard Aythya ferina 1999 Europa 2v set, sa
European Robin Erithacus rubecula 1999 Birds, Robin Booklet Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 1999 Birds, Song Thrush Booklet Common Blackbird Turdus merula 2001 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, pho Common Blackbird Turdus merula 2001 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, pho Goldcrest Regulus regulus 2001 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, pho Goldcrest Regulus regulus 2001 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, pho Common Blackbird Turdus merula 2001 Birds, dual currency
European Robin Erithacus rubecula 2001 Birds, dual currency Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 2001 Birds, dual currency Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 2001 Birds, dual currency Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 2001 Birds, dual currency Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 2001 Birds, dual currency Common Blackbird Turdus merula 2001 Birds, dual currency Strip, sa
Goldcrest Regulus regulus 2001 Birds, dual currency Strip, sa Common Blackbird Turdus merula 2001 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, sa Goldcrest Regulus regulus 2001 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Booklet, sa European Robin Erithacus rubecula 2001 Birds, Robin Booklet, sa Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 2001 Birds, Song Thrush Booklet, sa Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 2002 Coins 3v set
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 2002 Birds Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 2002 Birds Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 2002 Birds Corn Crake Crex crex 2002 Birds Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 2002 Birds Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 2002 Birds
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 2002 Birds Common Blackbird Turdus merula 2002 Birds Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 2002 Birds European Robin Erithacus rubecula 2002 Birds Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 2002 Birds Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 2002 Birds
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 2002 Birds Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 2002 Birds Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 2002 Birds Northern Pintail Anas acuta 2002 Birds
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 2002 Birds Common Blackbird Turdus merula 2002 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Strip, sa Goldcrest Regulus regulus 2002 Birds, Blackbird and Goldcrest Strip, sa Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 2002 Birds, Kingfisher and Blackbird Booklet Common Blackbird Turdus merula 2002 Birds, Kingfisher and Blackbird Booklet Common Blackbird Turdus merula 2002 Birds, Kingfisher and Blackbird Booklet Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 2002 Birds, Chaffinch and Goldcrest Strip, sa, SNP
Goldcrest Regulus regulus 2002 Birds, Chaffinch and Goldcrest Strip, sa, SNP Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 2002 Birds, Chaffinch and Goldcrest Booklet, sa, SNP Goldcrest Regulus regulus 2002 Birds, Chaffinch and Goldcrest Booklet, sa, SNP European Robin Erithacus rubecula 2002 Birds, Robin Booklet, sa, SNP Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 2002 Birds, Song Thrush Booklet, sa, SNP Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 2002 Birds
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 2002 Birds Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 2002 Birds Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 2002 Birds, Chaffinch and Goldcrest Booklet Goldcrest Regulus regulus 2002 Birds, Chaffinch and Goldcrest Booklet Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 2002 Birds, Wren and Chaffinch Booklet Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 2002 Birds, Wren and Chaffinch Booklet Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 2002 Birds, Wren and Chaffinch Booklet
Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 2002 Birds, Chaffinch and Goldcrest Strip, sa, Ens Goldcrest Regulus regulus 2002 Birds, Chaffinch and Goldcrest Strip, sa, Ens Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 2003 Birds, Plover and Sparrowhawk Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 2003 Birds, Plover and Sparrowhawk Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 2003 Birds, Puffin Booklet, sa, ISS European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 2003 Birds, Stonechat and Falcon
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2003 Birds, Stonechat and Falcon White Wagtail Motacilla alba 2003 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Strip, sa, ISS Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2003 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Strip, sa, ISS White Wagtail Motacilla alba 2003 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Booklet, sa, ISS Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2003 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Booklet, sa, ISS Corn Crake Crex crex 2003 Birds, Corncrake and Falcon Booklet Corn Crake Crex crex 2003 Birds, Corncrake and Falcon Booklet
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2003 Birds, Corncrake and Falcon Booklet Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2003 Birds, Corncrake and Falcon Booklet White Wagtail Motacilla alba 2003 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Booklet White Wagtail Motacilla alba 2003 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Booklet Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2003 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Booklet Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2003 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Booklet White Wagtail Motacilla alba 2003 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Booklet, sa
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2003 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Booklet, sa White Wagtail Motacilla alba 2003 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Strip, sa, ISS Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2003 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Strip, sa, ISS White Wagtail Motacilla alba 2004 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Strip, sa, Ens Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2004 Birds, Wagtail and Falcon Strip, sa, Ens Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 2004 Birds, Puffin and Song Thrush Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 2004 Birds, Puffin and Song Thrush
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 2004 Birds, Puffin Booklet, sa Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 2004 Birds, Song Thrush Booklet, sa Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 2004 Ducks Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 2004 Ducks Gadwall Mareca strepera 2004 Ducks
Garganey Spatula querquedula 2004 Ducks Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 2004 Ducks Sheet Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 2004 Ducks Sheet Gadwall Mareca strepera 2004 Ducks Sheet
Garganey Spatula querquedula 2004 Ducks Sheet Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis 2005 Love and greetings Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis 2005 Love and greetings 3v sheet Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis 2005 Love and greetings 4v booklet, sa
White Stork Ciconia ciconia 2005 Love and greetings 4v booklet, sa Osprey Pandion haliaetus 2005 Biosphere reserves 2v set Osprey Pandion haliaetus 2005 Biosphere reserves 2v sheet Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 2010 Birds of prey
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 2010 Birds of prey Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2010 Birds of prey Merlin Falco columbarius 2010 Birds of prey Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 2010 Birds of prey Sheet
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 2010 Birds of prey Sheet Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2010 Birds of prey Sheet Merlin Falco columbarius 2010 Birds of prey Sheet European Robin Erithacus rubecula 2010 Christmas Booklet, sa
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 2012 Europa 2v set Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 2012 Myths and legends 4v set Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 2013 Definitives Coil, sa European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 2013 Definitives Booklet, sa Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 2014 Definitives Coil, sa
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 2015 Definitives Coil, sa Mute Swan Cygnus olor 2015 Definitives Coil, sa Common Blackbird Turdus merula 2017 Francis Ledwidge Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 2019 Europa European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 2019 Europa Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 2019 Europa Sheet
European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 2019 Europa Sheet European Robin Erithacus rubecula 2019 Christmas 5v booklet, sa Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus 2021 Antarctic explorers (Ice men) 4v set, sa Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 2022 Booklet of 10 national stamps 2x5v booklet, sa
European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 2022 Booklet of 10 international stamps 2x5v booklet, sa Corn Crake Crex crex 2022 Saorstat Eireann (the Irish Free State) Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus 2023 Sean OCasey 3v set, sa European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 2024 Bicentenary of the RNLI 2v set, sa
Ireland map

Location: Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean
Population: 4.1 million
Climate: temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid
Terrain: mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast

Birds: 478 species

Links:
Irish Post postal administration website
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BIRD SPECIES SHOWN
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Great Tit Parus major
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
European Robin Erithacus rubecula
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
Corn Crake Crex crex
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Goldcrest Regulus regulus
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Common Pochard Aythya ferina
Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Gadwall Mareca strepera
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Merlin Falco columbarius
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus

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