When pursuing this amass of birds to add to the portfolio, Seán said in Ireland's landscape he has seen "destruction and greed". The region is "ecologically devastated", he said.

Range Map To spot a cedar waxwing, look for a flock. Social birds, waxwings are often in a crowd of five to 50, with groups swelling in the winter, up to 200.

This, he laments, is the sound of extinction. In Ireland 63% of birds are in decline. Many bird species, Ronayne said, have been listed as red or amber, indicating vulnerable status.

The report stated that 54 of Ireland's 211 species of birds have been added to a "red list" and are at risk of permanent decline, meaning that more Irish birds are endangered than ever before.

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