Suir River
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Suir River
River Suir, river in Ireland, rising in the Devil’s Bit Mountains and flowing south across the lowland of County Tipperary through Thurles to the foot of the Knockmealdown Mountains.
Where it receives the Tar and bends through an elbow-shaped loop to flow north around the western edge of the Comeragh Mountains.
The river then enters a long west–east valley guarded on the south by the Comeraghs and limestone lowlands on the north.
In the 1760s the river was made navigable to Clonmel, but the tidal limit is Carrick-on-Suir.
Finally the river broadens into an estuary and passes through Waterford.
A little farther east, after a course of 114 mi (183 km), the Suir is joined by the Barrow and the Nore.
All three rivers enter the wide estuarine bay known as Waterford Harbour.
The Atlantic Puffin is often called the clown of the sea.
The Atlantic Puffin.
The Saltee Islands most famous visitor, the Atlantic Puffin, arrive in numbers during April. This is their breeding grounds. From April until August, when they leave, this is their sole task.
April – May: Puffins arrive and build their burrows. Between each puffin pair, a single precious egg is laid. Both parents then take turns to incubate the egg.
June-Mid July: Chicks have hatched in the burrows and are fed by the parents until ready to fledge.
August: All puffins leave the islands by mid-August heading out to sea where they will spend the winter not returning to land again until the following April.
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