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August 2009
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Mon 31 Aug:
CLONEA STRAND: 4 juvenile Arctic
Terns at Ballinclamper.
Sun 30 Aug:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 2 Balearic
Shearwaters feeding close inshore, 905 Manx Shearwaters, 115 Fulmars, Great Skua, Arctic Skua & Common Scoter west (seawatch 07:50-10:20).
CLONEA STRAND: 3 White Wagtails, Whimbrel & 78 Ringed
Plover at Ballinclamper.
BALLYNACOURTY POINT: 9 Arctic
Skuas.
ARDMORE: Juvenile Arctic Tern & 3 Mediterranean
Gulls (juv & 2 adults) on beach.
Sat 29 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: Green Sandpiper,
juvenile Ruff, adult Mediterranean Gull & (well inshore) an
ill or injured Fulmar at Ballyneety; juv Curlew Sandpiper at the Cunnigar.
CLONEA STRAND: 5 early Brent Geese & 3 White Wagtails at
Ballinclamper, Arctic Skua offshore there.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 1600 Manx Shearwaters west in 45 min seawatch 13:10-13:55; 650 west
in 1 hr 18:45-19:45.
BELLE LAKE: 28 Sedge Warblers ringed, 2 Water Rails heard.
Thurs 27 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: A Mink
seen walking down main street of Dungarvan town around lunchtime; adult Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee
bridge.
Weds 26 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: A seawatch 06:50-08:20 noted westward
passage of an adult SABINES GULL, 3 Sooty Shearwaters, an
unidentified petrel species, 2 Arctic Skuas, juvenile Pomarine
Skua , 2 Great Skuas, juv Little Gull,
2 Puffins, Common Scoter, 9000+ Manx Shearwaters (plus c500 on sea), c450 Gannets, c900 Fulmars,
c1500 Sandwich Terns & c700 'Commic' Terns. A further Arctic Skua & 2 Great Skuas later in morning.
Tues 25 Aug:
CLONEA STRAND: Adult Pomarine
Skua off Ballinclamper.
Mon 24 Aug:
ARDMORE: 4 Mediterranean
Gulls (2 adults & 2 juveniles) in harbour, one juv with a green ring.
Sun 23 Aug:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 3 Sooty Shearwaters
& 6400 Manx Shearwaters west, Great Skua east, Arctic or Pomarine Skua
west, 3 Common Scoter east & 4 west (seawatch 08:55-11:55).
HELVICK HEAD: 2 Sooty Shearwaters,
Great Skua & 3 Puffins west (seawatch 09:15-09:45); 485 Manx Shearwaters
west (seawatch 18:55-19:55).
MINE HEAD: c.1500 Manx Shearwaters feeding off the
head.
Sat 22 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: 3 Green Sandpipers
& a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper at the Cunnigar; Green Sandpiper at
Ballyneety.
CLONEA STRAND: 7 Roseate Terns, 40+ Common Terns &
adult Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper, & 2 Storm Petrels
offshore.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warblers
& 2 Whimbrel; 4 Storm Petrels & a Great Skua east (seawatch
19:20-20:20).
BELLE LAKE: 2 juvenile Reed
Warblers & 24 Sedge Warblers ringed, Water Rail heard.
Fri 21 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper & adult Mediterranean Gull at the Cunnigar.
CLONEA STRAND: 66 Sandwich Terns at Ballinclamper.
HELVICK HEAD: 310 Manx Shearwaters west (65 east) in a 1-hr seawatch (18;15-19:15).
Thurs 20 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: Wood Sandpiper,
juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, juv Mediterranean
Gull & 2 juv Arctic Terns at the Cunnigar.
Weds 19 Aug:
CLONEA STRAND: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (adult & juvenile), 5 Little Egrets & 42 Sandwich Terns.
DUNGARVAN: Ruff, 6 Knot, 140 Dunlin, 50 Ringed Plover, 120+ Bar-tailed
Godwit & c190 Lesser Black-backed Gulls at the Cunnigar.
Tues 18 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: 2 Storm Petrels
& a Great Skua.
Mon 17 Aug:
MINE HEAD: 69 Manx Shearwaters north.
Sun 16 Aug:
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 3 adult Mediterranean
Gulls at Saleen.
BELLE LAKE: 3 juvenile Reed Warblers & 14 Sedge Warblers ringed.
BALLINARD: Otter feeding here for the last week.
Fri 14 Aug:
CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile Arctic
Tern at Ballinclamper.
Thurs 13 Aug
East of HELVICK HEAD: 10 Storm
Petrels & a Leatherback Turtle a mile east of Helvick Head.
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: Whooper
/ Mute Swan hybrid & 2 Common Sandpipers.
GREAT NEWTOWN HEAD: 175 Silver Y.
Tues 11 Aug:
COLLIGAN WOOD: 13+ Purple Hairstreak
butterflies.
DUNGARVAN TOWN: Migrant Hawker dragonfly.
GREAT NEWTOWN HEAD: 200 Silver Y
moths.
Sun 9 Aug:
CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile Mediterranean
Gull flew west at Ballinclamper.
BELLE LAKE: Water Rail calling.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Sedge Warbler.
Sat 8 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: Mediterranean Gull
at the Cunnigar.
CLONEA STRAND: Adult Mediterranean
Gull at Ballinclamper (white darvic ring).
BELLE LAKE: Adult Reed Warbler & 12 Sedge Warblers ringed.
Thurs 6 Aug:
CLONEA STRAND: 2 Mediterranean
Gull (adult & juvenile) & 11 Common Sandpipers at Ballinclamper.
Nr DUNGARVAN: Barn Owl.
Nr CLASHMORE: 2 Long-eared Owls.
HELVICK HEAD: 5 young Common Lizards.
Weds 5 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: Great Skua flew
west over Dungarvan town at 7.30 pm.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 2 Hen Harriers.
WATERFORD CITY: Comma butterfly (first county record?) & Hummingbird Hawk-moth at Collins Avenue.
Tues 4 Aug:
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: OSPREY at
Saleen.
Mon 3 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: 2 Balearic Shearwaters,
4 Sooty Shearwaters, 40+ Storm Petrels, 2 Great
Skuas, 2 Arctic Skuas, 12+ Common Scoters & 4 Puffins
west (seawatches 17:00-18:00 & 18:15-20:30); 235 Manx Shearwaters west (17:00-18:00).
DUNGARVAN: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Killongford.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Great Skua & 2 Arctic Skuas
west (seawatch 10:05-11:10).
Sun 2 Aug:
BELLE LAKE: Juvenile Reed Warbler ringed.
Sat 1 Aug:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 2 Storm Petrels tape-lured & ringed
tonight.
CLONEA STRAND: 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.
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| Arctic Skuas, Ballynacourty Point, 30 Aug 2009 © D Clarke |
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| Curlew Sandpiper, juvenile, the Cunnigar, 29 Aug 2009 © M Cowming |
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| Ruff, juvenile, Ballyneety, 29 Aug 2009 © D Clarke |
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| Green Sandpiper, Ballyneety, 29 Aug 2009 © D Clarke |
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| Brent Geese, adults, Ballinclamper, 29 Aug 2009 © D Clarke |
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| Sandwich Tern, adult, Ballinclamper, 29 Aug 2009 © D Clarke |
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| Willow Warbler, juvenile, Belle Lake, 29 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| Roseate Tern, ringed adult with Sandwich Terns, Ballinclamper, 22 Aug 2009 © M Cowming |
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| Herring Gull, adult, Dunmore East, 22 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| Curlew Sandpiper, juvenile, the Cunnigar, 21 Aug 2009 © D Clarke |
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| Grey Plover, adult, the Cunnigar, 21 Aug 2009 © D Clarke |
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| Peregrine, nr Dungarvan, 20 Aug 2009 © D Clarke |
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| Manx Shearwater, Mine Head, 17 Aug 2009 © D Clarke |
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| Reed Warbler, juvenile, Belle Lake, 16 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| Leatherback Turtle, east of Helvick Head, 13 Aug 2009 © D Clarke |
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| Storm Petrel, east of Helvick Head, 13 Aug 2009 © D Clarke |
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| Fulmar, east of Helvick Head, 13 Aug 2009 © D Clarke |
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| Whooper / Mute Swan hybrid, Knockaderry Reservoir, 13 Aug 2009 © M Cowming |
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| Migrant Hawker, Dungarvan town, 11 Aug 2009 © M Cowming |
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| note diagnostic 'golf-tee' mark |
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| Mediterranean Gull adult (with Herring & Black-headed Gulls), Ballinclamper, 6 Aug 2009 © M Cowming |
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| Mediterranean Gull, juvenile, Ballinclamper, 6 Aug 2009 © M Cowming |
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| Goldcrest, juvenile, Brownstown Head, 9 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| Linnet, adult male, Ram Head, 8 Aug 2009 © T Kennedy |
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| Chiffchaff, juvenile, Belle Lake, 8 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| Common Lizard, Helvick Head, 6 Aug 2009 © A Malcolm |
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| Reed Warbler, juvenile, Belle Lake, 2 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| Sedge Warbler, juvenile, Belle Lake, 2 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| Blackcap, Belle Lake, 2 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| Willow Warbler, Belle Lake, 2 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| Wren, Belle Lake, 2 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| Storm Petrel, Brownstown Head, 2 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| pipistrelle bat species, Brownstown Head, 1 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| Lesser Redpoll, adult male, Belle Lake, 2 Aug 2009 © PM Walsh |
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| Mediterranean Gull, 1st-summer, Ballinclamper, 1 Aug 2009 © M Cowming |
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