| Species |
Number |
Location |
Date |
Year |
Comment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Snow Goose |
2 |
Tramore |
21-Oct |
1972 |
"possibility ... birds were escapes cannot be overlooked" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brent Goose |
110 |
Tramore back strand |
19/20 Nov |
1960 |
|
| " |
11 |
Tramore back strand |
25/26 Nov |
1961 |
|
| " |
116 |
Tramore back strand |
21/22 Jan |
1961 |
|
| " |
72 |
Tramore back strand |
20/21 Jan |
1962 |
|
| " |
112 |
Tramore Bay |
04-Apr |
1964 |
"April counts" |
| " |
38 |
Tramore back strand |
5/6 Feb |
1966 |
part of national counts |
| " |
c.150 |
Tramore backstrand |
20-Feb |
1966 |
"flew into the bay" |
| " |
74 |
Tramore back strand |
27/28 Nov |
1967 |
part of national counts |
| " |
90 |
Tramore back strand |
11/12 Feb |
1967 |
part of national counts |
| " |
100 |
Tramore back strand |
17/18 Feb |
1968 |
part of national counts |
| " |
c.25 average |
Tramore back strand |
winter |
1970/71 |
|
| " |
1 |
Tramore |
summered |
1974 |
"single birds, possibly injured" |
| " |
1 |
Tramore |
summered |
1975 |
"single birds, possibly injured" |
| " |
138 |
Tramore |
07-Dec |
1975 |
maximum |
| " |
135 |
Tramore |
Dec |
1976 |
peak counts |
| " |
320 |
Tramore |
17-Jan |
1976 |
peak counts |
| " |
229 |
Tramore Bay |
Jan |
1978 |
national census |
| " |
261 |
Tramore |
05-Jan |
1979 |
peak counts |
| " |
188 |
Tramore |
05-Jan |
1980 |
peak counts |
| " |
225 |
Tramore |
29-Oct |
1980 |
peak counts |
| " |
249 |
Tramore |
Dec |
1981 |
peak count |
| " |
404 |
Tramore |
23-Jan |
1982 |
|
| " |
190+ |
Tramore |
13-Feb |
1983 |
peak counts |
| " |
[430 quoted incorrectly] |
Tramore |
[10 Dec] |
1983 |
count is of Greylags at Coolfin |
| " |
513 |
Tramore |
31-Oct |
1993 |
high count |
| " |
530+ |
Tramore |
31-Dec |
1995 |
high counts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 'Dark-bellied' Brent Goose |
ad & 4 1st-winters |
Tramore |
12-15 Apr |
1991 |
|
| " |
adult |
Tramore |
09-Oct |
1994 |
|
| " |
adult |
Tramore |
22-Feb |
1998 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 'Black Brant' |
adult |
Tramore |
from 25 Nov |
1978 |
Branta bernicla nigricans; to 3 March 1979
[1st county record] |
| " |
adult |
Tramore |
from Sept |
1980 |
to 4 Apr 1981 |
| " |
adult |
Tramore |
11-15 Oct |
1988 |
. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Eider |
1st-w male |
Tramore |
19-20 Dec |
1993 |
[also 18 Dec] |
| " |
adult male |
Tramore |
01-Jan |
1994 |
different from Dec 1993 bird |
| " |
female & imm male |
Tramore Bay |
03-Mar |
1996 |
outside normal range |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Long-tailed Duck |
F shot |
Tramore |
17-Nov |
1959 |
"in the National Museum, Dublin" [2nd county record] |
| " |
1 or 2 [1] |
Tramore |
[28 Oct & 23 Dec] |
1985 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Velvet Scoter |
8 |
Tramore Bay |
24-Dec |
1991 |
|
| " |
5 |
Tramore |
2 Jan-2 Feb |
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Goosander |
female |
Tramore |
23-Dec |
1983 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Oystercatcher |
1294 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Black-winged Stilt |
ad male & female |
Tramore |
04-May |
1995 |
[1st county record] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Avocet |
1 |
Tramore Backstrand |
31-Mar |
1997 |
presumed same as N Slob, Wexford, 12-22 March [2nd county record] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ringed Plover |
89 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Golden Plover |
8110 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Grey Plover |
113 |
Tramore |
Jan |
1971 |
|
| " |
172 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
| " |
109 |
Tramore |
28-Feb |
1982 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lapwing |
2990 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Knot |
10+ |
Back Strand, Tramore |
16-Sep |
1960 |
|
| " |
2258 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sanderling |
46 |
Tramore |
07-Oct |
1956 |
|
| " |
c.30 |
Tramore |
26-Nov |
1961 |
|
| " |
c.30 |
Tramore |
21-Jan |
1962 |
|
| " |
105 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Little Stint |
1 |
Tramore |
12-Sep |
1993 |
|
| " |
1 |
Tramore |
01-Jan |
1994 |
winter record |
| " |
2 |
Tramore |
24-Sep |
1995 |
|
| " |
6 |
Tramore Backstrand |
19-Sep |
1998 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Curlew Sandpiper |
2 |
Tramore |
27-Aug |
1977 |
|
| " |
1 |
Tramore |
24-Oct |
1981 |
|
| " |
1 |
Tramore |
12-Sep |
1993 |
|
| " |
1 |
Tramore |
24-Sep |
1995 |
|
| " |
10 |
Tramore Backstrand |
05-Oct |
1996 |
|
| " |
32 |
Tramore Backstrand |
19-Sep |
1998 |
|
| " |
2 |
Tramore Backstrand |
23-Sep |
2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dunlin |
3840 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ruff |
1 |
Tramore |
27-Aug |
1992 |
|
| " |
1 |
Tramore |
20-Dec |
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Snipe |
127 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bar-tailed Godwit |
991 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Whimbrel |
1 |
Tramore |
01-Jan |
1994 |
winter record |
| " |
1 |
Tramore |
07-Jan |
1995 |
winter |
| " |
1 |
Tramore |
19-Nov |
1995 |
winter; 3rd consecutive winter thissite |
| " |
1 |
Tramore Backstrand |
1 Jan-25 Feb |
1996 |
winter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Curlew |
1251 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Spotted Redshank |
1 |
Back Strand, Tramore |
26-Nov |
1961 |
|
| " |
5 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Redshank |
490 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Greenshank |
16 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
| " |
29 |
Tramore |
16-Aug |
1986 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Green Sandpiper |
1 |
Tramore |
17-Aug |
1975 |
|
| " |
1 |
Tramore |
15-Aug |
1982 |
|
| " |
2 |
Tramore |
15-Oct |
1986 |
|
| " |
1 |
Tramore |
28-Aug |
1992 |
|
| " |
1 |
Tramore |
10-Jul |
1993 |
[corr: 11 July] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wood Sandpiper |
1 |
Back Strand, Tramore |
4 & 5 Aug |
1960 |
[2nd county record] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Turnstone |
199 |
four main Waterford estuaries |
Jan |
1971 |
Waterford Hbr, Tramore, Dungarvan, Youghal Hbr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Grey Phalarope |
1 |
Tramore |
22-Sep |
1981 |
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