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July 2011
Breeding Bird Atlas: click here for species lists and maximum breeding status by 10-km square based on 2008-2010 records; any records that will help update
these are needed (up to 31st July 2011).
Sun 31 July :
KILMEADEN POOLS: Wood Sandpiper.
Nr AGLISH: Barn Owl at 22:20.
Sat 30 July :
KILMEADEN POOLS: Wood Sandpiper (video) & Green Sandpiper.TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 7 Common Sandpipers at Pickardstown & 4 at Clohernagh.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Great Skua.
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: Common Sandpiper.
BALLYSHUNNOCK RESERVOIR: Whooper/Mute Swan hybrid & Swan Goose hybrid.
DUNGARVAN: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (adult & 1st-wummer) at Barnawee, 3 Common Sandpipers
at Killongford Bridge.
Fri 29 July :
COMERAGH MOUNTAINS: Male Hen Harrier.
Weds 27 July :
RAM HEAD: 2 large shearwaters (probably Cory's) E, 200+
Manx Shearwaters & 3 Porpoises.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Garden Warbler.
Tues 26 July :
Nr KILMEADEN: Adult Long-eared Owl found dead (road casualty) on N25 - see photos.
SEAFIELD: Green Sandpiper.
BUNMAHON: Kingfisher.
RAM HEAD: Total breeding failure (no chicks or recent fledglings) at the Kittiwake colony, from 108 occupied
nests counted in June.
Sun 24 July :
CROHAUN: 3 Long-eared Owls.
HELVICK HEAD: 2 Puffins W (seawatch 17:35-18:35).
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Storm Petrel W, 18 Common Scoters E, immature Great Northern Diver
& 140+ Manx Shearwaters feeding, & a Porpoise (seawatch 09:25-10:55); also a Tree
Sparrow.
Sat 23 July :
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 2 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 2nd-summer Pomarine
Skua & juvenile Mediterranean Gull W, 720 Manx Shearwaters, Arctic
Skua, Great Skua, 2 adult Roseate Terns, 3 divers & 3
Common Scoter E (seawatch 06:45-10:45); also 2 Tree Sparrows, a Common Lizard
& a Hummingbird Hawk-moth.
DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL again at Killongford.
HELVICK HEAD: 4 Common Scoter W.
Thurs 21 July :
Nr VILLIERSTOWN: Barn Owl heard.
SEAFIELD: Green Sandpiper again.
Weds 20 July :
CARRIGNAGOUR (nr Lismore): Long-eared Owl chick calling tonight.
SEAFIELD: Green Sandpiper.
Tues 19 July :
CARRIGNAGOUR (nr Lismore): Long-eared Owl chick calling tonight.
SEAFIELD: Green Sandpiper.
DUNMORE EAST: A colour-ringed adult Kittiwake on a ledge at Outer Harbour today (metal over green left, blue over
orange over white right) had been ringed as a chick on 6 July 2004 at Goulien, Finistere, Brittany in France and had nested
at another Finistere colony in 2008-2009.
Mon 18 July :
DUNGARVAN: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (adult & 1st-summer) at Barnawee.
LISMORE: Crossbills in wood behind Ballyrafter.
DROMANA: Crossbills.
Sun 17 July :
DUNGARVAN: 3 Mediterranean Gulls at Barnawee (1st-summer & 2 adults including
'3H97'), 6 Common Sandpipers at Ballyneety & 3 at Killongford.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: c140 Sandwich Terns at Ballinattin.
Sat 16 July :
ARDMORE: Adult Mediterranean Gull at harbour.
HELVICK HEAD: Storm Petrel.
DUNGARVAN: 9 Common Sandpipers at Ballyneety & 1 at Killongford.
CLONEA STRAND: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.
BALLINLOUGH: Water Rail calling.
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: Water Rail calling.
HELVICK HEAD: 3 Porpoises, 1-2 Storm Petrels, a Great
Skua E (later W) & 6 Puffins (2 on sea & 4 W including one carrying fish) (c3
hrs seawatching afternoon/evening).
Weds 13 July :
DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL at Killongford, 8 Common Sandpipers at
Barnawee.
Tues 12 July :
HELVICK HEAD: 2 CORY'S SHEARWATERS.
DUNGARVAN: 16 Common Sandpipers at Ballyneety.
Mon 11 July :
RAM HEAD: 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 300 Manx Shearwaters, a Black Guillemot, 7
Porpoises & a Bank Vole.
KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS: Grasshopper Warblers & male Hen Harrier.
MONAVULLAGH MOUNTAINS: Snipe drumming at Ballintlea.
Sun 10 July :
KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS: Grasshopper Warbler nr Bael Loch, Crossbills above Ballysaggart,
& a male Hen Harrier elsewhere.
DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL &
6 Common Sandpipers at Killongford, 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls at Barnawee.
HELVICK HEAD:
Sooty Shearwater on sea & a Puffin west (seawatch 16:40-17:15).
Nr
NEW ROSS (Co Wexford): Greater White-toothed Shrew found dead at Ballagh, Adamstown.
Sat 9 July :
Off HELVICK HEAD: 8 Common Scoter, 6 Pomarine Skuas, Great Skua,
Storm Petrel, 500+ Manx Shearwaters & a Minke Whale seen from boat.
DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL at Killongford.
ARAGLIN HILLS: Pair of Crossbills & 3 Jays in Cahergal forest, a Dipper just
south of Araglin village.
Fri 8 July :
Nr BALLYMACARBRY: Spotted Flycatcher.
DUNGARVAN: Common Sandpiper at Killongford, 11 at Ballyneety, adult Mediterranean Gull
opposite Park Hotel, & 4 Whimbrel opposite Sports Centre.
Thurs 7 July:
HELVICK HEAD: 2 Storm Petrels & 3 Puffins (seawatch
19:15-20:00).
CLONEA STRAND: 10 Mediterranean Gulls at Ballinclamper (2 adults, 2 2nd-summers,
1 1st-summer & 5 juveniles) including returning darvic-ringed adult '3H97' (ringed Denmark 2005).
DUNGARVAN: 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee.
Weds 6 July:
HELVICK HEAD: Balearic Shearwater, 4 Storm Petrels,
Great Skua, 3 Arctic Skuas & a Puffin
west (seawatch 20:45-21:30).
CLONEA STRAND: 4 Mediterranean Gulls at Ballinclamper (3 juveniles & a metal-ringed
2nd-summer).
DUNGARVAN: 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee.
BALLYQUIN STRAND (nr Ardmore): Adult Mediterranean Gull.
Non-Waterford news: Large numbers of Cory's Shearwaters off south Cork coast this evening
- 1200+ off Galley Head, 121 off Ballycotton, 101 off Seven Heads ( twitter.com/corkbirdnews).
Tues 5 July:
CLONEA STRAND: A record Co Waterford count of 16 Mediterranean Gulls at Ballinclamper
(6 adult, 3 1st-summer & 7 juvenile). Also a colour-ringed juvenile Black-headed Gull (white26DO left leg) that had been
ringed at Hosehill Lake, west Berksire, England on 4 June (still present there 30 June, so crossed to Clonea, 422 km west,
in no more than 5 days).
DUNGARVAN: 3 adult Mediterranean Gulls at Barnawee.
Mon 4 July:
Nr MOUNT CONGREVE (River Suir): Water Rail calling & a seal species (probably
Common Seal).
Sun 3 July:
KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS (Co Tipperary): c12 Crossbills in various woods just over
border, also a Greater White-toothed Shrew found dead.
CLONEA STRAND: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Tree Sparrow.
Sat 2 July:
CLONEA STRAND: 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls at Ballinclamper, Common Sandpiper at Ballinard.
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: Common Sandpiper.
Fri 1 July:
CLONEA STRAND: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.
TRAMORE: 2 Clouded Yellow butterflies at the sandhills.
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| Wood Sandpiper, Kilmeaden Pools, 30 July 2011 © M Cowming |
see also youtube video (MC)
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| Garden Warbler snaffling plums, Brownstown Head, 27 July 2011 © P Archer |
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| Preliminary breeding distribution 2008-2011 @ 27 July 2011 (Atlas bird of the day) |
Still some records of Buzzard pairs or other probable breeding
evidence to be added but only one or two records of confirmed breeding submitted to date for Co Waterford.
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| Red Squirrel, west Waterford, 25 July 2011 © J Hearne |
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| Preliminary breeding distribution 2008-2011 @ 24 July 2011 (Atlas bird of the day) |
Still some time to add any records of Long-eared Owl chicks (fledglings)
heard calling in late July or August
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| Swifts, Carrickbeag, 14 July 2011 © D Clarke |
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| carrying unidentified large insect(?) |
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| Hen Harrier, male, Knockmealdown Mountains, 10 July 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Hen Harrrier & young Pheasants, 10 July 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Choughs, Whiting Bay, 10 July 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Kestrel, Whiting Bay, 10 July 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Sanderling, adult summer, Whiting Bay, 10 July 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Mediterranean Gull, adult, Ballinclamper, 5 July 2011 © M Cowming |
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| Mediterranean Gull, juvenile, Ballinclamper, 5 July 2011 © M Cowming |
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| Mediterranean Gull, 1st-summer, Ballinclamper, 5 July 2011 © M Cowming |
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| Crossbill, male, Knockmealdown Mountains, 3 July 2011 © A Malcolm |
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