Waterford Birds July 2012 reports

July 2012

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Tues 31 July:

HELVICK HEAD: Sooty Shearwater, 10 Common Scoter, Great Skua, Arctic Skua & 28 Puffins W (seawatch 19:15-20:30).

DUNGARVAN: 2 Little Terns & a Mediterranean Gull.

Mon 30 July:

DUNGARVAN: 2 Little Terns off pitch & putt course.

Sun 29 July:

DUNGARVAN: 6 Little Terns off pitch & putt course, 5 Green Sandpipers & 8 Common Sandpipers at Ballyneety.

CLONEA STRAND: 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls flew south at Ballinclamper.

Sat 28 July:
DUNGARVAN: Adult Mediterranean Gull & 4 Whimbrel at Barnawee; Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpipers & 3 Mediterranean Gulls (2nd-summer and 2 adults including 3H97) at Ballyneety; 7 Mediterranean Gulls (4 adults & 3 1st-summers ) & 2 Common Sandpipers at Killongford.

KNOCKADERRY: Common Sandpiper.

CARRIGAVANTRY: 7 Crossbills & 2 Common Sandpipers.

Fri 27 July:

WHITING BAY: 3 Common Sandpipers.

ARDMORE: 4 Common Sandpipers at Curragh.

Thurs 26 July:

KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUTNAINS: Family of Grasshopper Warblers.

ARDMORE: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (1st-summer & 2nd-summer) at Curragh.

Weds 25 July:

DUNGARVAN: 4 Green Sandipers, 8 Common Sandpipers & 2 Kingfishers at Ballyneety.

RAM HEAD: 22 Puffins W (seawatch 18:50-19:20); only 2 large Kittiwake chicks produced from 117 nests counted in June.

Tues 24 July:

DUNGARVAN: ROSE-COLOURED STARLING still at Seapark, Abbeyside.

Mon 23 July:

RIVER SUIR nr POULDREW: Manx Shearwater seen flying downriver c08:30 - a rare inland record; still present at 18:30, sitting on water above Mt Congreve.

HELVICK HEAD: 85 Puffins (83 W, & 2 non-flying or poorly-flying juveniles on sea close inshore), c250 Manx Shearwates W/hr, 3 Pomarine Skuas, 2 Arctic Skuas, Great Skua & 4 Common Scoters all W (seawatch 08:30-14:00).

DUNGARVAN: 5 Mediterranean Gulls (2 adult, 2 1st-summer & a 2nd-summer) at Killongford, 4th-summer Yellow-legged Gull, Green Sandpiper & 3 Common Sandpipers at Ballyneety, 5 Mediterranean Gulls (2 adult, 2 1st-summer including red darvic HK36 & a 2nd-summer) at Killongford.

CLONEA STRAND: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.

Sun 22 July:

DUNGARVAN: ROSE-COLOURED STARLING still at Seapark, Abbeyside; Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Sandpipers & adult Mediterranean Gull at Ballyneety.
HELVICK HEAD: 73 Puffins W (1 E), Pomarine Skua, 2 Arctic Skuas, Arctic/Pomarine Skua, Storm Petrel & 10-15 Common Scoter W (seawatches 14.35-16.05, 17:35-18:35 & 19:30-21:00).
BUNMAHON: Storm Petrel W.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 865 Manx Shearwaters W, 41 Common Scoter E (12 W), Great Skua E, 6 Arctic Skuas E, 2 Arctic/Pomarine Skuas W & 5 Puffins W (seawatch 06:40-10:40).

Sat 21 July:

DUNGARVAN: Adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING still present at Seapark, Abbeyside (video); 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (3rd- & 4th-calendar-year), 8 Common Sandpipers & 3 Green Sandpipers at Ballyneety; 5 Common Sandpipers & 6 Mediterranean Gulls (3 adults, 2 1st-summers & 1 2nd-summer)) at Killongford; adult Mediterranean Gull (white darvic 3H97) at Barnawee;

RAM HEAD: 530 Manx Shearwaters & a Great Skua W, 4-5 Sooty Shearwaters (3 feeding, 2 W), 16 Common Scoter E (seawatch 06:30-08:30), & a HUMPBACK WHALE.

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 620 Manx Shearwaters E (seawatch 18:45-19:45).

Fri 20 July:

DUNGARVAN: Adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING ent at Seapark, Abbeyside (video & here), 4 Mediterranean Gulls at Barnawee.

RAM HEAD: Sooty Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater, 500+ Manx Shearwaters, 32 Common Scoter (23 W & 9 on water), 2 Minke Whales, 2 Bottlenose Dolphins & 3 Porpoises.

Nr TALLOW: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (adult + recent fledgling) at Chucrhwater, Kilwatermoy.
KNOCKBRACK QUARRY (nr Clashmore): Emperor dragonfly.

Nr ANNESTOWN: Adult Mediterranean Gull in field west of Annestown.

Thurs 19 July:

DUNGARVAN: Adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING at Seapark, Abbeyside (2nd county record).

HELVICK HEAD: Puffin W.

TANKARDSTOWN (nr Dungarvan): Great Skua & 117 Manx Shearwaters E (seawatch 15:10-15:40).

Nr WATERFORD CITY: Emperor dragongly at IDA park, Cork Road.

Weds 18 July:

DUNGARVAN: 2nd-summer Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee.

ARDMORE: Juvenile Cuckoo & 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull.

WEST WATERFORD: Buzzard.

Tues 17 July:

HELVICK HEAD: Balearic Shearwater, 2nd-summer SABINE'S GULL & Puffin W(seawatch 18:40-20:15), also 350 Manx Shearwaters W (18:40-19:40).

BUNMAHON: 5 Storm Petrels, Pomarine Skua & 3 Great Skuas W (seawatch 09:40-11:40), another Pomarine Skua W later & Great Northern Diver on sea.

Mon 16 July:

HELVICK HEAD: Balearic Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 2 Great or Cory's Shearwaters, Storm Petrel, Pomarine Skua, 5 Arctic Skuas & 2 Puffins (seawatch 10:30-13:00).

DUNGARVAN: 20 Mediterranean Gulls (record day-total for Co Waterford) - 6 at Ballyneety (2 adults, 2 2nd-summers & 2 1st-summers) & 14 at Barnawee (7 adults, 4 2nd-summers & 3 1st-summers)

Sun 15 July:
DUNGARVAN: 9 Mediterranean Gulls (2 adults, 3 2nd-summers & 4 1st-summers) at Barnawee.

WOODSTOWN BOG: Reed Warbler & 2 Water Rails.

Sat 14 July:
BLACKWATER VALLEY: 8 Common Sandpipers at Clashmore broads.
KINSALEBEG: 3 Green Sandpipers.
WHITING BAY: 9 Tree Sparrows & female Hen Harrier.
RAM HEAD: 9 Common Scoter flew W & 3 Fin Whales.
KILMURRAY (nr Dungarvan): Merlin.
DUNGARVAN: Common Sandpiper at Killongford; 5 Common Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper & 3 Mediterranean Gulls ( 2 adults including 3H97 & a 1st-summer bird ) at Ballyneety; 7 Mediterranean Gulls (green darvic-ringed 2nd-summer R27R, 5 adults & a 1st-summer) at Barnawee. R27R was ringed as a chick at Conchil le Temple, Pas de Calais, France on 11/06/2010.
BALLYVOYLE: 2 Common Sandpipers.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 2 Common Sandpipers at Clohernagh.

Fri 13 July:

BALLYSCANLON: 2-3 Crossbills.

Nr KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: Bank Vole.
BALLYVOYLE: Common Sandpiper.

Thurs 12 July:

DUNGARVAN: 3 Green Sandpipers, 6+ Common Sandpipers, 2 Mediterranean Gulls (adult & 1st-summer) & 2 juvenile Kingfishers at Ballyneety.

Weds 11 July:.

DUNGARVAN: 10+ Common Sandpipers & 4 Green Sandpipers at Ballyneety.
MONAVULLAGH MOUNTAINS: Male Hen Harrier.
ARDMORE: Adult Mediterranean Gull (ringed bird) at Curragh.

TALLOW FORESTS: Crossbill, 3 Jays & Red Squirrel nr Kilcalfmountain.

WEST WATERFORD: Buzzard pair.

Mon 9 July:

DUNGARVAN: Otter & 3 Green Sandpipers at Ballyneety, 2 Common Seals at Park Hotel.

BALLINLOUGH: 5 Spotted Flycatchers.

Sun 8 July:

DUNGARVAN: Otter, Water Rail, Whimbrel, 4 Common Sandpipers, 4 Green Sandpipers and 3 Mediterranean Gulls (adult white darvic ring 3H97 returning for its 6th year & 2 1st-summers) at Ballyneety; Common Sandpiper & 2nd-summer Mediterranean Gull at Killongford. 3H7 was ringed as a chick at Fiskeholm, Helnaes Bugt, Fyn, Denmark on 04/06/2005.

Sat 7 July:

DUNGARVAN: 5 adult Mediterranean Gulls (1 with white darvic ring) & 10+ Common Sandpiper at Ballinclamper.

Fri 6 July:

CLONEA STRAND: 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls & Comon Sandiper at Ballinclamper.

Thurs 5 July:

CLONEA STRAND: 3 Mediterranean Gulls (2 adults & 1st-summer) & Common Sandpiper at Ballinclamper.

SEAFIELD: Green Sandpiper.

Weds 4 July:

CLONEA STRAND: 6 Mediterranean Gulls (4 adults, 1st-summer & 2nd-summer) at Ballinclamper.
HELVICK HEAD: Puffin & Arctic Skua.

Tues 3 July:

CLONEA STRAND: 4 Common Terns at Ballinclamper.

Sun 1 July: