JULY 2014: Check
here (Waterford Birds blog) for more recent updates, further details
or fuller species lists
Weds
30 July: CLONEA/BALLYNACOURTY: 2 Clouded
Yellows. TRAMORE: 2nd-calendar-year Little
Gull still present at boating lake.
Tues 29 July: DUNGARVAN: Adult Mediterranean Gulls at Barnawee, 17 Common Sandpipers (6 at Killongford, 11 at Ballyneety), CLONEA/BALLYNACOURTY: Clouded Yellow butterfly.
Mon 28 July: TRAMORE:
HOBBY & 35 Coot at Lisselan, 2nd-calendar-year Little
Gull at boating lake. KNOCKBOY (Waterford
city): 2 Green Sandpipers. PORTLAW: Spotted
Flycatcher. Nr ANNESTOWN: 2 or 3 Long-eared Owl fledglings
calling tonight. CLONEA: Adult Mediterranean Gull at
Ballinclamper.
Sun 27 July: TRAMORE:
2nd-calendar-year Little Gull & 2 Mediterranean Gulls at
boating lake. BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Spotted Flycatcher & Sedge Warbler. RAM HEAD: Only 4 Kittiwake chicks in study plots that held 125 occupied nests in June.
Sat
26 July: DUNGARVAN: Green Sandpiper &
3 Common Sandpipers at Killongford.
Fri 25 July: DUNGARVAN: 2
adult Mediterranean Gulls at Barnawee. BUNMAHON:
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull. KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS:
Several Grasshopper warblers reeling.
Weds 23 July: SEAFIELD (nr
Bunmahon): 2 Green Sandpipers.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper &
White Wagtail at lisselan. EAST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
Tues 22 July: WATERFORD CITY:
Spotted Flycatchers by courthouse grounds.
Mon 21 July: Nr KNOCKMEALDOWN
MOUNTAINS: Male & female Hen Harrier. DUNGARVAN:
2nd-calendar-yr Mediterranean Gull & 6 Common Sandpipers at Ballyneety.
Sun 20 July: BLACKWATER ESTUARY: 13 Common Sandpipers at Youghal Bridge. TRAMORE: 6 Common Sandpipers at Lisselan.
Sat 19 July: Nr
YOUGHAL: Barn Owl (not long dead) on road. DUNGARVAN: 9
Mediterranean Gulls (3adults at Barnawee, 2 adults at Duckspool, 2 juveniles & a 2nd-cal-yr
at Killongford), 21 Common Sandpipers (5 at Barnawee, 10 at Killongford, 6 at Ballyneety) & 2 Green
Sandpipers at Killongford. Nr KILL: 2 Jays in wood south of Kill.
Fri 18 July: TRAMORE: 3
adult Mediterranean Gulls (t 3 boating lake. CLONEA: Adult
Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper. DUNGARVAN: Adult
Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee.
Thurs 17 July: CARRIGAVRANTRY:
2 Crossbills. TRAMORE: Adult Mediterranean
Gull at backstrand, 21 adult Coot (& multiple juveniles) at Lisselan.
Sun 13 July: CLONEA: 4 adult
Mediterranean Gulls (including '3H97') at Ballinclamper. COMERAGH
MOUNTAINS: Cuckoo & reeling Grasshopper Warbler near Mahon Falls. TRAMORE: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Lisselan & at boating lake.
Sat 12 July: BLACKWATER
VALLEY: Reed Warbler singing at Raheen Quay, Clashmore Broads. ARDMORE:
3 Mediterranean Gulls at Curragh & 3 at Ardmore harbour (including
white ring 'E666'). DUNGARVAN: 4 adult Mediterranean Gulls
(including '3H97') at Barnawee, 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls &
3 Common Sandpipers at Killongford, 12 Common Sandpipers at Ballyneety. CLONEA: 2 adult
Mediterranean Gulls & a Common Sandpiper at Ballinclamper. TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 3 Common Sandpipers at Lisselan. EAST
WATERFORD: Buzzard.
Fri 11 July: TRAMORE BACKSTRAND:
Juvenile Cuckoo, 5 Common Sandpipers & Coot with 4 chicks at Lisselan (new breeding site
for Coot).
Thurs
10 July: Nr Dungarvan: Barn Owl calling just before midnight. DUNGARVAN: 4 Common Sandpipers
at Killongford.
Weds
9 July: ARDMORE: 4 Mediterranean Gulls
at Ardmore harbour & an adult at Curragh. TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Juvenile Cuckoo & a Common Sandpiper at Lisselan. IDA PARK (nr Waterford
city): Emperor dragonfly. EAST WATERFORD: 2 Buzzards.
Tues 8 July: BUNMAHON: Common
Sandpiper.
Mon
7 July: HELVICK HEAD: Puffin. ARDMORE: 4 adult Mediterranean
Gulls at harbour, Emperor dragonfly at Curragh stream. RAM HEAD: 3 Mediterranean Gulls & 20 Common Scoter, KNOCKBRACK QUARRY: Another Emperor dragonfly.
Sun 6 July: KNOCKMEALDOWN
MOUNTAINS: Male Hen Harrier Petrel (possibly 2) carrying food. DUNGARVAN: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (adult & 2nd-calendar-yr)
at Ballyneety. DUNGARVAN: 3
adult Mediterranean Gulls (including 'E603' & '3H97' white darvic-ringed birds) at Ballyneety.
Fri 4 July: DUNGARVAN: 2 Common Sandpipers at Ballyneety.
Weds
2 July: DUNGARVAN: 2
Mediterranean Gulls at Barnawee.
Tues
1 July: TRAMORE BACKSTRAND:
Eclipse-plumage male GARGANEYG at Lisselan on main pool, also 3 Shoveler. Nr
LISMORE: Green Sandpiper.
JUNE 2014: Check
here (Waterford Birds blog) for more recent updates, further details
or fuller species lists
Mon 30 June: CLONEA: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper. DUNGARVAN: Adult Mediterranean Gull (white darvic ring '3H97') at Barnawee.
Sun 29 June: RAM HEAD: Several Storm Petrels from boat offshore,
7 Common Scoter past; 125 occupied Kittiwakes nests in study plots (19% increase compared with last year), colony total 131-136
occupied nests. DRUM HILLS: Green Hairstreak butterfly. Nr
DUNGARVAN: Barn Owl just after midnight. R
SUIR nr MT CONGREVE: 2 Common Sandpipers.
Sat 28 June: CLONEA: 2nd-calendar-yr Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper. EAST
WATERFORD: 3 Buzzards.
Weds 25 June: CLONEA: 3 adult Mediterranean Gulls (including white
darvic ring 'E603') at Ballinclamper. Nr LISMORE: Barn
Owl hunting.
Mon 23 June: CARRIGAVRANTRY:
6 Snipe displaying & 3 Crossbills. ANNESTOWN BOG:
Reed Warbler & 2 Long-eared Owl chicks calling. Nr KILMEADAN: Dead Jay c2km east of bypass roundabout.
Sun 22 June: BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Tree Sparrow feeding young at nest-hole. COMERAGH MOUNTAINS: Cuckoo & 2 Grasshopper
Warblers near Coumtay. NORTH WATERFORD: 2 Buzzards.
Sat 21 June: GREAT NEWTOWNHEAD: 2 Grasshopper Warblers near Metal Man. DUNABRATTIN HEAD: Minke Whale & 4 Bottlenose Dolphins. LISMORE:
Pair of Kingfishers & pair of Spotted Flycatchers at Blackwater.
Fri 20 June: CARRIGNAGOUR (nr Lismore): Hummingbird Hawk-moth.
Thurs 19 June: NORTH WATERFORD: Up to 2 Buzzards regularly
over last 10 days.
Tues 17 June: BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Tree Sparrow carrying
food.
Sun 15 June:
ANNESTOWN BOG: 2 Grasshopper Warblers reeling.
Sat 14 June: Off MINE HEAD: 3 Great Skuas from
boat 3 miles W. Off HELVICK HEAD: 4 Puffins (1 carrying food).
Weds 11 June:
WATERFORD CITY: Treecreeper in People's Park. EAST WATERFORD: Buzzard. WEST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
Mon 9 June:
Nr MAHON BRIDGE: Freshly dead Pine Marten on R676 at Coolnahorna. BALLYSCANLON: 2 Spotted Flycatchers. EAST WATERFORD: 2 Cuckoos.
Thurs
5 June: IDA PARK (nr Waterford city): 8
Emperor Dragonflies.
Weds 4 June: BALLYSCANLON: 5
Spotted Flycatchers.
Tues 3 June: DUNGARVAN: Turtle Dove in garden at Shandon. COMERAGH MOUNTAINS: 2 Cuckoos at Kilclooney
Wood, 2 Red Grouse. BALLYSCANLON:
4 Crossbills.
Mon
2 June: BLACKWATER VALLEY: Reed Warbler at Raheen Quay, Clashmore Broads; 2 Jays & 3 Red-legged Partridge
at Ballybrack. Nr WHITING BAY: 2 Tree
Sparrows at Moord. WEST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
March-May 2014
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photo-gallery June-July 2014
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presumed leucistic/aberrant juvenile Rook, Dungarvan, July 2014 © AD Malcolm |
West Waterford Wildlife photography
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Little Gull (video) - Tramore boating lake, 27 Sep (MC)
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Spotted Flycatcher, Carrignagour, nr Lismore, 17 July 2014 © AD Malcolm |
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Great Black-backed Gull, adult, Curragh, Ardmore, 16 July 2014 © AD Malcolm |
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Whitethroat, Ram Head, 9 July 2014 © AD Malcolm |
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Emperor dragonfly, Knockbrack quarry, 7 July 2014 © AD Malcolm |
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Blackcap, juvenile, River Blackwater at Lismore, 6 July 2014 © AD Malcolm |
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Swift, River Blackwater at Lismore, 6 July 2014 © AD Malcolm |
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© AD Malcolm |
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Swifts, picked up fighting on street(!), Dungarvan town, 6 July 2014 © PM Walsh |
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© PM Walsh |
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Mediterranean Gull, 2nd-summer, Curragh, Ardmore, 29 June 2014 © AD Malcolm |
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Mediterranean Gull, adult, Curragh, Ardmore, 26 June 2014 © AD Malcolm |
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Raven, juvenile, Dunabrattin Head, 25 June 2014 © AD Malcolm |
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Spotted Flycatcher, nr Lismore, 25 June 2014 © AD Malcolm |
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Swallows, Dungarvan town, 13 June 2014 © F O'Connell |
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House Martin & Swift, Dungarvan town, 13 June 2014 © F O'Connell |
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Ketrel catching Greater White-toothed Shrew, nr Cappooquin, 10 June 2014 © AD Malcolm |
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© AD Malcolm |
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Buzzard, east Waterford, 5 June 2014 © D Clarke |
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Turtle Dove, Shandon, Dungarvan, 3 June 2014 © F O'Connell |
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© F O'Connell |
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© F O'Connell |
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