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September 2010
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Weds 29 Sept:
DUNGARVAN: 2 Mediterranean Gulls &
a Ruff at Ballyneety.
RAM HEAD: Mixed group of 5 Risso's & Bottlenose Dolphins.
MID WATERFORD: Family group of 5 Buzzards.
Tues 28 Sept:
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: 2 female or immature BLUE-WINGED TEAL still present on the small lake.
Nr BUNMAHON: Green Sandpiper at Seafield.
Mon 27 Sept:
DUNGARVAN TOWN: Crossbill by pumphouse at Silversprings,
behind Nissan garage.
MID WATERFORD: 2 Buzzards (separate locations).
Sun 26 Sept:
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: 2 female or immature BLUE-WINGED TEAL
(presumably including yesterday's bird from Ballyshunnock).
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Juvenile BARRED WARBLER still present, also Grasshopper Warbler,
Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Blackcaps, 7+ Chiffchaffs, 35+ Lesser Redpoll (28 ringed) & an early Fieldfare.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Pink-footed Goose at Lisselan, 60+ Brent Geese off Saleen.
WEST WATERFORD: 2 Buzzards.
DUNGARVAN: Adult Ruff at Ballyneety.
CALISO BAY: Whinchat & female Blackcap.
Sat 25 Sept:
BALLYSHUNNOCK RESERVOIR: Female or immature BLUE-WINGED TEAL
(2nd county record).
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Juvenile BARRED WARBLER (5th or 6th county record), Spotted
Flycatcher, female Blackcap, 10+ Wheatears & 2 Tree Sparrows.
Nr WATERFORD CITY: Green Sandpiper heard regularly at night recently at Ballycanvan.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Pink-footed Goose, 95+ Brent Geese & 270 Mallard at Lisselan.
DUNGARVAN: 3 Ruff (adult & 2 juveniles), Curlew Sandpiper
& Green Sandpiper at Ballyneety, Kingfisher at Killongford.
HELVICK HEAD: Willow Warbler.
OLD PARISH: Whinchat.
WEST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
RAM HEAD: 2 Fin Whales, Minke Whale, 40 Common Dolphins, 6 Bottlenose Dolphins &
5 Porpoises - see IWDG website.
Fri 24 Sept:
WHITING BAY: 8 Wheatears.
Thurs 23 Sept:
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Pink-footed Goose again
at Lisselan.
Nr BUNMAHON: Green Sandpiper at Seafield.
CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile Ruff at Ballinclamper.
Weds 22 Sept:
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Pink-footed Goose at
Lisselan, on pool behind seawall.
CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile Black Tern (flew west offshore), adult Mediterranean
Gull & >1000 Black-headed Gulls at Ballinclamper.
Tues 21 Sept:
ARDMORE: 3 adult Mediterranean Gulls.
WHITING BAY: 2nd-calendar-yr Glaucous Gull.
FERRY POINT: Immature Glaucous Gull (apparently same bird).
Mon 20 Sept:
DUNGARVAN: Kingfisher at Barnawee.
CLONEA STRAND: Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Arctic
Terns & c25 White Wagtails at Ballinclamper.
Sun 19 Sept:
WHITING BAY: Juvenile PECTORAL SANDPIPER still present at west end.
HELVICK HEAD: 32 Great Skuas, juvenile Pomarine Skua, 3 Arctic Skuas, a Balearic Shearwater & 4 Bottlenose
Dolphins (seawatches 10;20-11:20 & 17:45-19:15).
DUNGARVAN: 6 Curlew Sandpipers at Killongford.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Balearic Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, 7
Great Skuas & 3 Arctic Skuas west (seawatch 07:50-10:50 & 11:05-12:05).
Sat 18 Sept:
WHITING BAY: Juvenile PECTORAL SANDPIPER, also an adult Mediterranean
Gull.
HELVICK HEAD: Adult Yellow-legged Gull. Great Skua (east
& west), & an adult Red-throated Diver west.
DUNGARVAN: Juv Curlew Sandpiper at Killongford, adult Mediterranean
Gull at Ballyneety.
CLONEA STRAND: 15 White Wagtails at Ballinclamper.
Thurs 16 Sept:
BUNMAHON: 2 Whinchats.
Weds 15 Sept:
HELVICK HEAD: 5 Arctic Skuas.
DUNGARVAN: A late Swift at Abbeyside.
Tues 14 Sept:
HELVICK HEAD: Pomarine Skua, Arctic Skua, 2 Great
Skuas, adult summer Red-throated Diver & 2 juvenile Arctic Terns.
CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper & c60 White Wagtails
at Ballinard.
MID WATERFORD: Buzzard.
Mon 13 Sept:
HELVICK HEAD: Pomarine Skua, Arctic Skua, 2 Great Skuas, adult summer red-throated Diver & 2 juvenile Arctic
Terns.
CLONEA STRAND: 2 juvenile Curlew Sandpipers at Ballinclamper.
Sun 12 Sept:
Nr YOUGHAL BRIDGE: Glaucous Gull.
WHITING BAY: Juvenile PECTORAL SANDPIPER still present, also a juv Curlew
Sandpiper.
ARDMORE: 5 Mediterranean Gulls (4 adults & a 1st-winter ); 6 Bottlenose
Dolphins (5 adults 7 a calf) in Ardmore Bay.
DUNGARVAN: Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper at Barnawee, adult Mediterranean
Gull at the Cunnigar.
CLONEA STRAND: 4 juv Curlew Sandpipers at Ballinclamper.
Sat 11 Sept:
WHITING BAY: Juvenile PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Wood Sandpiper & 2
Whinchats.
ARDMORE: Green Sandpiper.
DUNGARVAN: 3 juvenile Little Stints, 20+ Curlew Sandpipers
& a juv Mediterranean Gull at the Cunnigar; 2 Ruffs, 5 Curlew
Sandpipers & a 2nd-summer Mediterranean Gull at Killongford.
Fri 10 Sept:
CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, 2 adult Mediterranean
Gulls & many White Wagtails at Ballinclamper.
Thurs 9 Sept:
WHITING BAY: Juvenile Mediterranean Gull.
ARDMORE: 7 Mediterranean Gulls at Curragh beach.
CLONEA STRAND: 3 Black Terns & 4
Mediterranean Gulls at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: 5 Curlew Sandpipers at Killongford.
ANNESTOWN: Hummingbird Hawk-moth.
Weds 8 Sept:
WHITING BAY: Wood Sandpiper, Whinchat & adult Mediterranean Gull.
ARDMORE: 5 Curlew Sandpipers & 4 Mediterranean Gulls
(2 adult & 2 2nd-summer) at Curragh beach.
DUNGARVAN: 2 SPOONBILLS & 7 Curlew Sandpipers at the
Cunnigar.
CLONEA STRAND: Whinchat, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, & adult
Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper, 2 Blackcaps along track between Ballinard & Ballinclamper.
WEST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
Tues 7 Sept:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 3 Wheatears & 3 Willow/Chiffs.
CLONEA STRAND: 2 juvenile Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Black Terns
west & adult Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: Otter off the Anchor Bar.
HELVICK HEAD: 7 Tree Sparrows.
RAM HEAD: Minke Whale, Risso's Dolphin & 4 Bottlenose Dolphins.
Mon 6 Sept:
MINE HEAD: Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warblers &
6 Wheatears.
HELVICK HEAD: 4 Wheatears.
KILMURRAY (nr Dungarvan): Merlin.
DUNGARVAN: 3 Little Stints, Ruff, 3 Curlew
Sandpipers, 2 Kingfishers & a Water Rail at Killongford (MC, CXF, DC).
BALLYNACOURTY POINT / BALLINARD: Roseate Tern, 4 Whimbrel & 35+ Wheatears.
Sun 5 Sept:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Lapland Bunting (tame individual suggestive
of North American / Greenland race subcalcaratus), Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroats,
2 Reed Warblers (1 ringed), 3 Sedge Warblers, Willow Warbler, 8 + Chiffchaffs, Wheatear & Spotted
Flycatcher.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Green Sandpiper at Clohernagh.
CLONEA STRAND: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: Female Gadwall at Ballyneety.
Sat 4 Sept:
WHITING BAY: 2nd-summer Mediterranean Gull.
ARDMORE: Adult Mediterranean Gull, a late Swift, Blackcap,
2 Whitethroats & a Spotted Flycatcher.
HELVICK HEAD: Spotted Flycatcher & a Clouded Yellow
butterfly.
DUNGARVAN: 4 juvenile Curlew Sandpipers at Killongford,
Brent Goose at Ballynagaul.
CLONEA STRAND: 6+ Roseate Terns (4 adult, 2 juv), 2 juv
Arctic Terns & 20+ White Wagtails, 2 Arctic Skuas west & a Balearic Shearwater on sea at Ballinclamper.
SEAFIELD (nr Bunmahon): 2 White Wagtails.
TRAMORE TOWN: Adult Mediterranean Gull near the prom; Convolvulus Hawk-moth (also 5 & 6 Sept) & Delicate.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Turtle Dove, Whitethroat & 3-4
Chiffchaffs; 5 Common Scoter east & 3 Great Skuas west (2 east); Convolvulus
Hawk-moth caught tonight.
Fri 3 Sept:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: A Death's-head Hawk-moth caught tonight.
CLONEA STRAND: Arctic Skua , 4 Arctic
Terns & 2 Mediterranean Gulls (2nd-summer & adult or 2nd-s) at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: Male Common Scoter at Cunnigar point.
Thurs 2 Sept:
CLONEA STRAND: 4 Roseate Terns (2 adults &
2 juveniles) & 2 juvenile Arctic Terns.
KNOCKANORE: Death's-head Hawk-moth found at an apiary.
Weds 1 Sept:
CLONEA STRAND: Adult & juvenile Roseate Tern
& 2 juvenile Arctic Terns.
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Ruff, adult, Ballyneety, Dungarvan, 26 Sep 2010 © M Cowming |
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Preliminary breeding distribution 2008-2010 @ 28/09/2010 (Atlas bird of the day) |
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Barred Warbler, juvenile, Brownstown Head, 25 Sep 2010 © M Cowming |
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Blue-winged Teal (left), Ballyshunnock Reservoir, 25 Sep 2010 © M Cowming |
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Pink-footed Goose, Tramore Backstrand, 22 Sep 2010 © D Clarke |
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Glaucous Gull, 2nd cal-yr, Whiting Bay, 21 Sep 2010 © M Cowming |
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Pectoral Sandpiper, juvenile, Whiting Bay, 12 Sep 2010 © M Cowming |
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Pectoral Sandpiper, juvenile, Whiting Bay, 11 Sep 2010 © D Clarke |
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Whinchats, Whiting Bay, 11 Sep 2010 © M Cowming |
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Little Stint, the Cunnigar, 11 Sep 2010 © M Cowming |
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Black Tern, juvenile, with Sandwich Terns, Ballinclamper, 9 Sep 2010 © D Clarke |
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Kestrel feeding on Common Lizard, Whiting Bay, 9 Sep 2010 © D Clarke |
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Wood Sandpiper, Whiting Bay, 8 Sep 2010 © M Cowming |
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Curlew sandpiper, moulting adult, Curragh strand, Ardmore, 8 Sep 2010 © M Cowming |
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Curlew Sandpiper, 1st-winter, Ballinclamper, 8 Sep 2010 © M Cowming |
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Mediterranean Gull, adult, Ballinclamper, 8 Sep 2010 © M Cowming |
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Wheatear, Helvick Head, 6 Sep 2010 © D Clarke |
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Sedge Warbler, Mine Head, 6 Sep 2010 © D Clarke |
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Raven, Mine Head, 6 Sep 2010 © D Clarke |
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Lapland Bunting, Brownstown Head, 5 Sep 2010 © M Cowming |
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Reed Warbler, juvenile, Brownstown Head, 5 Sept 2010 © PM Walsh |
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Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Brownstown Head, 4 Sept 2010 © PM Walsh |
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Death's-head Hawk Moth, Brownstown Head, 3 Sep 2010 © PM Walsh |
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Roseate Tern, adult, Ballinclamper, 4 Sept 2010 © M Cowming |
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Sandwich Terns, including colour-ringed juvenile, Ballinclamper, 4 Sept 2010 © M Cowming |
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