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September 2012
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DUNGARVAN: Spotted Redshank at Ballyneety.
CLONEA STRAND: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (adult & 2nd-winter) at Ballinclamper.
Sat 29 Sept:
BALLYSCANLON: 59+ MistleThrushes.
Thurs 27 Sept:
Nr WATERFORD CITY: Emperor dragonfly
at IDA park, Cork road.
Weds 26 Sept:
ARDMORE: Glaucous Gull &
adult Mediterranean Gull at Curragh.
Mon 24 Sept:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD:
Arctic Skua W & Great Northern Diver E (seawatch 09:30-11:30).
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND:
Juvenile Ruff at Lisselan.
EAST WATERFORD: 3-4 Buzzards.
DUNGARVAN:
Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, adult Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 50+ House
Martins N, 5 White Wagtails & 18+ Wheatears at the Cunnigar, 230+ Brent Geese & 54+ Little
Egrets around bay.
CLONEA STRAND: 3 Spotted Flycatchers & 6+ White Wagtails at Ballinclamper.
Sun 23 Sept:
DUNGARVAN: Juvenile Spotted Redshank at Ballyneety.
Sat 22 Sept:
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Juvenile Ruff, 3 White Wagtails &
2 Emperor dragonflies at Lisselan.
DUNGARVAN: Spotted Redshank at Killongford, 2nd-winter Mediterranean
Gull at Barnawee, juvenile Curlew Sandpiper & adult Dark-bellied
Brent Goose at the Cunnigar.
Thurs 20 Sept:
BROWNSWOOD (nr Portlaw): Up to 4 Jays recently.
EAST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
Weds 19 Sept:
RAM HEAD: 2 adult-summer Red-throated Divers , 3 Common Scoter E, 2 Great Skuas, 3 Arctic Skuas, Minke Whale & 100+ Common Dolphins
(seawatch 10:45-13:00).
ARDMORE: Common Sandpiper at Curragh.
NW WATERFORD: Buzzard.
Tues 18 Sept:
DUNGARVAN: Spotted Redshank at Ballyneety ( video).
Mon 17 Sept:
RAM HEAD: Adult-summer Red-throated Diver.
Sun 16 Sept:
DUNGARVAN: Spotted Redshank, Green Sandpiper & 2 Common
Sandpipers at Ballyneety, 2 Green Sndpipers at Brickey canal.
CLONEA STRAND: Arctic Skua & 18 Choughs at Ballinclamper.
DUMORE EAST: Glaucous Gull.
Sat 15 Sept:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Juvenile SABINE'S GULL, Arctic Skua, 3 Great Skuas, Great Northern Diver & 6 Puffins W, 3 Common Scoter E (1
W) (seawatch 07:50-10:50); also White Wagtail & 11 Siskins W, 2 Blackcaps &
9+ Chiffchaffs.
DUNGARVAN: 2 adult dark-bellied Brent Geese near pitch & putt course, Wood
Sandpiper & 4 Green Sandpipers at Killongford pool.
HELVICK HEAD: Balearic
Shearwater, 15 Arctic Skuas & 4 Pomarine Skuas
(seawatches 13:30-15:30 & 17:55-18:25).
RAM HEAD: 3 adult Mediterranean Gulls at Curragh.
Fri 14 Sept:
DUNGARVAN: Wood Sandpiper & 4 Green Sandpipers at
Killongford pool.
DUNGARVAN: 2 Spotted Redshanks (1st-winter & moulting adult) at Ballyneety.
CLONEA STRAND: Adult & juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.
TRAMORE
BACKSTRAND: 4 Common Sandpipers at Clohernagh.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Arctic Skua W (seawatch
07:45-09:00) & 3 White Wagtails.
Weds 12 Sept: CLONEA STRAND:
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER (same or tamer bird?) at Ballinclamper, then flew towards Ballinard ( video). DUNGARVAN: Spotted Redshank at Ballyneety, Wood Sandpiper
& 5 Green Sandpipers at Killongford pool, Common Sandpiper & juvenile
Ruff at Killongford estuary.
Tues 11 Sept: WEST WATERFORD:
Buzzard.
Sun 9 Sept: HELVICK HEAD: 8
Sooty Shearwaters, 8 Great Skuas, Arctic Skua
& 2 Puffins W (seawatch 12:00-13:00). DUNGARVAN: Wood Sandpiper
at Killongford. BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Sooty Shearwater & 2 Great Skuas
W (seawatch 09:35-10:35), female/immature Hen Harrier & White Wagtail.
Sat 8 Sept:
DUNGARVAN: Spotted Redshank at Killongford, Wood Sandpiper
( video) & 5+ Green Sandpipers at Killongford pool, juvenile Curlew Sandpiper
at the Cunnigar & adult Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee. HELVICK HEAD: >100 Common Dolphins.
CLONEA STRAND: 5+ White
Wagtails at Ballinclamper.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Pomarine Skua W.
RAM HEAD: OSPREY flew overhead c12:00, towards Blackwater.
NIRE VALLEY: Spotted Flycatcher & 48 Ravens.
COMERAGH MOUNTAINS: Male Hen Harrier.
DUNGARVAN: 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls at Barnawee.
CLONEA STRAND: Great Skua offshore.
CARRIGAVRANTRY: 8 Crossbills.
CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile LITTLE RINGED PLOVER, Arctic Skua & 5
Roseate Terns (3 adults & 2 juveniles) at Ballinclamper, Ruff &
many White Wagtails at Ballinard..
WEST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
EAST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile LITTLE RINGED PLOVER again at Ballinclamper, then Ballinard,
also Ruff & 10-20 White Wagtails at Ballinard.
EAST SPECIES: EAGLE species (probably immature Golden Eagle).
EAST & MID WATERFORD: Total of 8 Buzzards at 3 locations (3, 3 & 2).
BUNMAHON: Common Sandpiper & 2 Green Sandpipers.
CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile LITTLE RINGED PLOVER (2nd county record), juvenile Ruff,
adult Mediterranean Gull & 50-60 White Wagtails at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: 5 Green Sandpipers at Killongford
pool.
Sun 2 Sept:
DUNGARVAN: Green Sandpiper & 2 Common Sandpipers
at Ballyneety, Spotted Flycatcher at Strandside.
WEST WATERFORD: 2 Buzzards.
CLONEA STRAND: 5 White Wagtails at Ballinclamper.
BALLYVOYLE: 2 Porpoises.
BELLE LAKE: 2 Water Rails.
Sat 1 Sept:
RAM HEAD: Arctic Skua W & Swift.
ARDMORE: Common Sandpiper at Curragh.
CLONEA: 4 Mediterranean Gulls (2 adults, 1st-winter
& 2nd-winter) & 2 Arctic Skuas.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Juvenile Black
Tern, 3 Shoveler, 2nd-winter Mediterranean Gull & 79 Brent Geese at Lisselan.
BROWNSTOWN
HEAD: 2 Great Skuas & 6 Common Scoter E, Arctic Skua &
White Wagtail W (seawatch 07:35-10:35).
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| Glaucous Gull, 1st-summer/2nd-winter(?), Curragh, Ardmore, 25 Sep 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| © AD Malcolm |
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| © AD Malcolm |
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| Grey Plover, Curragh, Ardmore, 25 Sept 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| Ruff, Lisselan, Tramore Backstrand, 24 Sep 2012 © D Sinnott |
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| © D Sinnott |
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| © D Sinnott |
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| Spotted Flycatchers, Ballinclamper, 24 Sep 2012 © D Clarke |
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| © D Clarke |
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| Little Egret, ringed juvenile, the Cunnigar, Dungarvan, 22 Sep 2012 © M Cowming |
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| © M Cowming |
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| Dark-belllied Brent Goose, adult, the Cunnigar, Dungarvan, 22 Sep 2012 © M Cowming |
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| © M Cowming |
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| © M Cowming |
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| Buzzard, NW waterford, 19 Sep 2012 © D Clarke |
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| © D Clarke |
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| White Wagtail, Curragh, Ardmore, 18 Sep 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| © AD Malcolm |
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| Spotted Redshank, juvenile, Ballyneety, Dungarvan, 16 Sep 2012 © D Clarke |
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| Knot, juvenile, Ballyneety, Dungarvan, 16 Sep 2012 © D Clarke |
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| Common Sandpiper, juvenile, Ballyneety, Dungarvan, 16 Sep 2012 © D Clarke |
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| Kestrel, Helvick Head, 16 Sep 2012 © D Clarke |
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| Mediterranean Gull, adult, Curragh, Ardmore, 14Sep 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| Little Ringed Plover, juvenile, Ballinclamper, Clonea Strand, 12 Sep 2012 © M Cowming |
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| © M Cowming |
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| © Sharon Hogan |
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| © M Cowming |
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| © M Cowming |
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| © M Cowming |
video (MC)
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| Wood Sandpiper, Killongford, Dungarvan, 8 Sep 2012 © C Flynn |
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| © C Flynn |
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| © D Weldon |
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| Osprey, Ram Head, 7 Sep 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| Roseate Tern, juvenile & adult, Ballinclamper, Clonea Strand, 6 Sep 2012 © P Archer |
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| Roseate Tern, juvenile with Sandwich Tern, Ballinclamper, Clonea Strand, 6 Sep 2012 © P Archer |
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| Little Ringed Plover, juvenile, Ballinard, Clonea Strand, 5 Sep 2012 © M Cowming |
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| © M Cowming |
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| © C Flynn |
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| © D Clarke |
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| Guilemot, Dungarvan (close inshore), 2 Sep 2012 © D Clarke |
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| Gannet, adult, Ballyvoyle, 2 Sep 2012 © D Clarke |
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| Spotted Flycatcher, Strandside, Dungarvan, 2 Sep 2012 © D Clarke |
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| Ringed Plover, juvenile, Clonea Strand, 2 Sep 2012 © PM Walsh |
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| Wheatear, Curragh, Ardmore, 1 Sep 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| Sandwich Tern, Curragh, Ardmore, 1 Sep 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| Arctic Skua, dark-phase adult, 1 Sep 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| Swift, Ram Head, 1 Sep 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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