October 2007
late Oct:
DUNGARVAN: c.20 Curlew Sandpipers at the Cunnigar.
Weds 31 Oct:
ARDMORE HEAD: Lesser Whitethroat in gardens nr Coast-guard building.
DROMORE HILL, nr Aglish: 6 Redwings flew over.
CAMPHIRE: 70+ (presumed) Whooper Swans.
Tues 30 Oct:
RAM HEAD: 4 Whooper Swans flew east in the afternoon, eventually passing over Mine Head.
AGLISH: Whooper Swans heard at night (arriving at the Camphire wintering site at Bride/Blackwater confluence?).
TRAMORE TOWN: Migrant moths included a Vestal.
Mon 29 Oct:
ARDMORE BAY: Adult BONAPARTE'S GULL (late afternoon only) & 5 Mediterranean
Gulls (4 adults & a 1st-winter); also a Porpoise.
HELVICK HEAD: Lesser Whitethroat & 3 Blackcaps.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Adult Mediterranean Gull (1st site record), a Swallow & a Fieldfare.
BALLYMACAW: Hen Harrier, Merlin & Black
Redstart.
Sun 28 Oct:
ARDMORE BAY: Adult BONAPARTE'S GULL (2nd county record), 3 adult Mediterranean
Gulls & a Merlin.
BALLYQUIN, nr Ardmore: Wheatear.
HELVICK HEAD: 4 Blackcaps.
DUNGARVAN: Mediterranean Gull at Quann's.
BALLINARD: Wheatear.
KILBRIDE SOUTH, NR tRAMORE: 4 Swallows flew south.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Migrant moths included a Gem & Delicate.
Sat 27 Oct:
ARDMORE: House Martin.
HELVICK HEAD: 2 Blackcaps.
DUNGARVAN: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Quann's, Swallow at Ballynacourty.
BALLINARD: Wheatear.
Thurs 25 Oct:
RAM HEAD: Small number of Porpoises.
TRAMORE TOWN: Migrant moths included a Gem.
Weds 24 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Lesser Whitethroat (Coolum valley), Merlin,
Woodcock, 5+ Swallows, 6+ Chiffchaffs, female Blackcap, Fieldfare & Redwing; a Great Northern
Diver flew east.
RAM HEAD: Merlin.
Tues 23 Oct:
TRAMORE TOWN: Migrant moths included 2 Gem & a Scarce Bordered
Straw.
Sun 21 Oct:
HELVICK HEAD: 4 Black Redstarts.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Merlin, Black Redstart & Fieldfare.
TRAMORE TOWN: Migrant moths included a Gem.
Sat 20 Oct:
HACKETSTOWN, nr Mine Head: Swallow.
HELVICK HEAD: Merlin.
DUNGARVAN: 6 Curlew Sandpipers opposite Park Hotel.
CLONEA STRAND: Short-eared Owl over sea.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Merlin & male Blackcap.
Thurs 18 Oct:
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: 4 Whooper Swans & 2 Shoveler.
mid Oct:
DUNGARVAN: BLACK BRANT (also seen 10 November).
Sun 14 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Yellow-browed Warbler in main garden (apparently same as 7-10
Oct), male Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaffs, 10 Goldcrests, Swallow & 90+ Siskins.
Sat 13 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Merlin, Wheatear, 10 Redpolls & 2 Siskins.
KILBRIDE SOUTH, nr Tramore: 15-20 Swallows flew south.
Fri 12 Oct:
WHITING BAY: 5 Wheatears and c12 Choughs.
RAM HEAD: 100+ Common Dolphins & 12 Porpoises.
Weds 10 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Yellow-browed Warbler still present, also 3
Chiffchaffs, a Fieldfare, 8 Swallows, 3 Siskins, 45 Redpolls (33 ringed) & a Tree Sparrow.
TRAMORE TOWN: Mihrant moths included Palpita vitrealis & a Delicate.
DUNGARVAN: Pair of House Martins still feeding chicks in the nest! - a very late breeding record for this or any
passerine species.
Tues 9 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Yellow-browed Warbler, 155 Skylarks, 2 Chiffchaffs, male Blackcap, 6 Goldcrests, 2 Wheatears, 24 Stonechats, 4 Redpolls &
a Yellowhammer; migrant moths included 3 Delicate.
Mon 8 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Yellow-browed Warbler.
Sun 7 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Yellow-browed Warbler (in main garden),
3 Chiffchaffs, 14 Redpolls & a Siskin.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 354 Brent Geese, 76 Little Egrets & 41 Sandwich Terns.
Sat 6 Oct:
DUNGARVAN: 3 Curlew Sandpipers & an adult Ruff
at Ballyneety.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 35+ Swallows, 3 Wheatears, 5 Goldcrests & 2 Chiffchaffs.
Fri 5 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 15 Redpolls.
Thurs 4 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Lesser Whitethroat, Merlin, 90+ Meadow Pipits & 2 Wheatears.
ARDMORE HEAD: 39 Red Admirals.
