Monthly Archives: August 2012

At the Bridges of Ross today there were two Great Shearwaters, two Balearic Shearwaters, 107 Sooty Shearwaters, 3,200 Manx Shearwaters, 1,400 Fulmars, one Blue Fulmar, 11 Leach’s Petrels, 17 Storm Petrels, 15 Bonxies, one Pomarine Skua, 18 Arctic Skuas, 11 Sabine’s Gulls (8 adults, 1 2nd calender year & 2 juveniles), one juvenile Little Gull, 20 Arctic Terns, 11 Sandwich Terns, five Puffins, one Common Scoter, four Wigeon, three Teal two Light-bellied Brent Geese and one Red-throated Diver.

One Borolo’s (Macronesean) Shearwater was at the Brisdges of Ross today (Niall T Keogh, John N Murphy and Neal Warnock).
There was very little other seabirds off the Bridges with only one Balearic Shearwater, 14 Sooty Shearwaters, ten Storm Petrels, four Common Scoter, seven Bonxies, six Arctic ASkuas, five Sandwich Terns, 16 Arctic Terns and two Puffins.
One Spotted Redshank, four Little Egrets and 650 Black-tailed Godwits were at the Shannon Airport Lagoon.

At the Bridges of Ross today there was good passage with four Balearic Shearwaters, 54 Sooty Shearwaters 2,700 plus Manx Shearwaters, 240 plus Fulmars, 24 Storm Petrels, one male Common Scoter, six Great Skuas (Bonxie), two adult pale phase Pomarine Skuas, ten Arctic Skuas, two adult Sabine’s Gulls, 36 Kittiwakes, two Sandwich Terns, 16 Arctic Terns two juvenile Black Terns, ten Puffins four Whimbrel, 90 Dunlins, one Sanderling, one Ringed Plover and three Knot.