Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker ©Tiernan Downes

Between the Bridges of Ross and Ross Loop Head today (6.25-18.25), there was one Wilson’s Petrel (Mikey Hoit et al(10.20-10.28), two Long-tailed Skuas, 270 Great Shearwaters, 13 Cory’s Shearwaters, 600 Sooty Shearwaters, 12,000 Manx Shearwaters, one Blue Fulmar, six adult Sabine’s Gulls, one Leach’s Petrel, 14 Storm Petrels, seven Arctic Skuas, ten Bonxies, 101 Arctic Terns, five Sandwich Terns, six Puffin, two Common Scoter, seven Turnstones, 12 Whimbrel and one large Sun Fish. (Niall Keogh, Keith Langdon, John N Murphy et al)

A juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen near Parteen, confirming successful breeding in the area for the second successive year. An adult female was also seen in the area. (Tiernan Downes)