A Blackcap was at Raheen (Jane Griffin).
Wednesday 4th December 2019
Two adult Mediterranean Gulls were at Robertstown (John N Murphy). 260 Golden Plover, 227 Dunlin, 141 Lapwing, 56 Ringed Plover, 28 Redshank, 18 Black-tailed Godwits, 17 Curlew, five Greenshank, a Snipe, 25 Wigeon, ten Teal, three Mallard, two Shelduck, 300 Black-headed Gulls, five Common Gulls, a Herring Gull and two Little Egrets were also present (TT).
An adult Mediterranean Gull was at Foynes (JNM).
Monday 18th November 2019
Redshank ©Tom Tarpey
A Common Sandpiper and two Redshank were at O’Callaghan’s Strand. A colour-ringed 1st winter Black-headed Gull (Blue K183) from Belarus was also present (TT). The bird was ringed as a nestling on 20/6/2019 at the Smolevichi Reservoir, just east of Minsk and has travelled 2413km west to get to Limerick. It is the first record of a colour-ringed Black-headed Gull from Belarus in Ireland.
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