Two Wheatears were the only new birds at Coonagh this evening.
Leave a commentSaturday 24th September 2011
There was a Pectoral Sandpiper (Tom Tarpey) at the Coonagh Lagoons today. This is the second record for the site and the fourth for the County. Also present were two Snipe, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Sedge Warbler, 40 Tufted Duck, 13 Pochard, 15 Mallard, five Teal, five Wigeon, 15 Little Grebes, two Little Egrets, 100 Coots and seven Mute Swans.
Leave a commentTuesday 20th September 2011
Little Gull at Loughill (Tom Tarpey)
A juvenile Little Gull and a Little Egret were at Loughill.
A Curlew Sandpiper, 30 Dunlin, 50 Ringed Plover, 50 Redshank, five Greenshank and a Little Egret were at Kilteery Pier.
Four Curlew Sandpipers and a second winter Mediterranean Gull were in Tarbert Bay.
Saturday 17th September 2011
An Osprey was seen in Tarbert Bay during the Branch outing (D Farrer, M Turner et al). This is the second record of the species for the County, the first being at Castleconnell in 1864. A Curlew Sandpiper, 42 Knot, a Dunlin, 17 Greenshank, 60 Redshank, 20 Ringed Plover, seven Sanderling, 38 Black-tailed Godwits, four Bar-tailed Godwits, 32 Curlew, ten Little Egrets and 120 Teal were also seen during the outing.
A Whimbrel and a Litte Egret were at Ringmoylan.
A Buzzard was head calling at Ballysteen.
Two Litte Egrets were at Beagh Castle.
Wednesday 14th September 2011
Black Tern at Coonagh (Tom Tarpey)
Four Black Terns were at the Coonagh Settlement Lagoons this afternoon.
Black Terns, Coonagh, (Tom Tarpey)
Leave a commentThursday 8th September 2011
Mediterranean Gull at Tarbert (Tom Tarpey)
Three Mediterranean Gulls (two adult winter, one second winter), six Sandwich Terns, two Common Terns, a Razorbill, ten Great-crested Grebes and nine Little Egrets were in Tarbert Bay.
Further west along the Estuary, nine Curlew Sandpipers, a Ruff, a Little Egret, a Merlin (adult male), three Wheatear, a Blackcap, a Chiffchaff and a Sedge Warbler were at Bunnaclugga in Kerry.
A Blackcap and a Chiffchaff were heard briefly in song at Loughill this evening.
Mediterranean Gulls, Curlew Sandpipers (Tom Tarpey)
Leave a commentTuesday 6th September 2011
First winter Wheatear at Carrigkerry (Andrew Holmes)
A first winter Wheatear was at Carrigkerry.
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