Polish Black-headed Gull Yellow TLW5 ©Tom Tarpey
41 Tufted Duck and eight Gadwall were at Westfields (TT).
Black-headed Gull Yellow TLW5 was at the Mill Road, Corbally. It was ringed as an adult in Poland in 2019 and has wintered at the Mill Road, Corbally every year since. It had also been recorded during the breeding season in the Poland in June 2023 and on autumn passage in Holland in August 2020 and September 2023 and also in Kilbaha in October 2023.
New arrivals at the Coonagh Nature Reserve ©Tom Tarpey
Two Glossy Ibises flew over the N18 at Bunlicky (James Organ).
Five Whooper Swans, 47 Wigeon, six Shoveler, four Teal, 161 Black-headed Gull, 12 Herring Gulls and 262 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were on the Morning Star flood plain west of Bruff (TT).
The Council has introduced a trial conservation grazing scheme at the Coonagh Nature Reserve using a herd of 12 Dexter cattle. The object of the scheme is to maintain the greatest habitat diversity by limiting the spread of scrub and woody vegetation at the site (TT).
Five Whooper Swans were at Camas (TT).
An 2cy White-tailed Eagle (Tag 45) was at Tervoe, Clarina. This bird is a female that was released at Ballydonoghoe, Tarbert Bay in August 2024. It has been in the Clarina/Mungret area in recent months and has been seen with male Tarbert Bay bird (Tag 43) and a female Lough Corrib bird (Tag 47) (Tom Tarpey).
Six Gadwall and two Tufted Duck were at Coonagh (TT).
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