South Polar Skua with Bonxie Cian Cardiff
At the Bridges of Ross today (05:50-19:15) there were two first-cycle South Polar Skuas (AGKelly, BMcCloskey). Two Fea’s-type Petrels. (AGKelly, PMoore) Nine Wilson’s Storm Petrels, two adult Sabine’s Gulls, four Grey Phalaropes, eight Great Shearwaters, 30 Sooty Shearwaters,
6-700 Cory’s Shearwaters per hour for most of the morning, before dropping to 30 an hour from mid-afternoon. There were also 46 Great Skuas, 22 Arctic Skuas and 11 European Storm Petrels. (BMcCloskey, AGKelly, KMullarney, VCaschera, CCardiff, BPorter, JCusack, DO’Sullivan, PMoore, MShorten, MSylvia, GWalshe, SHolland, SMiller, JCopner, JSheehan, GWycherley, JCollins, DCollins, FMcGabhann, et. al).
At Black Head this morning, (0820-1025) There were 12 Cory’s Shearwaters, one Sooty Shearwater, one juvenile Bonxie, one dark Pomarine Skua (2cy?), one Arctic Skua (dark adult) and a drake Common Scoter. (Paul Troake)
Two Green Sandpipers and a Common Sandpiper were at Lough Gash. (John N Murphy)
Two Green Sandpipers were at Moyasta. (FMacG)
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