One Kittiwake was at Ballycar Lough this morning a rare inland record.
Leave a commentTuesday 28th January 2014
First-winter Kumlien’s Iceland Gull © Davey Farrar
A first-winter Kumlien’s Iceland Gull was on Quilty Beach today. One Buzzard was seen over Cratloe.
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Sunday 19th January 2014
First-winter Iceland Gull at Lahinch © John N Murphy
Three Iceland Gulls were at Lahinch including the first-winter Kumlien’s bird. The four Eider Ducks hat were at Liscannor before the Christmas were relocated further down the coast at Caherrush Point, near Quilty. Two adult Mediterranean Gulls were with Common Gulls in a field near The White Strand, Doonbeg. A small flock of Barnacle Geese were on Mutton Island.
Leave a commentMonday 13th January 2014
A male Smew was back at Rossroe Lake, Newmarket-on-Fergus this morning (David Lyons). Also at Rossroe was one Lesser/Great Scaup x Tufted Duck hybrid (John N Murphy), along with one Siberian (tristis) Chiffchaff, 25 Goldeneye and 45 Tufted Ducks. There were 50 GreylG Geese at Fenloe Lough and 22 Whoopers Swans at ballycar Lough.
Leave a commentThursday 9th January 2014
First-winter Kumlien’s Iceland Gull at the seafront in Lahinch © Jeff Copner
Off Hog Island today half way out between the island and the Kerry coastline at Ballylongford there were two first winter Glaucous Gulls, three first winter Little Gulls, one adult Mediterannean Gull, 25 Red-throated Divers, 15 Great Northern Divers and hundreds of Guillemots and Razorbills. A first-winter Kumlien’s Iceland Gull and three first-winter Iceland Gulls were at Lahinch, along with one Glaucous Gull, one first-winter Little Gull, several Kittiwakes, one Long tailed Duck, 40+ Common Scoter and two Red-throated Divers.
Leave a commentWednesday 8th January 2014
Adult Med Gull at Clonderlaw, one of 10 birds © John N Murphy
There were over 3,000 Black-headed Gulls this evening at Clonderlaw Bay feeding on sprat washed to the inner part of the Bay. With them there was one first-winter Iceland Gull, one second-winter Ring-billed Gull, six adult, two first-winter and two second-winter Mediterranean Gulls, one leucistic Black-headed Gull, 60 Kittiwakes, 22 Greater Scaup, two Little Egrets, three Red-throated Divers, five Great Northern Divers, 200 Cormorants, over 200 auks the majority being Guillemots and 22 Great Crested Grebes. The gulls flocking were reminiscent of the gathering of gulls at Poulnasherry Bay in February of 2000. One first-winter Iceland Gull was at Clahane Liscannor.
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