Monthly Archives: October 2017

Glossy Ibis late this evening, landing in a field near the graveyard at Kilbaha, Loop Head John N Murphy

There was one juvenile Glossy Ibis at Loop Head this evening.(John N Murphy, Aidan G Kelly & Brian Porter)
Also at Loop Head today were two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Sported Flycatchers, three Snow Bunting, three Merlin, one female Hen Harrier, six Goldcrest, one adult Mediterranean Gull, one Bonxie, five Wheatear, two Swallows, 56 Snipe and 300 Golden Plover. (Mark Gibson, JNM et al)
Off the Bridges of Ross this morning there were two juvenile Long-tailed Skuas, ten Sooty Shearwaters, seven Manx Shearwaters, one Leach’s Petrel, one Storm Petrel, six Bonxies, five Arctic Skuas, five Arctic Terns,one Red-throated Diver and four Great Northern Divers. (Mark Gibson & Dougie Dickson)