At Kilbaha and Loop Head today there were five Pink-footed Geese, 14 Barnacle Geese, two Great Northern Divers, one Red-theoated Diver, one Merlin, one Crossbill, one Siskin, one female Bullfinch, one female Wheatear, one Chiffchaff and one juvenile Arctic Tern. (John N Murphy & Mark Gibson)
Saturday 12th October 2019
The Red-eyed Vireo was still in Kilbaha today along with the Yellow-browed Warbler, one male Snow Bunting, two Chiffchaff, two Goldcrest, ten Redwing, 70 Golden Plover, one Merlin and a Buzzard.(John N Murphy, Jeff Copner, Mark Gibson & Phil Simmons)
At the Bridges of Ross there were two Pomarine Skuas, one Great Northern Diver, two Red-throated Divers and six Arctic Terns.(MG)
One immature/female Garganey was at Ballyallia Lake.(Paidi Cullinan)
One Barn Owl was just east of Kilbaha. (JC)
Wednesday 9th October 2019
Red-eyed Vireo in Seni Costelloes Garden, Kilbaha John N Murphy
The Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow-browed Warbler, one Chiffchaff, two Goldcrests and a Merlin were in the Gardens at Kilbaha this morning.(John N Murphy)
At the Bridges of Ross there were two Pomarine Skuas, one Arctic Skua, six Bonxies, three Grey Phalarope, one Storm Petrel, one Arctic Tern and four Great Northern Divers. (Geoff Pearson)
The 200 Golden Plover and two Peregrine with at Loop Head.(JNM)
Tuesday 8th August 2019
The Yellow-browed Warbler is still in the big willow in Kilbaha Cottage, also in the gardens are two Goldcrest and over 200 Golden Plover at the Fodry. (John N Murphy)
At the Bridges of Ross this afternoon (15.00 – 18.00) there were two Sooty Shearwaters, 29 Manx Shearwaters, three Leach’s Petrels, eight Storm Petrels, two juvenile Long-tailed Skuas, 14 Pomarine Skuas, one Arctic Skua, nine Bonxies, one juvenile Sabine’s Gull, 2,000 Kittiwakes, 16 Arctic Terns, four Great Northern Divers, 1,800 Razorbills (ph), 600 Guillemots (ph), 400 Gannets (ph) and three Grey Phalaropes. (JNM)
Off Black Head this morning a two hour seawatch produced one Pomarine Skua, one Storm Petrel, 45 Gannets, 900 Razorbills, 200 Guillemots and three Black-throated Divers off Ballyvaughan. (Paul Troake)
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