A Buff-breasted Sandpiper flew in off the sea at the Bridges of Ross and headed west (Conor Foley et al).
The juvenile Osprey is still at Lahinch Marsh (Dave McNamara).
Off the Bridges of Ross today there were 262 Sooty Shearwaters, 44 Leach’s Petrels, 11 Storm Petrels, 16 Common Scoter, 242 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, two Red-throated Divers, 69 Bonxies, five Pomarine Skuas, 20 Arctic Skuas, two juvenile long-tailed Skuas, one juvenile Black Tern, 86 Arctic Terns, four Common Terns, 23 Sandwich Terns, four Grey phalaropes and ten Puffins.
One Lapland Bunting was also at the Bridges of Ross.
Thursday 13th September 2012
Wednesday 12th September 2012
The second year American Golden Plover was still in the Horse Field at the Bridges of Ross (Brian Porter et al).
Of the Bridges were four Sooty Shearwaters, five Leach’s Petrels, three Common Scoter, 26 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, eight Red-throated Divers, 20 Bonxies, two juvenile Pomarine Skuas, 49 Arctic Skuas, one adult Long-tailed Skua, (Jim Bowman), one juvenile Sabine’s Gull, one juvenile Black Tern, 13 Grey Phalaropes and six Puffins.
One Lapland Bunting was also still hanging around in the Horse Field at the Bridges.
Wednesday 11th September 2012
At the Bridges of Ross there were 14 Sooty Shearwaters, eight Leach’s Petrels, one Storm Petrel, two Common Scoter, 54 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, seven Red-throated Divers, six Grey Phalaropes, 28 Bonxies, one Pomarine Skua, 23 Arctic Skuas, two adult and two juvenile Sabine’s Gulls, one first-winter Little Gull, 16 Arctic Terns, ten Sandwich Terns, three Puffins and one Lapland Bunting in the Horse fields.
Leave a commentFriday 7th September 2012
First-winter Mediterranean Gull at Lahinch Marsh © Dave McNamara
The Osprey and a juvenile Mediterranean Gull was at Lahinch Marsh (Dave McNamara).
Leave a commentWednesday 5th September 2012
Green Sandpiper at Gortadroma Landfill ©Tom Tarpey
A Green Sandpiper was seen at the Gortadroma Landfill treatment plant this afternoon.
Leave a commentTuesday 4th Sepetember 2012
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still in the fields next to the Bridges of Ross today (Niall T Keogh, Brian Finnegan & Jeff Copner).
The Osprey is still at Lahinch Marsh along with a juvenile Peregrine (Howard Williams).
Seawatching off the Bridges of Ross today produced two Great Shearwaters, one Balearic Shearwater, 2,300 Sooty Shearwaters, seven Bonxies, five Pomarine Skuas, four Arctic Skuas, six Puffins and ten Common Scoter.
Monday 3rd September 2012
A Buff-breasted Sandpiper was found in fields adjacent to the Bridges of Ross this morning, accompanied by three Golden Plover (Chris Jones, Niall T Keogh & Rob Innes).
The Opsrey is still showing well this morning at Lahinch Marsh (Dave McNamara).
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