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LATEST HIGHLIGHTS (see Recent reports & X/Twitter
@watbirds):
2025:
Running total (conservative) 34 HOOPOES across multiple locations, 21 March to 11 April
2 LESSER SCAUP (4th county record, 4th-5th individuals), Blackwater Valley, 18 April 2025.
OSPREY, Blackwater Valley, 15-21 April.
First Whitethroat of spring, Ballinard, 15 April.
2 SPOONBILLS, Tramore Backstrand, 14-18 April.
First Reed Warbler & Sedge Warbler of year, Anne Valley, 14 April.
RING OUZEL, Brownstown Head, 11 April.
HOOPOE, Carriglea, 11 April.
2 IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFFS!, undisclosed location, 8 April.
CATTLE EGRET, Dungarvan, 8-9 April.
HOOPOE, Tramore town, 8 April.
HOOPOE near Clohernagh, 8 April.
First Spotted Flycatcher of spring, Ballyvoyle, 7 April.
HOOPOE, near Clohernagh, 5 April.
HOOPOE, near Woodstown, 4 April.
HOOPOE, Kill, 4 April.
NIGHTINGALE (3rd county record), Ardmore, 3-7 April 2025.
4 HOOPOES, Ardmore, 3 April (3 on 4 April).
NIGHTINGALE (2nd county record), Helvick Head, 2-6 April.
HOOPOE, Ringville (1), 2 April.
HOOPOE, Crobally, 2 April.
HOOPOE, Ballymacart, 1-6 April.
2 HOOPOES (new) on Brownstown Head, 1 April (1 to 3 April) - possibly 2 new Hoopoes 4 April (1-2 birds 5-7 April).
1-2 HOOPOES (new) Helvick Head,1 to 3 April.
HOOPOE, near Portlaw, 30 March.
HOOPOE, Bunmahon, 28-31 March.
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, Monaneea Lake, 28 March.
WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT, Helvick Head, 27-28 March.
Ring Ouzel, Helvick Head, 26-31 March.
HOOPOE near Ballymacaw, 26 March.
HAWFINCH, Ardmore, 25 March.
Up to 2 HOOPOES, Saleen, 24-25 March.
Up to 3 CATTLE EGRETS, Corbally, 22-25 March.
First Cuckoo of spring, Helvick Head, 24 March.
4 HOOPOES, Rathmoylan to Portally, 24 March.
HOOPOE, Helvick Head, 23-30 March.
HOOPOE, between Helvick & Mine Head, 24 March.
’BLUE-HEADED’ WAGTAIL, Brownstown Head, 23-24 March.
Up to 2 WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROATS (3rd county record of Bluethroat, 3rd-4th individuals), Brownstown Head, 22-26 March.
Ring Ouzel, Brownstown Head, 23 March.
Ring Ouzel & 2 CATTLE EGRETS, Corbally, 22 March.
Turtle Dove, Dungarvan, 22 March.
HOOPOE Goat Island road, near Ardmore, 22-24 March.
Up to 2 HOOPOES, Brownstown Head, 21-27 March.
4 HOOPOES at other locations, 21 March.
2 CATTLE EGRETS, near Portlaw, 20-30 March.
First Willow Warblers of spring, Ballyvoyle & Dungarvan, 20 March.
RING-NECKED DUCK, Knockaderry Reservoir, 19 March (3, 27 February; 2, 16 February; 1, 4 & 9 February & 9 Jan; up to 3, Nov-Dec
2024.
First Wheatear of spring, Helvick Head, 9 March.
First 2 Sandwich Terns of spring, Clonea Bay, 5 March.
First House Martin of spring, Dungarvan, 24 February.
First Sand Martin of spring, Dungarvan, 23 February.
RED-NECKED GREBE, Monaneea Lake, 12-22 February.
Swallow, Dungarvan town, 8 & 15 February.
4 CATTLE EGRETS, near Rathmoylan, 8-10 February (up to 5, Ballymacaw, Nov-Jan).
RED-NECKED GREBE, Dungarvan, 2-3 February.
Up to 2 SPOONBILLS, Cheekpoint, 1 February to 8 April.
AMERICAN WIGEON (2nd county record), Tramore Backstrand, 22 January.
3 CATTLE EGRETS, Tramore main road, 12 January.
HAWFINCH, Dungarvan, 4 January.
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Where to Watch ... Waterford Coast
For a copy of this article, published in the autumn 2008 issue of BirdWatch
Ireland's Wings magazine, click below:
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Find a grid reference: See www.gridreference.ie/, zoom & click location on map - useful when reporting sightings.
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Bird
records - general request for sightings: The website compilers are always interested in sightings
- not just of scarcer migrant or winter visitors, but also counts or confirmed breeding records of commoner species.
Of particular value are sightings of uncommon residents like Barn Owl (precise breeding locations of sensitive species
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