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August 2011
Weds 31 Aug:
Nr LISMORE: Greater White-toothed Shrew found dead (also one seen alive on on 26 Aug).
WHITING BAY: 15 White Wagtails & 5 Wheatears.
BRICKEY RIVER: Kingfisher at Two Mile Bridge.
CLONEA STRAND: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.
Tues 30 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: 6 Curlew Sandpipers, adult & juvenile White Wagtails,
juvenile Mediterranean Gull (white darvic ring) & 2 juvenile Arctic Terns
at the Cunnigar.
BALLYVOONEY: 25+ Common Scoters W.
Mon 29 Aug:
Nr KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS: Male Hen Harrier.
Nr WHITING BAY: 8 Tree Sparrows at
Springhill Lower.
RAM HEAD: Dark-phase Arctic Skua, 2 Great Skuas &
6 Common Dolphins.
DUNGARVAN: Juvenile Ruff at Ballyneety, 3 adult Mediterranean Gulls
at Barnawee.
CLONEA STRAND: 3 Roseate Terns (adult & 2 juveniles) at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: 2 juvenile Curlew Sandpipers at
Ballyneety, 4 Tufted Ducks in bay.
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: Common Sandpiper.
Sat 27 Aug:
Nr CARROLL'S CROSS: Wing-tagged RED KITE flying
east.
DUNGARVAN: Common Sandpiper at Ballyneety.
CLONEA STRAND: 3 juvenile Arctic Terns.
BUNMAHON: Arctic
Tern.
SEAFIELD: Green Sandpiper.
BALLYSHUNNOCK RESERVOIR: Whooper/Mute Swan hybrid.
BALLYSCANLAN LAKE: 3 Crossbills.
Fri 26 Aug:
KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS: Red Grouse.
DUNGARVAN: 2 Green
Sandpipers, 3 Common Sandpipers & juvenile Mediterranean Gull (white darvic ring 'E336')
at Ballyneety.
Nr CALISO BAY: Another late Cuckoo.
Thurs 25 Aug:
KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS: Cuckoo near the Vee.
Weds 24 Aug:
Nr BALLYLANEEN: Long-eared Owl.
BUNMAHON: Kingfisher
(video).
Tues 23 Aug:
SEAFIELD: Reed Warbler.
Mon 22 Aug:
CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile Mediterranean Gull & juvenile Little
Tern at Ballinard.
Sun 21 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: Juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER still present on the Cunnigar
(video); 4 Mediterranean Gulls (juv, 2nd-summer & 2 adults) at Barnawee; 2 Common Sandpipers at Ballyneety;
Swift over Abbeyside.
COMERAGH MOUNTAINS: Hen Harrier.
BUNMAHON: Kingfisher (video).
KILMEADEN POOLS: Common Sandpiper.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 200 Manx Shearwaters W (115 E), 290 Gannets E (250 W) & 205 Sandwich Terns W ( seawatch 07:00-10:00).
Sat 20 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: Juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (4th
county record, video) & Great Skua at the Cunnigar; the adult male SPERM WHALE stranded
at the Cunnigar died overnight (further details on IWDG website); also adult Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee & Green Sandpiper
at Ballyneety.
HELVICK HEAD: Storm Petrel & 2 juvenile Puffins
W (seawatch 17:15-17:45).
ARDMORE: Juvenile Mediterranean Gull.
RAM HEAD: Sooty Shearwater & 350 Manx Shearwaters W (seawatch 14:50-15:50).
Fri 19 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: Adult male SPERM WHALE c10 m in length
stranded at the Cunnigar (first seen east of Hook Head, Co Wexford yesterday evening) - further details; also 3 Pomarine Skuas on sandbanks at the Cunnigar, Yellow-legged Gull
& female/imm Shoveler at Killongford.
HELVICK HEAD: Sub-adult Pomarine Skua, Bonxie
& 2 Puffins (seawatch 19:45-20:15).
RAM HEAD: OSPREY.
Thurs 18 Aug:
RAM HEAD: Great Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, Great Skua & 1000+ Manx Shearwaters.
BALLYNACOURTY POINT: Jay near the lighthouse.
Weds 17 Aug:
WEST WATERFORD PELAGIC (to c. 5 miles south of Ram Head/Mine Head): 2+ Balearic Shearwaters,
4+ Sooty Shearwaters, 4+ Great Skuas, 8+ Storm Petrels,
juvenile Puffin, adult/subadult Mediterranean Gull, 500+ feeding Manxies
& 4+ Common Dolphins during boat-trip from Youghal with www.charterangling.ie. Further details.
Tues 16 Aug:
BUNMAHON: 3 Kingfishers & a Hummingbird Hawk-moth.
Mon 15 Aug:
SEAFIELD: 2 Green Sandpipers.
DUNGARVAN: Merlin at the Cunnigar, 2 Mediterranean Gulls
at the Park Hotel.
Sun 14 Aug:
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Green Sandpiper & Common Sandpiper at Clohernagh.
KILMEADEN POOLS: Common Sandpiper.
COMERAGH MOUNTAINS: 2 coveys of Red Grouse.
Nr BUNMAHON: Barn Owl at 9:35 pm.
Sat 13 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: 2 juvenile Reed Warblers & a Water Rail in
reedbed at Balyneety dump complex; Green Sandpiper & 2 Common Sandpipers at Ballyneety; Common
Sandpiper at Killongford.
BUNMAHON: Green Sandpiper and 2 Kingfishers.
RAM HEAD: Sooty Shearwater and Puffin west.
Fri 12 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: Juvenile Ruff at the Cunnigar.
SEAFIELD: 2 Green Sandpipers.
Thurs 11 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: 3 Mediterranean Gulls (adult '3H97' & 2 juveniles) & a Common
Sandpiper at Ballyneety, 14 Whimbrel at the Cunnigar.
Weds 10 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: 3 Storm Petrels & an Arctic Tern
( seawatch 19:10-20:25). DUNGARVAN: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 4 Sooty Shearwaters, Great Skua &
Arctic Skua.
Tues 9 Aug:
RAM HEAD: Large shearwater (Cory's/Great) off-passage, a skua species W, immature Great Northern Diver on sea, 5 Bottlenose Dolphins
& 2 Porpoises.
Mon 8 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: 7 Mediterranean Gulls at Barnawee (2nd-summer + 6 adults including '3H97').
SEAFIELD: Grasshopper Warbler.
KILMEADEN POOLS: Ringed Plover.
Sun 7 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL at Killongford; 2 Green Sandpipers,
a Common Sandpiper & a Merlin at Ballyneety; 34 Great Crested Grebes in bay.
HELVICK HEAD: 2 Puffins W ( seawatch 16:30-17:30).
Sat 6 Aug:
BUNMAHON: OSPREY flew east, later seen off Annestown/Kilfarrasy.
LISMORE: Barnacle Goose (presumed escaped or feral) on canal.
WEST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL & juvenile Mediterranean Gull at
Killongford .
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 4 Commons Scoter E & a Porpoise ( seawatch 06:50-09:50), & Tree Sparrow.
Fri 5 Aug:
RAM HEAD: 3 large shearwaters (Cory's or Great) a& an immature Great Northern
Diver.
DUNGARVAN: 3rd-calendar-year Yellow-legged Gull again at Killongford, juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Ballyneety, 2nd-summer Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee,
3 Common Sandpipers off pitch & putt course.
NEWTOWN COVE: Kingfisher.
Thurs 4 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: 3rd-calendar-year Yellow-legged Gull at Killongford.
TRAMORE TOWN: Owl species (probably Long-eared).
Weds 3 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: Puffin west.
Tues 2 Aug:
BALLYRAFTER (Lismore): Flock of 70+ Siskins.
Off MINE HEAD: Immature Puffin & >250 Manx Shearwaters from boat.
Mon 1 Aug:
KILMEADEN POOLS: Wood Sandpiper still present,
also an Emperor dragonfly.
DUNGARVAN: 2 Common Sandpipers at Killongford bridge & 1 at the Cunnigar.
CLONEA STRAND: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.
COLLIGAN WOOD: Dipper & a brood of fledged Spotted Flycatchers.
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| Buff-tip caterpillar, Tramore, 30 Aug 2011 © M Hearne |
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| Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar, Seafield, 27 Aug 2011 © D Weldon |
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| Wheatear, Seafield, 27 Aug 2011 © D Weldon |
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| Mediterranean Gull, colour-ringed juv, Ballyneety, Dungarvan, 26 Aug 2011 © M Cowming |
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| Kingfisher & Common Sandpiper, Portlaw, 26 Aug 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Cuckoo, the Vee, Knockmealdown Mountains, 25 Aug 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Sedge Warbler, Whiting Bay, Aug 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Kingfisher, Bunmahon, 24 Aug 2011 © J Hearne |
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| Ringed Plover chick (still flightless), the Cunnigar, Dungarvan, Aug 2011 © F O'Connell |
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| Semipalmated Sandpiper, juvenile, the Cunnigar, Dungarvan, 21 Aug 2011 © M Cowming |
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| Kingfisher, Bunmahon, 21 Aug 2011 © J Hearne |
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| Kingfisher, Ballyneety, Dungarvan, 21 Aug 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Semipalmated Sandpiper, juvenile, the Cunnigar, Dungarvan, 20 Aug 2011 © F O'Connell |
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| © D Weldon |
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| Sperm Whale, the Cunnigar, Dungarvan, 19 Aug 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| © F O'Connell |
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| Sooty Shearwater, south of Ram Head, 17 Aug 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Great Skua, south of Ram Head, 17 Aug 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Storm Petrel, south of Ram Head, 17 Aug 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Manx Shearwater, south of Ram Head, 17 Aug 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| © PM Walsh |
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| Fulmar, south of Ram Head, 17 Aug 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Kittiwake, south of Ram Head, 17 Aug 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Gannet, south of Ram Head, 17 Aug 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| © PM Walsh |
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| Great Black-backed Gull, south of Ram Head, 17 Aug 2011 © PM Walsh |
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| Herring Gull, south of Ram Head, 17 Aug 2011 © PM Walsh |
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| Grasshopper Warbler, Seafield, 8 Aug 2011 © D Weldon |
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| Gatekeeper, Kilmeaden pools, 6 Aug 2011 © C Flynn |
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| Common Sandpiper, Ballyneety, Dungarvan, 5 Aug 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Chough feeding on sandhoppers, Curragh beach, Ardmore, 5 Aug 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Yellow-legged Gull, 3rd-calendar-year with GBB Gull, Killongford, Dungarvan, 4 Aug 2011 © C Flynn |
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| Puffin, immature/subadult, off Mine Head, 2 Aug 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Manx Shearwater, off Mine Head, 2 Aug 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Guillemot, adult, off Mine Head, 2 Aug 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Wood Sandpiper, Kilmeaden Pools, 1 Aug 2011 © P Archer |
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