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December 2011
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CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT & 5 Black Redstarts.
DUNGARVAN
BAY: SPOONBILL in western bay, BLACK-NECKED GREBE & Slavonian Grebe at Ballynacourty, 2 Long-tailed Ducks & female Pintail off pitch & putt, adult Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee, adult
dark-bellied Brent Goose at Ballyneety, Long-eared Owl at Ballyneety.
ARDMORE:
Adult Mediterranean Gull & ringtail Hen Harrier.
RAM HEAD:
2 Tree Sparrows & 5-10 Yellowhammers.
LISMORE TO CAPPOQUIN: Grey
Squirrel with 4 Red Squirrels.
DUNGARVAN: BLACK-NECKED GREBE, Slavonian Grebe &
Common Seal off Ballynacourty pier, 2 Common Scoter off Ballynagaul, 7+ Chiffchaffs
at Knockanpower Lower.
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT, 3 Black Redstarts &
Purple Sandpiper at Ballinclamper.
TANKARDSTOWN (nr Bunmahon): Porpoise.
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: BLACK BRANT at pitch & putt club, Merlin at
Ballynagaul.
BLACKWATER CALLOWS: Green Sandpiper at Ballynerroon, nr Ballyduff.
TRAMORE: Black Redstart at west end of beach.
WATERFORD CITY: 2 male Blackcaps in garden (daily).
EAST WATERFORD: 3 Buzzards.
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT & Black Redstart at
Ballinclamper.
TRAMORE: 32 Gadwall & 2 Shoveler at boating lake, Pintail
at Lisselan, Black Redstart at west end of beach.
DUNMORE EAST: 1st-winter Glaucous Gull ( video) & Iceland Gull, & Black Redstart.EAST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT, adult Yellow-legged Gull &
1st-winter Iceland Gull at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: BLACK-NECKED
GREBE, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Velvet Scoter & 2 Long-tailed
Duck off Ballynacourty pier, adult Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee, male Brambling
at Abbeyside, Green Sandpiper at Killongford, 3 Chiffchaffs at
Poulapucha, Ring, SPOONBILL & Merlin at Youghal road.
BALLYMACART: Male Hen Harrier.
ARDMORE: 3 adult Mediterranean
Gulls.
WHITING BAY: Adult & 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull.
WEST WATERFORD: 5 Buzzards.
Mon 26 Dec:
HELVICK HEAD: 'Blue' Fulmar flew west.
DUNGARVAN: 4 Common Scoter at Ballynagaul, 5
Chiffchaffs at Knockanpower Lower, Ring, 2 Long-tailed Duck at Quanns, dark-bellied
Brent Goose at pitch & putt course.
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT still present, also Black Redstart
at Balllinclamper.
SEAFIELD: Green Sandpiper.
Sun 25 Dec:
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT still present on Christmas Day!
WATERFORD CITY: Male Blackcap at Collins Avenue.
Sat 24 Dec:
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT & 2 Black Redstarts at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: BLACK-NECKED GREBE, Slavonian
Grebe & 2 Velvet Scoter off Gold Coast, 2 Long-tailed Duck
off Abbeyside, adult BLACK BRANT & adult dark-bellied Brent at pitch
& putt course / Quann's, SPOONBILL on Cunnigar, 5-6 Chiffchaffs
at Knockanpower Lower, Ring.
CARRIGNAGOUR (nr Lismore): Crossbill flock.
Fri 23 Dec:
DUNGARVAN: Adult dark-bellied Brent Goose at pitch &
putt course.
ARDMORE: >50 Snipe at the Curragh.
Thurs 22 Dec:
DUNMORE EAST: Iceland Gull., 1st-winter Glaucous Gull &
3 Purple Sandpipers.
EAST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT & BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: 1500+ Brent Geese, 43 Great Crested Grebes & 4 Great Northern Divers, SPOONBILL
near Cunnigar tip, Long-tailed Duck inside Cunnigar, Slavonian Grebe
& 2 Velvet Scoters off Ballynacourty pier, 3 Common Scoters off Ballynagaul, Merlin, 20+ Siskins & 20+ Lesser Redpolls at Youghal road.
Mon 19 Dec:
CLONEA STRAND: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT & BLUETHROAT
at Ballinclamper.
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT, Black Redstart & Purple Sandpiper
at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: 2 Velvet Scoters off Ballynacourty pier, BLACK BRANT
& 2 adult dark-bellied Brent at CBS grounds, Kingfisher & Common Seal at Barnawee.
HELVICK HEAD: 2 Black Redstarts, 3 Great Northern Divers & a Fin
Whale.
RAM HEAD: Short-eared Owl, 7 Red-throated Divers & 3 Fin Whales.
Sat 17 Dec:
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT & BUFF-BELLIED
PIPIT still present, Merlin, 3 Purple Sandpipers & 3 Black Redstarts.
DUNGARVAN: BLACK-NECKED GREBE & 2 female-type Velvet
Scoters off Ballynacourty pier, 3 Pochard off Gold Coast, SPOONBILL in western bay.
WEST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
ANNESTOWN: Kingfisher.
Thurs 15 Dec:
CLONEA STRAND: 1st-winter male BLUETHROAT still present (since 20 Nov) &
5 Black Redstarts.
TRAMORE TOWN: Blackcap in garden.
Weds 14 Dec:
Nr BALLYLANEEN: Barn Owl.
BUNMAHON: 3 Fin Whales.
BALLYNACOURTY POINT: Black Redstart.
DUNGARVAN: Blackcap at Southways, Abbeyside.
DUNGARVAN: BLACK BRANT at pitch & putt course.
Mon 12 Dec:
EAST WATERFORD: A Buzzard found dead today had been ringed as a chick in Co Cork
this summer.
Sun 11 Dec:
DUNGARVAN: BLACK-NECKED GREBE & Long-tailed Duck off
Ballynacourty pier, Blackcap at Ballynacourty, BLACK BRANT at pitch
& putt course, 2 Otters at sports centre, 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls
at Barnawee.
CLONEA STRAND: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT still present & 4 Black
Redstarts.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Black Redstart at west end of beach, 1st-winter Mediterranean
Gull & 27 Gadwall at boating lake, male Long-tailed Duck
& 1020 Brent Geese at backstrand.
WATERFORD CITY: Blackcap.
Sat 10 Dec:
Nr CLASHMORE: Black Redstart at Ballyheeny (c5 km inland).
RAM HEAD: 21 Common Scoters past, 8 Fin Whales & 60 Common Dolphins.
ARDMORE: Common Scoter at Curragh beach.
DUNGARVAN: BLACK-NECKED GREBE & 2 Long-tailed Ducks off
Ballynacourty pier.
CLONEA STRAND: 6 Black Redstarts, 2 Whimbrel & 5 Purple
Sandpipers.
WATERFORD CITY: Blackcap.
Fri 9 Dec:
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT still present , also 3 Black Redstarts; a colour-ringed Sanderling at Ballinclamper had been ringed in northern Poland in August or September.
TRAMORE: 2 Snow Buntings near car-park before the sandhills, Merlin
at embankments & 24 Gadwall at boating lake.
BALLYNACOURTY POINT: Black Redstart.
Thurs 8 Dec:
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT & BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT still present, also 3 Black Redstarts.
Weds 7 Dec:
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT & BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT.
Tues 6 Dec:
Nr BUNMAHON: Barn Owl.
WATERFORD CITY: Kingfisher on St John's River.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 7 Whooper Swans.
Mon 5 Dec:
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT, BUFF-BELLIED
PIPIT, Black Redstart & Purple Sandpipers.
BUNMAHON: 2 Fin Whales <2 km offshore.
TRAMORE: Merlin at western end of beach.
Sun 4 Dec:
DUNGARVAN: BLACK-NECKED GREBE off Ballynacourty Pier, 2 Long-tailed
Ducks (female & 1st-winter male) off pitch & putt course.
CLONEA STRAND: BLUETHROAT & BUFF-
BELLIED PIPIT still present, also 7 Purple Sandpipers, 2 Black Redstarts & 25 Choughs.
TRAMORE: 3 Black Redstarts at western corner of beach, Merlin & 26 Gadwall at boating lake, &
adult Ring-billed Gull at Lisselan (later at boating lake).
Sat 3 Dec:
BOATSTRAND: Great Skua.
EAST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
CLONEA STRAND: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT (video) & 1st-winter male BLUETHROAT (video) still present , between Ballinclamper & Clonea Strand Hotel, also 2 Black Redstarts, 5 Great
Northern Divers & a Common Seal.
DUNGARVAN: BLACK BRANT at pitch & putt course, Ruff at Ballyneety, Long-tailed Duck inside Cunnigar tip, 3 Great Northern Divers & 2 Common Seals off Gold Coast.
Nr CLASHMORE: 5 Yellowhammers at Ballycurrane North.
Nr BALLYDUFF: 3 Green Sandpipers at Ballynerroon.
NEWPORT: Otter.
Fri 2 Dec:
NW WATERFORD: Buzzard.
SEAFIELD: Blackcap.
Thurs 1 Dec:
RAM HEAD: 5+ Fin Whales & 50 Common Dolphins.
BALLYNACOURTY POINT: 2 Black Redstarts just west of lighthouse.
BUNMAHON: Kingfisher & Fin Whale.
ANNESTOWN: 2 Kingfishers.
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| Great Northern Diver, juvenile, Dungarvan, 31 Dec 2011 © P Archer |
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| Black-necked Grebe, Dungarvan, 31 Dec 2011 © P Archer |
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| Black Redstart, Tramore beach, 28 Dec 2011 © B Howell |
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| Glaucous Gull, 1st-winter, Dunmore East, 28 Dec 2011 © M Cowming |
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| Preliminary winter distribution 2007/8-2010/11 @ 28 Dec 2011 (Atlas bird of the day) |
Atlas update: National
fieldwork for Bird Atlas 2007-11 is now completed (late-submission deadline 31 January 2012), but the Waterford
Atlas will collect roving/casual records for one more winter and breeding season, i.e. Nov-Feb 2011/12 and Apr-July
2012. Submit records via Atlas or BirdTrack websites, or to atlas @ waterfordbirds.com
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| Glaucous Gull, 1st-winter, Dunmore East, 22 Dec 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Black Redstart, Helvick Head, 18 Dec 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Great Northern Diver, Helvick Head, 18 Dec 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Short-eared Owl, Ram Head, 18 Dec 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Bar-tailed Godwits, 18 Dec 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Kingfisher, Annestown, 17 Dec 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Bluethroat, 1st-winter male, Clonea Strand, 15 Dec 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Raven, Bunmahon, 14 Dec 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Kestrel, Bunmahon, 14 Dec 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Turnstone, 14 Dec 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Black Brant, adult, Dungarvan, 13 Dec 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Buzzard, found dead, east Waterford, 12 Dec 2011 © E McSweeney |
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| Great Northern Diver, Curragh beach, Ardmore, 11 Dec 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Common Gull, adult, Curragh beach, Ardmore, 10 Dec 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Chough, Whiting Bay, 9 Dec 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Sanderlings, Whiting Bay, 9 Dec 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Black-headed Gull, 1st-winter, Whiting Bay, 9 Dec 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Bluethroat, 1st-winter male, Clonea Strand, 5 Dec 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Purple Sandpiper, Clonea Strand, 4 Dec 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Sanderling, Clonea Strand, 4 Dec 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Bluethroat, 1st-winter male, Clonea Strand, 4 Dec 2011 © RMcLaughlin |
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| Buff-bellied Pipit, Clonea Strand, 4 Dec 2011 © RMcLaughlin |
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| Buzzard, NW Waterford, 3 Dec 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Kingfisher, 1 Dec 2011 © D Clarke |
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