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JANUARY 2013
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Thurs 31 Jan:
DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL nr pitch & putt course, Slavonian Grebe & Long-tailed Duck off Ballynacourty, another Long-tailed
Duck inside Cunnigar tip, & 3 Green Sandpiper at Brickey canal.
Weds 30 Jan:
DUNMORE EAST: 4 Iceland Gulls (2 2nd-winters & 2 1st-winters),
2 Glaucous Gulls (1st-winter & 2nd-winter) & a Mediterranean Gull.
Nr KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS: Female Hen Harrier.
Tues 29 Jan:
DUNGARVAN: Green Sandpiper at Brickey canal, Brambling & Blackcap at Strandside.
Mon 28 Jan:
DUNGARVAN: 2 Long-tailed Ducks off Lookout.
Sun 27 Jan:
DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL off pitch & putt course, Blackcap & 2 Bramblings at Strandside.
TRAMORE: Adult Ring-billed Gull at boating lake, 2 Blackcaps (male & female) at Pickardstown.
DUNMORE EAST: 1st-winter CASPIAN GULL (briefly), 1st-winter Iceland Gull & 2 Glaucous Gulls (1st-winter & 2nd-winter).
EAST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
Sat 26 Jan:
DUNMORE EAST: 1st-winter CASPIAN GULL (briefly), 2nd-winter
Iceland Gull, 2 Glaucous Gulls (1st-winter & 2nd-winter), Mediterranean Gull, 10 Purple Sandpipers and 2 Porpoises.
TRAMORE:
Adult Little Gull at strand, adult Ring-billed Gull at boating lake.
WATERFORD CITY: Blackcap at King's Channel.
ANNESTOWN:
2 Water Rails.
TIBBERAGHNY (Co Kilkenny): 282 Greylag Geese & 36 Whooper Swans.
COOLFIN / DERRIGAL:
Green Sandpiper at Clodiagh Bridge, 18 Whooper Swans, 67 Greylag Geese & a hybrid
goose (Barnacle x?) at Derrigal cross.
DUNGARVAN: Female Blackcap at Strandside, Abbeyside.
BLACKWATER CALLOWS: 60 Whooper Swans nt Ballyduff.
DUNMORE EAST: 1st-winter CASPIAN GULL still present.
DUNMORE EAST: 1st-winter CASPIAN GULL (2nd county record) & 1st-winter Mediterranean
Gull.
DUNGARVAN: 2 female/immature Goosanders at Killongford, SPOONBILL
nr pitch & putt course, adult dark-bellied Brent Goose at Cunnigar tip, 1st-winter SURF
SCOTER inside Cunnigar tip, Slavonian Grebe & 2 Long-tailed Ducks
off Ballynacourty pier, & totals of 103 Great Crested Grebes & 12 Great Northern Divers around bay.
CLONEA STRAND:
350 Brent Geese, 6 Great Northern Divers & 11 Red-throated Divers.
LISMORE: Kingfisher.
WEST WATERFORD: 2 Buzzards.
Nr KILMACTHOMAS: 26 Yellowhammers.
TRAMORE: Adult Ring-billed Gull, 13 Gadwall &
5 Shoveler at boating lake.
RAM HEAD: 5 Common Scoter & 11 Red-throated Divers E, & 2 Fin Whales.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Spotted Redshank.
Nr WATERFORD CITY: Brambling at IDA Park, Cork Road.
Nr DUNGARVAN: Barn Owl.
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: Male RING-NECKED DUCK on small lake,
Shoveler & pair of Gadwall.
BALLYSHUNNOCK RESERVOIR: 35 Whooper Swans
TRAMORE: 14 Waxwings
at Ard na Groi estate, adult Ring-billed Gull, 26 Gadwall & 9 Shoveler at boating lake, Gadwall
at Lisselan, Fin Whale off Tramore Bay.
DUNMORE EAST: Mediterranean
Gull, 2 Glaucous Gulls (1st-winter & 2nd-winter) & 7 Purple Sandpipers.
WATERFORD BIRD-RACE: 2 teams recorded 91 & 92 species
heard or seen by 3+ observers (overall species total 103).
KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS: Red Grouse & Woodcock.
Nr WHITING BAY: Adult Mediterranean Gull & 2 Tree Sparrows.
HELVICK: 1st-winter Glaucous Gull & 6 Great Northern
Divers.
DUNGARVAN: 1st-winter male SURF SCOTER & 2 Long-tailed
Ducks off the Lookout, 2 Long-tailed Ducks off Ballinacourty, SPOONBILL
& Jack Snipe at the Cunnigar, 2 Brambling at Abbeyside &
10+ Great Northern Divers.
STRADBALLY COVE: Dipper.
BUNMAHON/SEAFIELD: Kingfisher.
BOATSTRAND:
1st-winter Glaucous Gull.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 2 Long-tailed Ducks.
Nr
WATERFORD CITY: Male Brambling at IDA estate, Cork Road.
DUNMORE EAST: Purple Sandpiper.
EAST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Short-eared Owl, 2 Kingfishers,
Shoveler & 31 Little Grebes at Lisselan.
Thurs 17 Jan:
DUNGARVAN: 1st-winter male SURF SCOTER still off the Lookout.
TRAMORE: 12 Waxwings at Crobally Heights.
DUNMORE EAST: 1st-winter Glaucous Gull.
Weds 16 Jan:
DUNMORE EAST: 1st-winter Glaucous Gull & Purple Sandpipers.
TRAMORE: Adult Ring-billed Gull & colour-ringed adult Mediterranean
Gull at boating lake (Med Gull ringed as a chick at Lady's Island Lake, Co Wexford in 2005 & last reported in
2007, again at Tramore).
BLACKWATER CALLOWS: 133 Whooper Swans.
Tues 15 Jan:
RAM HEAD: 5 Red-throated Divers.
Mon 14 Jan:
WATERFORD CITY: 2 Blackcaps (male & female) at Francis Street.
BLACKWATER CALLOWS: 73 Whooper Swans west of Lismore.
WEST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
Sun 13 Jan:
RAM HEAD: Merlin.
DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL roosting off pitch and putt course, 1st-winter male SURF
SCOTER off lookout, BLACK-NECKED GREBE off Ballinacourty, single Waxwing
feeding on berries on the Coolagh road roundabout, 3 Bramblings at Strandside, Abbeyside, &
2 Green Sandpipers at Brickey canal.
CLONEA STRAND: 2 Whimbrel at
Ballinclamper, 3 Great Northern Divers at Ballyvoyle.
BALLYVOONEY: Common Scoter
BROWNSWOOD (nr Portlaw):
Jay.
Nr WATERFORD CITY: Male Brambling at IDA Park, Cork Road.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND:
3 Long-tailed Ducks at Backstrand, Merlin at boating lake.
DUNMORE
EAST: 1st-winter Glaucous Gull & 4 Purple Sandpipers.
EAST WATERFORD: 2 Buzzards.
Sat 12 Jan:
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Spotted Redshank.
DUNGARVAN: BLACK-NECKED GREBE off Gold Coast, 5 Common Scoter off Ballynacourty
pier, dark-bellied Brent Goose at Duckspool.
DRUM HILLS: Woodcock over N25 nr Coolroe.
Fri 11 Jan:
DUNGARVAN: 1st-winter male SURF SCOTER off Lookout.
BALLYVOONEY: Common Scoter.
TRAMORE: Adult Ring-billed Gull, 3 Shoveler & 31 Gadwall at boating lake.
Thurs 10 Jan:
TRAMORE: Ring-billed Gull, Shoveler & 25 Gadwall
at boating lake.
LEMYBRIEN: Woodcock over the N25.
BLACKWATER CALLOWS: 142 Whooper Swans, Lismore to west of Ballyduff.
WEST WATERFORD: 2 Buzzards.
Weds 9 Jan:
SOUTH KILKENNY: Buzzard.
TRAMORE: Ring-billed Gull & 24 Gadwall at boating lake.
KILBARRY BOG (nr Waterford city): Kingfisher & 25 Siskins
along Tramore Road walkway.
DUNGARVAN: 1st-winter male SURF SCOTER again off Lookout,
female Blackcap in Dungarvan town.
HELVICK HEAD: 20 Common Dolphins.
RAM HEAD: 3 Red-throated Divers W & 30 Common Dolphins.
DUNGARVAN TOWN: 5 Waxwings at Byrneville, male Brambling at Abbeyside.
SEAFIELD (nr Bunmahon): 2 Green Sandpipers.
Nr CASTLE DODARD: Woodcock.
KEEREEN (nr Clashmore): 10 Whooper Swans.
DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL off pitch & putt
course, BLACK-NECKED GREBE off Ballynacouty pier.
CLONEA STRAND: Whimbrel at Ballinclamper.
Nr MOTHEL / CLONEA POWER: Male Hen Harrier.
TRAMORE: 10 Waxwings at Ard na Groi estate, adult dark-bellied
Brent Goose, 4 Shoveler & 2 Goldeneye at Lisselan, 2 Gadwall nr spits, 4 Shoveler & 35 Gadwall at boating lake.
DUNMORE
EAST: Purple Sandpiper.
Nr WATERFORD CITY: Male Brambling at Holycross
/ IDA park, Cork Road.
BLACKWATER VALLEY: 12 Stock Doves & 40+ Yellowhammers at Newport East.
DUNGARVAN: BLACK BRANT & 3 Long-tailed
Duck off pitch & putt course, Chiffchaff at Brickey canal, 60+ Snipe at Killongford
pool.
BALLYVOONEY COVE: Common Scoter.
TRAMORE: 14 Waxwings at Seafield cul-de-sac.
DUNMORE
EAST: 5 Purple Sandpipers.
Nr WATERFORD CITY: Male Brambling at IDA park,
Cork Road.
BLACKWATER CALLOWS: 140 Whooper Swans & 2 Shoveler.
WHITING BAY: Tree Sparrow.
ARDMORE: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (adult & 2nd-winter).
DUNGARVAN:
BLACK-NECKED GREBE off Ballynacourty pier, 1st-winter male SURF SCOTER
off Lookout.
TRAMORE: 15 Waxwings at Seafield, 29 Gadwall & a Shoveler at boating
lake.
Thurs 3 Jan:
DUNMORE EAST: 2nd-winter Glaucous Gull ( video) & 5 Purple Sandpipers.
TRAMORE: 15 Waxwings (video) at Seafield cul-de-sac, Tramore town; 24 Gadwall & 2 Long-tailed Duck.
BLACKWATER CALLOWS: 168 Whooper Swans (119 Lismore-Ballyduff, 49 west of Ballyduff).
Weds 2 Jan:
TRAMORE TOWN: 15 Waxwings nr Newtown Hill
estate.
EAST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
Tues 1 Jan:
RAM HEAD: 2 Pomarine Skuas & 2
Porpoises.
DRUM HILLS: Male Hen Harrier.
DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL off the pitch & putt
club, BLACK BRANT in pitch & putt grounds, 1st-winter male SURF SCOTER
off the Lookout, Green Sandpiper at Brickey canal, & Crossbill
nr Gold Coast.
BUNMAHON: Green Sandpiper at Seafield.
KILMEADEN: 2 Jays.
PORTLAW: c300 Greylag Geese, 14 Whooper Swans
& a Green Sandpiper at Derrigal Cross.
MID
WATERFORD: 2 Buzzards.
TRAMORE: Adult Ring-billed Gull , 38 Gadwall
& 5 Shoveler at boating lake, Black Redstart & 2 Chiffchaffs
at W end of beach, 15 Waxwings at Seafield estate, Spotted Redshank,
Long-tailed Duck & Shoveler at Backstrand,
& Kingfisher at Clohernagh.
DUNMORE EAST: 6 Purple Sandpipers.
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| Long-tailed Duck, the Lookout, Dungarvan, 31 Jan 2013 © AD Malcolm |
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| © AD Malcolm |
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| Iceland Gull, 2nd-winter, Dunmore East, 30 Jan 2013 © R Zamora |
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| © R Zamora |
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| Green Sandpiper, Brickey canal, 29 Jan 2013 © D Clarke |
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| Caspian Gull, 1st-winter, Dunmore East, 27 Jan 2013 videograb © P Archer |
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| Blackcap, male, Pickardstown, Tramore, 27 Jan 2013 © N McCarthy |
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| Blackcap, female, Pickardstown, Tramore, 27 Jan 2013 © N McCarthy |
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| Iceland Gull, 1st-winter, Dunmore East, 27 Jan 2013 © R Zamora |
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| © R Zamora |
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| Iceland Gull, 2nd-winter, Dunmore East, 26 Jan 2013 © M Cowming |
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| Glaucous Gull, 1st-winter, Dunmore East, 26 Jan 2013 © M Cowming |
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| Blackcap, female, Strandside, Dungarvan, 26 Jan 2013 © D Clarke |
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| Lesser Redpoll, Strandside, Dungarvan, 26 Jan 2013 © D Clarke |
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| Siskin, Strandside, Dungarvan, 26 Jan 2013 © D Clarke |
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| Whooper Swans, near Ballyduff, 26 Jan 2013 © D Clarke |
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| Caspian Gull, 1st-winter, Dunmore East, 24 Jan 2013 © P Archer |
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| © P Archer |
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| © P Archer |
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| © P Archer |
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| Mediterranean Gull, 1st-winter, Dunmore East, 24 Jan 2013 © P Archer |
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| Chough, Ballinclamper, Clonea Strand, 24 Jan 2013 © AD Malcolm |
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| Grey Plover & Redshank, Ballinclamper, Clonea Strand, 24 Jan 2013 © AD Malcolm |
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| Kingfisher, Lismore canal, 24 Jan 2013 © D Clarke |
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| Fin Whale, Ram Head, 22 Jan 2013 © AD Malcolm |
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| © AD Malcolm |
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| © AD Malcolm |
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| Oystercatcher, colour-ringed, Ardmore strand, 22 Jan 2013 © AD Malcolm |
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| © AD Malcolm |
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| Ring-billed Gull, adult, Tramore boating lake, 20 Jan 2013 © N McCarthy |
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| Red-breasted Mergansers, Tramore Backstrand, 20 Jan 2013 © N McCarthy |
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| Mediterranean Gull, adult with Black-headed Gulls, Dunmore East, 20 Jan 2013 © R Zamora |
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| © R Zamora |
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| © R Zamora |
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| Glaucous Gull, 2nd-winter, Dunmore East, 20 Jan 2013 © R Zamora |
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| Black-headed Gull, 1st-winter, Tramore, 18 Jan 2013 © T McParland |
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| Buzzard feeding on earthworms, west Waterford, 18 Jan 2013 © D Clarke |
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| © D Clarke |
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| Glaucous Gull, 1st-winter, Dunmore East, 17 Jan 2013 © R Zamora |
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| © R Zamora |
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| © R Zamora |
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| © R Zamora |
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| Common Gull, colour-ringed, Tramore boating lake, 17 Jan 2013 © R Zamora |
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| Ring-billed Gull, Tramore boating lake, 16 Jan 2013 © P Archer |
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| Mediterranean Gull, colour-ringed adult, Tramore boating lake, 16 Jan 2013 © P Archer |
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| Herring Gull, net-entangled 1st-winter, Dunmore East, 16 Jan 2013 © P Archer |
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| Bramblings (with Greenfinches & Chaffinches), Abbeyside, Dungarvan, 13 Jan 2013 © D Clarke |
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| © D Clarke |
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| Waxwing, Coolagh Rd, Dungarvan, 13 Jan 2013 © R Zamora |
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| © R Zamora |
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| Buzzard, east Waterford, 13 Jan 2013 © R Zamora |
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| © R Zamora |
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| Great Northern Diver, juvenile/first-winter, Ferry Point, 11 Jan 2013 © T Kennedy |
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| Brent Geese, including colour-ringed 'BK', Curragh, Ardmore, 11 Jan 2013 © AD Malcolm |
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| Glaucous Gull, 2nd-winter, Dunmore East, 3 Jan 2013 © D Weldon |
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| Green Sandpiper, Brickey canal, Dungarvan, 1 Jan 2013 © D Clarke |
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| © D Clarke |
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| Surf Scoter, 1st-winter male, Dungarvan, 1 Jan 2013 © D Clarke |
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| Waxwing, Tramore, 1 Jan 2013 © R Zamora |
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| Purple Sandpipers, Dunmore East, 1 Jan 2013 © R Zamora |
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| © R Zamora |
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