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October 2012
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Tues 30 Oct:
DUNGARVAN: Grey Squirrel found dead on road
at Ringcrehy.
Mon 29 Oct:
BUNMAHON: Kingfisher.
CLONEA STRAND: 2 Black
Redstarts & Whimbrel at Ballinclamper, 4 Great Northern Divers & 2 Fin Whales.
DUNGARVAN:
Female Eider at Ballynacourty, 15 Redwing at Brickey canal, male Hen Harrier
at Ring.
HELVICK HEAD: 2 Merlins
& 3 Fin Whales.
RING: RAM HEAD: 2nd-winter Mediterranean
Gull & 2 Fin Whales.
ARDMORE: 3 Mediterranean Gulls
(2nd-winter & 2 adults) in bay, 15+ Tree Sparrows at Goat Island road.
WHITING BAY:
2 Mediterranean Gulls (adult & 2nd-winter).
Sun 28 Oct:
DUNGARVAN: Red Kite flew
east at Cunnigar, female Eider off Gold Coast, 9 Crossbills at Gold
Coast golf-course, Black Redstart at Ballynacourty, Kingfisher
at Ballyneety, 3 Green Sandpipers at Brickey canal, 2 Shoveler & 2 Spotted
Redshanks at Killongford.
HELVICK HEAD: Fin Whale, Minke Whale
& 30-40 Common Dolphins.
DUNMORE EAST: 1st-winter Mediterranean
Gull.
Sat 27 Oct:
WHITING BAY: 5 White-fronted Geese E &
3 Mediterranean Gulls (adult, 1st-winter & 2nd-winter).
RAM HEAD: 2 Red-throated Divers & Porpoise.
ARDMORE: 30 Tree Sparrows at Goat Island, Merlin at
Ballyquin.
EAST WATERFORD: 3 Buzzards.
BALLYSHUNNOCK RESERVOIR: Green Sandpiper & 7 Whooper Swans.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Adult White-fronted Goose, Whooper Swan, 4 Shoveler & 11 Gadwall at Lisselan.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 2 adult White-fronted
Geese, 5 Shoveler, 9 Gadwall & a Merlin at Lisselan.
SEAFIELD: Crossbill.
NIRE VALLEY: Merlin.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER
& 4 Blackcaps.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Short-eared Owl
at Lisselan.
Nr WATERFORD CITY: 11 Redwing at IDA park, Cork Road.
BUNMAHON: White-fronted Goose
& 32 Greylag Geese E.
AT SEA: 22 Great Skuas, Fin Whale & up to160 Common Dolphins offshore between Helvick Head &
Ballycotton.
Weds 24 Oct:
LISMORE: 4+ Barnacle Geese (feral/introduced?)
& a Jay.
AT SEA (2-7 miles offshore between Hook Head & Helvick Head): 12 Great Skuas, Black Redstart, Blackcap, 2 Redwings, 2 Minke
Whales & 18+ Common Dolphins from R.V. Celtic Voyager.
Tues 23 Oct:
SEAFIELD: Ring Ouzel.
HELVICK HEAD: 6 Sooty Shearwaters, 14
Great Skuas & 2 Arctic Skuas.
Mon 22 Oct:
CLONEA STRAND: Great Northern Diver & 15+ Choughs.
HELVICK HEAD: 15 Great Skuas, 3 Pomarine
Skuas, 4 Arctic Skuas, 3 Common Scoter, large whale species
& Ocean Sunfish (seawatch 15:00-17:00).
CLONEA STRAND: 2 Great
Skuas, adult Mediterranean Gull, 2 Great Northern Divers, Whimbrel, 27 Choughs & Ocean Sunfish, Ballinclamper.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 1st-winter male Eider
on sea, 4 Great Northern Divers W (1 E), 4 Red-throated Divers (3 on sea, 1 W), 15 Common Scoter E (1 W) &
a 2nd-winter Mediterranean Gull. (seawatch 08:50-11:50), male Blackcap.
BLACKWATER CALLOWS: 2 drake Shoveler.
CAPPOQUIN: 3 Jays.
WEST WATERFORD: 2 Buzzards.
HELVICK HEAD: 3 Porpoises.
DUNGARVAN: 2 female Common Scoter at Ballinacourty, 2 Green
Sandpipers at Brickey canal.
CLONEA STRAND: Great Northern Diver & Whimbrel at Ballinclamper.
ARDMORE:
6 Mediterranean Gulls (2 adult & 4 1st-winter) & Green Sandpiper at
Curragh Beach.
CLONEA: Great Northern Diver & Whimbrel.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Merlin, 4 Shoveler (1 male),
3 Gadwall & 36 Little Grebes at Lisselan, total 580+ Brent Geese.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Merlin & late Willow Warbler
Fri 19 Oct:
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Grey Phalarope inside
seawall at Lisselan (video), also 2 Kingfishers, 4 Shoveler & 7 Whooper Swans.
CLONEA STRAND: Merlin, 8+ White
Wagtails & 50+ Choughs at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: Great Northern Diver at Ballynacourty.
Thurs 18 Oct:
CLONEA STRAND: 3+ White Wagtails & 20+
Choughs at Ballinclamper.
AT SEA (Western Approaches off Co Waterford): Snow
Bunting, Merlin, 40 Great Skuas, 3 Sooty
Shearwaters & 6 Puffins.
Weds 17 Oct:
BUNMAHON: Juvenile SABINE'S GULL & 1st-winter
Little Gull (seawatch 17:00-18:00).
Tues 16 Oct:
HELVICK HEAD: BLYTH'S REED WARBLER still present
at same location, also 2 Jays.
TRAMORE: 8 Gadwall at boating lake.
Mon 15 Oct:
HELVICK HEAD: BLYTH'S REED WARBLER (1st
county record) at farm along eastern road up to high car-oark, also 2 Ring Ouzels.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 7 Whooper Swans, 2 Shoveler & a Kingfisher
at Lisselan.
Sun 14 Oct:
ARDMORE: 2nd-winter Mediterranean Gull at Curragh.
RAM HEAD: 4 Fin Whales, 2 Risso's
Dolphins & 50 Common Dolphins.
KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS: Merlin at the Vee.
Sat 13 Oct:
ARDMORE: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER at the Round
Tower, 2 Mediterranean Gulls (adult & 2nd-winter) at Curragh.
WEST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Mediterranean Gull at Riverstown, White Wagtail at Pickardstown.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Tree Sparrow.
WATERFORD CITY: 2 Jays W over Collins Avenue.
Fri 12 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Reed Warbler.
Thurs 11 Oct:
DUNGARVAN: Green Sandpiper at Brickey canal.
BLACKWATER
VALLEY: 2 Jays near Camphire, Red Squirrel at Newport East.
WHITING BAY: 2nd-winter
Mediterranean Gull.
WEST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
Weds 10 Oct:
BLACKWATER VALLEY: OSPREY.
ARDMORE: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER & Redstart along Goat Island road, adult Mediterranean Gull at Curragh.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Blackcap.
Tues 9 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD:
Blackcap & Tree Sparrow.
Mon 8 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD:
5 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaffs, 12 Goldcrests, 60+ Swallows & 5+ House Martins.
Sun 7 Oct:
DUNGARVAN: Spotted Redshank at Ballyneety.
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: 2 Scaup.
Nr
LEMYBRIEN: Jay.
DUNGARVAN: 16 Wheatears & 2 Blackcaps at the Cunnigar.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Blackcap,
40+ Redpolls (19 ringed) & 3 Siskins.
Sat 6 Oct:
ARDMORE: Pied Flycatcher at St Declan'sWell.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 3 Blackcaps, 3 Chiffchaffs, 41 Redpolls,
850+ Swallows (including 800+ E 10:40-11:40); Great Northern Diver & Common Scoter E & W, 28 Brent Geese W, 2 Great Skuas & a Porpoise (seawatch 08:20-10:20).
Fri 5 Oct:
RAM HEAD: 2
Great Skuas & 2 Arctic Skuas W, 2 Red-throated Divers E, 20 Common Dolphins & 4 Fin Whales (seawatch 09.50 to 12.50), later a Canada Goose flew past.
ARDMORE: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Curragh.
KNOCKADERRY
RESERVOIR: 2 Scaup still present.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 10 Crossbills
W, 15+ Redpolls & 200+ Swallows.
PORTALLY COVE: White Wagtail.
Thurs 4 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD:
17 Crossbills W, Blackcap, 2 Willow Warblers, 5 Chiffchaffs, 75 Meadow Pipits, 2 Siskins
& 6+ Redpolls.
KILMEADEN: Jay.
EAST WATERFORD: Buzzard.
BALLYMACARBRY:
Long-eared Owl.
Weds 3 Oct:
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR:
2 juvenile Scaup.
BONMAHON: 2 Green Sandpipers.
ARDMORE:
White Wagtail at Curragh.
CLONEA STRAND: 4 White Wagtails at
Ballinclamper.
Tues 2 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD:
Arctic Skua W, White Wagtail & 26 Choughs.
KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS
(Co Tipperary): 17 Crossbills & 9 Jays on Tipperary side of the Vee.
Mon 1 Oct:
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR:
2 juvenile Scaup.
RATHMOYLAN: White Wagtail.
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| Mediterranean Gull, adult (metal-ringed), Ardmore, 29 Oct 2012 © PM Walsh |
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| Mediterranean Gull, 2nd-winter, Ardmore, 29 Oct 2012 © PM Walsh |
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| © PM Walsh |
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| Kingfisher, Bunmahon, 29 Oct 2012 © D Clarke |
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| Redwing, Brickey canal, 29 Oct 2012 © D Clarke |
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| Sparrowhawk, Ballynacourty Point, 28 Oct 2012 © D Clarke |
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| White-fronted Goose, adult, Lisselan, Tramore Backstrand, 27 Oct 2012 © D Weldon |
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| Merlin, Nire Valley, 26 Oct 2012 © D Clarke |
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| Kestrel, Nire Valley, 26 Oct 2012 © D Clarke |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler, Brownstown Head, 25 Oct 2012 © P Archer |
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| © P Archer |
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| Barnacle Goose, Lismore, 24 Oct 2012 © SM Hogan |
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| Ringed Plover, col-rgd 1st-winter, Curragh, Ardmore, 20 Oct 2012 © SM Hogan green Lbelow blue Rabove |
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| Mediterranean Gull, adult, Curragh, Ardmore, 20 Oct 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| Mediterranean Gull, 2nd-winter, Curragh, Ardmore, 20 Oct 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| Great Northern Diver, Curragh, Ardmore, 20 Oct 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| Jay, Cappoquin, 20 Oct 2012 © D Clarke |
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| Buzzard, west Waterford, 20 Oct 2012 © D Clarke |
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| © D Clarke |
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| Grey Phalarope, 1st-winter, Lisselan, Tramore Backstrand, 19 Oct 2012 © D Sinnott |
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| © D Sinnott |
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| Mediterranean Gull, 2nd-winter, Curragh, Ardmore, 14 Oct 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| Sparrowhawk, 2nd-calendar-year male, Brownstown Head, 13 Oct 2012 © PM Walsh |
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| Lesser Redpoll, Brownstown Head, 7 Oct 2012 © PM Walsh |
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| © PM Walsh |
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| Goldcrest, Brownstown Head, Oct 2012 © PM Walsh |
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| Buzzard, east Waterford, 4 October 2012 © D Clarke |
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| © D Clarke |
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| Grey Wagtail, Curragh, Ardmore, 3 October 2012 © AD Malcolm |
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| Scaup, juveniles(?), Knockaderry Reservoir, 2 October 2012 © M Dennehy |
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