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| Shoprt-eared Owl, near Cheekpoint, 30 Oct 2011 © A Harrington |
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| Great Crested Grebe, Ballynacourty pier, Dungarvan, 31 Oct 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Ring Ouzel, 1st-winter, Ardmore, 29 Oct 2011 © D Weldon |
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| Snow Bunting, Curragh, Ardmore, 27 Oct 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| partially leucistic Hooded Crow, Curragh, Ardmore, 27 Oct 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Merlin, Ram Head, 27 Oct 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Dark-bellied Brent Goose, the Cunnigar, Dungarvan, 25 Oct 2011 © C Flynn |
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| Snow Bunting, the Cunnigar, Dungarvan, 24 Oct 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Long-tailed tit, Brickey canal, Dungarvan, 24 Oct 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Chough, Curragh strand, Ardmore, 19 Oct 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Mediterranean Gull, adult, Curragh strand, Ardmore, 19 Oct 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Bar-tailed Godwits, Curragh strand, Ardmore, 19 Oct 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Black Redstart, Ballinclamper, 17 Oct 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Common Hawker, nr Lismore, 16 Oct 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Little Gull, juveniles, Clonea Strand, 14 Oct 2011 © P Archer |
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| Great Northern Diver, Clonea Strand, 14 Oct 2011 © P Archer |
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| Goldcrest, nr Lismore, 14 Oct 2011 © C Ind |
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| Buzzard, east Co Waterford, 13 Oct 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Ferret, old Kilmeaden roundabout, 13 Oct 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Crossbill, Carrignagour, 11 Oct 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Wryneck, Ballinclamper, Clonea strand, 7 Oct 2011 © P Sheridan |
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| Mediterranean Gull, Ardmore, 7 Oct 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Little Egret, juvenile, 7 Oct 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Brent Goose, 7 Oct 2011 © A Malcolm |
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| Black Redstart, Brownstown Head, 7 Oct 2011 © PM Walsh |
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| Antigastra catalaunalis, a migratory pyralid moth, Brownstown Head, 3 Oct 2011 © PM Walsh |
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| Blair's Shoulder-knot, Brownstown Head, 3 Oct 2011 © PM Walsh - 1st recorded in Co Waterford in 2010 |
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| Barred warbler, 1st-winter, Brownstown Head, 3 Oct 2011 © P Archer |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler, Helvick Head, 2 Oct 2011 © D Clarke |
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| Hymenia recurvalis, Brownstown Head, 1 Oct 2011 © PM Walsh - 1st Irish (with 4 Wexford same night) |
Part of a big arrival of migrant & vagrant moths, four individuals of this
migratory pyralid - Spolodea (Hymenia) recurvalis - were trapped at Kilpatrick sand dunes in Co Wexford and
one at Brownstown Head the night of 1st/2nd October - the first Irish records. A further two were trapped at Barnland, Co
Wexford the following night (2nd/3rd Oct), and one was seen by day at Ballagan Point, Co Louth on 3rd Oct. Full details at
www.mothsireland.com/migrants.htm.
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| Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Brownstown Head, 1 Oct 2011 © PM Walsh |
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