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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

HELVICK HEAD: Minke Whale & 7 Basking Sharks (AM).

DRUM HILLS: In Garrynagree / Scordaun area, male Cuckoo calling nr Scordaun, and totals of 10 Whitethroats (8 singing), 2 Sedge Warblers, 1 Blackcap & 7 Chiffchaffs singing, 18 Willow Warblers (16 singing), & 62 Painted Ladies (PMW).

RAM HEAD: Total of 169 apparently occupied Kittiwake nests in annually-monitored study plots covering most of the colony - a substantial (47%) increase compared with 115 nests in the same plots last year (PMW).

DUNGARVAN: 35 Little Egret nests at colony (Pat Smiddy).

BLACKWATER VALLEY: 33 Little Egret nests at main colony (PS).

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