Winter Atlas species gaps

With just 2 weekends left to the end of the 4-year winter atlas survey (2007/08-2010/11), there are still some obvious gaps in the Waterford maps for a range of species - Raven on Helvick Head (X38) - just added! (thanks to CF), Dunnock and Robin at the tip of Ardmore Head (X27), and owls just about everywhere, to mention just a few. Full details here.

So far, square X29 (most of Dungarvan) has the highest winter species total for Co Waterford, at 131 full species - one of the highest in Ireland, beaten only by 3 squares: X07 (144 species Ballymacoda area, Co Cork), W86 (135 Great Island/Cork Harbour), T02 (134 species Wexford Wildfowl Reserve). Other Irish squares with 120 winter species so far are W02 (121 Sherkin Island Co Cork), T10 (121 Lady's Island / Carnsore Co Wexford), O23 (122 Dublin Bay / North Bull), C32 (122 Inch Co Donegal), O25 (125 Rogerstown Co Dublin), M22 (126 Nimmo's Pier Co Galway), T00 (129 Tacumshin/Lady's Island Lake Co Wexford), O30 (130 Blackditch reserve Co Wicklow), and W33 (130 Galley Head Co Cork). All figures provisional, derived from the Bird Atlas 2007-2011 website supplemented by some records not yet shown there (updates in progress for sites on the south coast).

Provisional species-totals by 10-km square (see list/key and map):

GridRef	Species
X29 (Dungarvan area)	131
S60 (Tramore/Dunmore East)	111
X17 (Ardmore/Whiting Bay)	108
X39 (Clonea/Ballyvoyle)	100
S50 (Tramore/Ballyscanlan)	98
X28 (Drum Hills/Mine Head)	98
X08 (Rincrew/Clashmore)	96
X18 (Clashmore)	86
X09 (Lismore/Camphire)	85
S40 (Ballyshunnock/Knockaderry)	82
X49 (Bunmahon)	80
X69 (Brownstown Head/Ballymacaw)	79
X38 (Helvick Head)	76
S41 (Coolfin/Portlaw)	72
X59 (Great Newtown Head/Kilfarrasy)	72
X19 (Cappagh/Drum Hills)	63
S30 (Lemybrien/Mahon Falls)	56
S20 (Monavullagh Mountains)	54
S00 (Knockmealdown Mountains)	52
X27 (Ardmore/Ram Head tip)	48
R90 (Araglin area)	43
S21 (Comeragh Mountains)	43
S10 (Knockmealdowns/Mt Melleray)	40
S31 (Rathgormuck/Coumshingaun)	39