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Saturday, October 22, 2011

HELVICK HEAD:
Black Redstart along road to high car-park (JAP, BS). 
Seawatch 08:30-11:30 (CF, JAP, BS):
Manx Shearwater: 3
Red-throated Diver: 1
Great Crested Grebe: 2
Common Scoter: 1 male W
Great Skua: 5
Pomarine Skua: 3 (1 adult & 2 1st-winters)
Arctic Skua: 10 (5 adults, 1 2nd-cal & 4 1st-winters)
Little Gull: 4 1st-winters
Common Tern: 2 adults
Gannet, Kittiwake, auks: large passage W

DUNGARVAN: party of 6 Great Northern Divers at Ballynagaul (JAP, BS).

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