Saturday, May 16, 2009

HELVICK HEAD: (Seawatch 19:15-20:45) 1 Adult SABINE'S GULL*, 11 Arctic Terns, 3 Storm Petrels, 1 Great Skua, 3 unidentified Skuas (probable Pomarines but uncertain due to distance) and 14 light phase Pomarine Skuas flew west. The flock of 14 were part of a larger flock originally found by D Clarke this evening. After resting in the bay for roughly an hour, the birds continued west. 1 unidentified cetacean was also seen briefly from the cove. ( MC )

*An adult Sabine's Gull - the same one? - was seen later the same evening off Ballycotton (Co Cork), 30+ km SW of Helvick.

BALLYNACOURTY POINT: 22+ Pomarine Skuas (DC).

CLONEA STRAND: 2 Spotted Flycatchers at Ballinclamper (DC).

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