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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Balearic Shearwater totals by site 2010

A quick tally from Irish Birding, Bird Forum's Seawatch 2010 thread, Bird Forum's Galway thread & Waterford Birds gives the following totals of birds (or bird-days) by seawatch site since January, up to midday today:

Carnsore Point / Carne Beach (Wexford) 45 (41 on 8/8)
Bridge of Ross (Clare) 23
Balbriggan (Dublin) 11
Cape Clear (Cork) 11
Brownstown Head (Waterford) 10
Helvick Head (Waterford) 10
Galley Head (Cork) 8
Dalkey (Dublin) 3
Greystones (Wicklow) 3
Old Head of Kinsale (Cork) 2
Malin Head (Donegal) 2
Dublin Bay (Dublin) 2
Baile na hAbhainn (Galway) 2
Annagh Head (Mayo) 2
Ballycotton (Cork) 1
Dursey Island (Cork) 1 (1st Jan)
West Cork pelagic (Cork) 1
Annagh Head (Mayo) 2
Kilcummin Head (Mayo) 1
Ross Strand (Mayo) 1
Hook Head (Wexford) 1
Rosslare (Wexford) 1
total 143

Doubtless various others unreported or not included in above webpages. Waterford not doing too badly but some catching up to do - and maybe a further chance of Yelkouan-type Shearwater. Seawatching conditions looking good for later this week too...

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