BELLE LAKE: Water Rail calling this evening (PMW).

HELVICK:  2nd-summer Glaucous Gull (FO'C).

CARRIGNAGOUR (nr Lismore):  Hummingbird Hawk-moth (CI).

BALLYSHUNNOCK: 2 Stock Doves. (MC)

CLONEA: Juvenile White Wagtail @ Ballinclamper. (")

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Whinchat along first hedge west from main lane below last house on right, 16:15 (MAD, PMW).

DUNGARVAN: Little Stint at the Cunnigar (SMH, CF); Ruff at Ballyneety, 8 Common Sandpipers at Killongford & Green Sandpiper at Brickey canal (BS, FO'C, JAP).

CALISO BAY: Spotted Flycatcher (").

EAST WATERFORD: Buzzard (MC).

DUNGARVAN:  Spotted Redshank again at the Cunnigar but got up & flew high west (FO'C).

DUNGARVAN: Green Sandpiper & Common Sandpiper at Ballyneety (FO'C).



Thursday, August 29, 2013

DUNGARVAN:  Adult-winter Spotted Redshank & juvenile Little Stint on the Cunnigar (FO'C).

ARDMORE: Whimbrel at Curragh (SH).

HELVICK: 2nd-summer Glaucous Gull (JAP).

ARDMORE:  10+ Mediterranean Gulls (JAP).

Nr WHITING BAY:  2 Tree Sparrows at Moord (").

ARDMORE:  Adult Mediterranean Gull at pier (MC sr).

DUNGARVAN: Ruff at Ballyneety (JAP).

BALLYVOYLE: Dipper & flock of 23+ Chough (").

RAM HEAD: 2 Sooty Shearwaters, Minke Whale, 10 Bottlenose Dolphins & 4 Porpoises  (seawatch 13.20-15.00, ADM)

DUNGARVAN: Juvenile Ruff, 2 juvenile Little Stints, adult Curlew Sandpiper & 5 Whimbrel at the Cunnigar (JAP).

KILMEADEN POOLS:  Juvenile Cuckoo & adult White Wagtail (MC).

RAM HEAD: Great Skua off-passage & 1020 Manx Shearwaters W (140+ feeding) (seawatch 9:35-11:35, PMW)

DUNGARVAN: Adult Mediterranean Gull at the Cunnigar. (MC, CF)

CLONEA: Wigeon @ Ballinclamper. (MC, MC Sr., PV)

DUNGARVAN: Juvenile Little Stint (video) and 2 juv Curlew Sandpipers at Cunnigar (MC, CF).

HELVICK HEAD:  Lesser Whitethroat, between carpark and seawatch cove on seaward side of path (LO'B).

CLONEA STRAND:  Common Sandpiper & 4 Whimbrel (").

DUNGARVAN:  Common Sandpiper at Barnawee bridge, more Whimbrel between the bridge and Gold Coast (").

ARDMORE: 4 Spotted Flycatchers at Dysert (SH).

TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Kingfisher at Clohernagh (JF).

CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper (MC sr).

RAM HEAD:

Seawatch 18.45-20.15 (CF, MC, MC sr)

Black Tern: 1 juv/1st/winter.

Great Skua: 3.

Manx Shearwater: c25.

CLONEA STRAND:  Common Sandpiper & 2 Whimbrel (LO'B).

DUNGARVAN:  Adult Ruff & 2 Little Terns at the Cunnigar (FO'C).

TRAMORE BOATING LAKE:  Adult Mediterranean Gull, Little Grebe with chick, & 7 Coots (JF).

ARDMORE: 3-4 adult Mediterranean Gulls at Curragh strand (ADM, AT).

RAM HEAD:

Seawatch 10:45-14:45 & 15:10-17:10 (wind 3-4 SW-WSW, PMW, ADM, AT)

Sooty Shearwater: 1 W at 16:57.

Great Skua: 1 E then on sea.

Puffin: 15 W.

Manx Shearwater: 23 E, 280 W.

Fulmar: 7 E, 61 W.

'Commic' Tern: 1 W.

Sandwich Tern: 10 E.

Large auks: 3 W.

RAM HEAD:

Seawatch 10:45-11:45 (wind 2-3 WSW, vis excellent, PMW)

Great Skua: 1 E

Puffin: 7 W.

Manx Shearwater: 8 E, 76 W.

Fulmar: 1 E, 11 W.

Sandwich Tern: 4 E.

Large auk: 1 W.

Gannet, Kittiwake: not counted.

DUNGARVAN: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee (MC snr).

DUNGARVAN: 2nd summer Glaucous Gull & adult Mediterranean Gull @ Ballyneety. (MC)

HELVICK HEAD: 4 Sooty Shearwaters, 6 Bonxies & 5 Puffins on seawatch, also an immature Little Gull off harbour wall (JAP, FO'C, RAW).

BROWNSTOWN HEAD:
Seawatch totals 07:10-09:10 (DS, AJ):
GREAT SHEARWATER: 1 W.
Storm Petrel: 1 W.
Great Skua: 2 W.
Manx Shearwater: 2 E, 562 W.
Fulmar: 22 E, 107 W.
Gannet: 35 E, 207 W.
Kittiwake: 4 E, 35 W.
Sandwich Tern: 18 W.
'Commic' Tern: 1 W.

HELVICK HEAD: totals 3 GREAT SHEARWATERS, 1 Balearic, 3 Sooty & c.1000 Manx Shearwaters, 6 Bonxie, 3 Storm Petrels and 20+ Puffin (CF).

RAM HEAD: Sooty Shearwater & 100+ Manx (seawatch 08:30-09:45, ADM).

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: GREAT SHEARWATER W at 08:01 on Seatrack seawatch (DS) - only 3rd site record.

TRAMORE BACKSTRAND:  4 Common Sandpipers & an Otter at Lisselan (DS).

IDA Park (nr Waterford city):  2 Spotted Flycatchers (").

IDA Park (nr Waterford city):  4+ Spotted Flycatchers - 2 adults feeding 2-3 juveniles (DS).

DUNGARVAN: 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls @  the Barnawee. (MC)

DUNGARVAN: Green Sandpiper @ Ballyneety. (MC)

ARDMORE:  4 Mediterranean Gulls (1st-summer & 3 adults) (ADM).

RAM HEAD:  4 Great Skuas in 10 minutes (").

DUNGARVAN: Juvenile Ruff (flew east high) and juv Mediterranean Gull on Cunnigar (MC, CF).

BALLYNACOURTY POINT: 11+ Bottlenose Dolphins (including 2 calves) at lighthouse (DC, ADM, AT).

TRAMORE BACKSTRAND:  Kingfisher, 2 Common Sandpipers & a Stock Dove at Lisselan (DS).

WEST WATERFORD PELAGIC (Youghal to south of Ram Head & Mine Head):  Quiet - final tallies 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 10+ Storm Petrels, 5+ Puffins, an Arctic Tern & 2+ porpoises, with very few Manx Shearwaters (09:00-17:00: DC, MAD, CF, SMH, AJ, AJe, ADM, FO'C, DO'S, JAP, PV, PMW, DW on 'Rebecca C' with Martin Colfer).

WEST WATERFORD PELAGIC: slow start so far - Sooty Shearwater, 2 Storm Petrels, 2 Puffins & just a few dozen Manxies by 11:30.

Nr DUNGARVAN: Barn Owl at 01:30 (JAP).

HELVICK: 2 Great Skuas. (MC)

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Off HELVICK HEAD:  15 Storm Petrels, 3 Pomarine Skuas, 3 Great Skuas, 4 Puffins, 8 Arctic Terns & 20-30 Manx Shearwaters seen from fishing boat 8 miles south of Helvick, 11:30-17:00 (FO'C).

GREAT NEWTOWN HEAD:  9 Common Sandpipers E (others calling from cliff base) & a Wheatear (AJ).

PORTLAW TOWN:  3rd Kingfisher of the day at bridge over River Clodiagh (SMH, MC snr).

POULDREW BRIDGE (nr Kilmeaden):  Kingfisher (SMH, MC snr).

EAST WATERFORD:  Buzzard (").

SEAFIELD (Bunmahon):  Kingfisher (SMH, MC snr).

Monday, August 05, 2013

TRAMORE BOATING LAKE:  2 Common Sandpipers & 9 Coot (JF).

DUNGARVAN:  Up to 1000 small waders on the Cunnigar this evening - 40:40:20 ratio of Dunlin / Ringed Plover / Sanderling, with good numbers of juveniles among Dunlin - also 4 Common Sandpipers, 12 Whimbrel & a Golden Plover (CF).

DUNGARVAN:  Green Sandpiper & 3 Mediterranean Gulls (2nd-summer & 2 adults including '3H97') at Ballyneety (MC).

HELVICK:  2nd-summer Glaucous Gull (").

ARDMORE:  2 adult Mediterranean Gulls (").

RAM HEAD:
Seawatch 16:30-19:00 (MC)
Sooty Shearwater: 2 W.
Great Skua: 1 W.
Common Scoter: 3 E.
Arctic Tern: 3 W.
Puffin: 1 W.
Minke Whale: 1.
Also a Common Lizard.

RAM HEAD: Sooty Shearwater west @ 16:30 (MC).

TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Stock Dove & Common Sandpiper at Lisselan (AJ).

CLONEA STRAND:  2 adult Roseate Terns at Ballinclamper (MC, CF, DW).

DUNGARVAN: 3 Mediterranean Gulls (2nd-summer & 2 adults including returning white 3H97) at Ballyneety bridge, 3 adult Meds at Barnawee (MC, CF, DW).

TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 3 Common Sandpipers at Clohernagh (DS).

BROWNSTOWN HEAD:

Seawatch 06:50-09:50 (DS, PMW, ADM, wind 3 W-WSW)

Great Skua: 1W.

Common Scoter: 3 E, 35 W.

Manx Shearwater: 14 E, 35 W.

Fulmar: 9 E, 20 W.

Gannet: 31 E, 152 W.

Curlew: 2 W.

Dunlin: 3 W (& 3 Dunlin or Sanderling W).

Kittiwake: 7 E, 69 W.

Sandwich Tern: 3 E, 25 W.

Black Guillemot: 1 E.

Large auk so: 19 E, 1 W.

Porpoise: 2.

RAM HEAD:

Seawatch (ADM et al):

Balearic Shearwater: 1.

Great Skua: 1.

Common Scoter: 57, incl group of 33 W.

ARDMORE: 5 Common Sandpipers at Curragh, 6 Mediterranean Gulls (4 2nd-summer & 2 adults include white '666' ring) (MC, CF, DW, ADM).

DUNGARVAN: Adult Mediterranean Gull over the town. (MC)

CLONEA STRAND:  2 Whimbrel at Ballinclamper (PV).

HELVICK HEAD:
Seawatch 19:00-20:40 (MC)
SABINE'S GULL: 1 W @ 20:33.
Puffin: 13.
Black Guillemot: 1.

HELVICK HEAD:
Seawatch 13:45-14;45 (MC, MC snr)
Great Skua: 1.
Mediterranean Gull: 1 adult.
Common Scoter: c27.