HELVICK HEAD: 2 adult Pomarine Skuas, 2 Arctic Skuas & 1 immature Little Gull (seawatch 15:00-26:00, EAMacL).

HELVICK HEAD: 3-4 Sooty Shearwaters, 2 Arctic Skuas, 1 Pomarine Skua & 1 Bonxie (seawatch 11:00-13:30; FO'C, JAP).

Also on the Cunnigar today: 3 Pintail (1 male eclipse & 2 female), 3 Wigeon, 2 Brent Geese & large numbers of Wheatear & Dunlin (JAP).

Thursday, September 15, 2016

CLONEA:  113 Sandwich & 3 Common Terns at Ballinclamper, 13:30-13:55; 185 Sandwich Terns there at 15:00 (MC snr).

CLONEA: 120 Sandwich Terns & 1 Common Tern at Ballinclamper, 13:00-13:30 (MC snr).

DUNGARVAN: BAIRD'S Sandpiper looks like a juvenile; also juv Little Stint on the Cunnigar; 2 juv Curlew Sandpipers in a flock of hundreds of Dunlin & 1 Shoveler opp Nissan garage, Western Bay (JAP).

Also 1 Common Scoter & 1 Black Guillemot

CLONEA: 3 Roseate Terns, c225 Sandwich Terns & a few Common Terns at Ballinclamper (MC snr).

HELVICK HEAD: 1 Common Scoter, 1 Storm Petrel, 4 Pomarine Skuas, 7 Arctic Skuas, Porpoises & an influx of Painted Ladies in off sea (seawatch 16:00-17:15), also 3 Common Sandpipers on rocks (BS, FO'C, JAP)

DUNGARVAN: Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper in Western Bay; Kingfisher at Ballyneety (").

CLONEA BEACH: 5 Roseate Terns ("); 144 Sandwich & 8 Common Terns at Ballinclamper, 14:40-15:00; c310 terns, mainly Sandwich there at 16:30 (MC snr).

5 roseate tern

NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE: Stock Dove (BS, FO'C, JAP).

VARIOUS: total 87 species for the day (").

DUNGARVAN: 20 Great Crested Grebes off east side of the Cunnigar, 14:00 (PMW).

ARDMORE: Adult Mediterranean Gull, 7 White Wagtails & 3 Wheatears on Curragh strand/rocks, 13:05-13:25 (PMW).

RAM HEAD: Bonxie W, Arctic Skua & 2 Mediterranean Gulls (ad & 2-w) off-passage & just 220 Manx W (seawatch 18:00-19:15, PMW).

CLONEA BAY: 55 Sandwich Terns & 8 Common Terns at Ballinclamper, 14:00-14:30 (MC snr).

TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Adult Mediterranean Gull off Saleen (DS).

BROWNSTOWN HEAD:  WRYNECK still present (AA).

CLONEA BAY: Adult Mediterranean Gull, 2 Arctic Skuas, 165 Sandwich Terns, 15 Common Terns & 4 Bottlenose Dolphins at Ballinclamper, 13:15-13:45 (MC snr).

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: WRYNECK still present, 14:15 (AJ) and up to 16:15 (JF, AJ, KA, EAMacL), fairly mobile but still showing well.

CLONEA BAY:  17+ Roseate Terns at Ballinclamper this morning (CF); 84 Sandwich Terns & 39 Common Terns there, 12:00-12:30 (MC snr).

DUNGARVAN:  3 Curlew Sandpipers at Killongford (CF).

DUNGARVAN: 3+ Curlew Sandpipers, 4 2 Whimbrel & 5 Wheatears on the Cunnigar this morning (PV).

CLONEA BAY: Flock of 30+ wagtails (possibly White) flew through at Ballinard this evening but didn't land ").

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: WRYNECK still present along stream beyond end of main lane (MC).

CARRIGAVANTRY: 100+ Goldfinches (TM).

CLONEA BAY: 91 Sandwich Terns, 11:00-11:30 (MC snr).

HELVICK HEAD: Single large shearwater, Sooty Shearwater & pale-phase Arctic Skua (seawatch 15:00-17:00, PV).

CLONEA BAY: 3 White Wagtail at Ballinclamper (EAMacL).

DUNGARVAN: 1 Curlew Sandpiper opposite Topaz garage (").

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: WRYNECK at end of stream in way out to towers (MC); CORY'S SHEARWATER, GREAT SHEARWATER, 4 Sooty Shearwaters & 2-3 Arctic Skuas (seawatch 13:15-15:30, MC, DS).

RAM HEAD: 9 CORY'S SHEARWATERS (1st 13:07 last 17:58), 2 GREAT SHEARWATERS, 3 Sooty Shearwaters, 3350 Manx Shearwaters, 3 Arctic Skuas & 4 Puffins W (seawatch 13:00-18:00, NJB, PMW).

CLONEA BAY: Adult Mediterranean Gull & 55 Sandwich Terns at Ballinclamper, 17:00-17:30 (MC snr).

HELVICK HEAD: 2 Pomarine Skuas, 2-3 Arctic Skuas & a large feeding flock of Manx Shearwaters (seawatch 15:15-17:15, JAP).

DUNGARVAN: Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper at Killongford, subadult Yellow-legged Gull at Boreenatra, & Great Crested Grebes & Red-breasted Mergansers back in the harbour (").