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Saturday, May 04, 2013

KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS:  Hen Harrier (ADM).

EAST WATERFORD:  3 Buzzards (TO'M).

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 2 Tree Sparrows, 3 Whitethroats singing (PMW).

TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 300+ Whimbrel, Lisselan fields & backstrand (JF).
DUNGARVAN: Male Long-tailed Duck off Quann's (MC snr).

DUNMORE EAST to PORTALLY cliff-walk: Porpoise off Black Knob, Common Lizard (tailless) at Portally, Wheatear along clifftop (MAD, PMW).
KILBARRY BOG: 5 Wheatears (2 male, 3 female), Waterford nature park. 1 male Blackcap, 2 Willow Warblers & 4 Sedge Warblers, river walkway opposite park (JF).
BROWNSTOWN HEAD:
Seawatch 07:50-09:20 (wind 3 SW, PMW)
Great Skua: 1 E
Great Northern Diver: ad summer on sea
Red-throated Diver: 1 W (imm), 1 E (ad summer)
Manx Shearwater: 20 E, 5 W, 15+ feeding
Fulmar: 31 W
Gannet: 16 E, 48 W
Whimbrel: 7 W
Dunlin: 6 W
Kittiwake: 26 E, 25 W
Sandwich Tern: 2 E, 54 W
Razorbill: 16 W
Guillemot: 2 W
Large auk species: 13 E, 6 W

Friday, May 03, 2013

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Great Skua W, adult light-phase Arctic Skua loitering & 7 Whimbrel W (seawatch 19:00-19:45, wind 6 SW), another 10 Whimbrel in fields (MAD, PMW)
DRUMLOHAN: Stock Dove (PMW).
HELVICK HEAD: 2 Puffins W singly (seawatch 13:15-13:45, wind 5 SW, MAD, PMW).
BALLYSHUNNOCK RESERVOIR: 2 Common Sandpipers (MC).

KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: 2 Gadwall (male & female) (").

Nr DUNHILL POOLS: 5-6 Whimbrel in fields (").

Thursday, May 02, 2013

CARRIGAVRANTRY: 63 Whimbrel this evening (LR).
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 2 Blackcaps (m & f - male ringed), Sedge Warbler, 4 Whitethroats, 6+ Willow Warblers, 3 Wheatears, pair of Tree Sparrows & 8 Whimbrel, 0600-1330 (PMW). 

Wednesday, May 01, 2013

BALLYVOYLE: 2 Dippers & a Great Northern Diver (summer plumage) (JF).

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Sedge Warbler & adult summer Great Northern Diver (PMW).
BLACKWATER VALLEY: 2 Reed Warblers at Raheen Quay, Clashmore (ADM).

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Tree Sparrow, 2 Whitethroats & 10 Wheatears best this evening (MC).
WATERFORD CITY: Grasshopper Warbler singing in Ballygunner at lunchtime (PA).
Nr LISMORE: Treecreeper singing at Glencairn / Castlerichard Cross Roads, pair of Swifts at Glencairn Abbey, pair of Stock Doves at Ballyvecane, 6 singing Blackcaps Lismore to Glencairn (PMW).

LISMORE:  2+ Swifts over town (").
Nr TALLOWBRIDGE: 3 Jays (including a pair) at Knockroe wood, 10:45-12:30 (PMW).
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Nice morning on the head but quiet - 6-8 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap,  small nos of Willow Warbler & Chiffchaff (PA).
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Whitethroat, 3 Sedge & 2 Willow Warblers, 2 Wheatear and 97 Whimbrel at Lisselan; 5 Long-tailed Ducks feeding off the spits at the backstrand (DS)

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

CARRIGAVRANTRY: 3 singing Blackcaps & a Stoat this eve (LR).
EAST WATERFORD:  Buzzard (MC).

KILL:  Stock Dove (").

SEAFIELD (nr Bunmahon):  Green Sandpiper (DW).