FERRY POINT:  Great Northern Diver (ADM).

ARDMORE BAY:  Great Northern Diver (").

WEST WATERFORD:  2 Buzzards (").

DUNGARVAN: Ist-winter Glaucous Gull off Cunnigar car park (MC snr).

WATERFORD CITY: Chiffchaff feeding in garden, Francis Street (DS).

TRAMORE:  36 Gadwall, 11 Shoveler & 2 Coot at boating lake, male Goldeneye at Lisselan (JF).

SEAFIELD/BUNMAHON: CATTLE EGRET still present (DW).

DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL now roosting below bridge at Killongford, 4 Goldeneye (1 male 3 female) at Ballyneety (JAP, FO'C).

CLONEA STRAND: Whimbrel (").

TRAMORE: Glaucous Gull immature & 6 Shoveler on boating lake (JB), also adult Ring-billed Gull (video) (DW)..

WATERFORD HARBOUR: c30 Sanderling on Woodstown beach (").

ARDMORE: Female Common Scoter offshore (MC), Great Northern Diver & 2 Great Crested Grebes in Bay (NJB).

WHITING BAY: Tree Sparrow at Springfield Lower (MC),

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Great Skua & 20 Fulmars W, 2 Porpoises (seawatch 14:35-15:20, wind f.8 WSW, PMW).

TRAMORE:  1st-winter Glaucous Gull at boating lake (Daithi de Brun).

DUNGARVAN:  SPOONBILL & 5 Goldeneye in Western Bay, Great Northern Diver at quay (EB).

ARDMORE: Female Brambling at Curragh Beach, 2nd-winter Mediterranean Gull (CF).

DUNGARVAN: Merlin at Youghal Road (").

YOUGHAL HARBOUR / KINSALEBEG: 2nd-winter Iceland Gull at Ticknock (").

WHITING BAY: 10+ Tree Sparrows at Springhill Lower, 7 Stock Dove (").

HELVICK HEAD: 2 LITTLE AUKS west singly @ 1320 & 1324 (CF)



Friday, January 24, 2014

AT SEA:  3 Manx Shearwaters, 10 Great Skuas & 2 'Blue' Fulmars at sea between Mine Head & Dunmore East today (all well within sight of land) from R.V. Celtic Explorer (NTK).

BLACKWATER CALLOWS:  Kingfisher at Lismore, 38 Whooper Swans at Ballyduff Upper (DC).

WEST WATERFORD:  Buzzards at 2 locations (").

BALLYSHUNNOCK RESERVOIR:  Kingfisher (").

COOLFIN:  30 Whooper Swans (").

KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR:  Male RING-NECKED DUCK still present (MC).

TRAMORE:  Chiffchaff at west end of beach; 1st-winter Glaucous Gull, 10 Shoveler, 18 Gadwall & a Tufted Duck at boating lake (JF).

FERRY POINT (Youghal Harbour):  Glaucous Gull, 3+ Iceland Gulls & an adult Yellow-legged Gull (ADM).

KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR:  Male RING-NECKED DUCK still present (MC).

HELVICK:  Now 2 KUMLIEN'S GULLS (adult and, since yesterday, 1st-winter), also a 1st-winter Iceland Gull of nominate subspecies (RZ).

DUNGARVAN:  Green Sandpiper, 3 Chiffchaffs & an Otter at brickey canal (FO'C).

HELVICK:  2 1st-winter Iceland Gulls including a presumed KUMLIEN'S GULL (photos) (MC snr, MC, RZ).

TRAMORE BACKSTRAND:  Male Goldeneye at Lisselan (JF).

BOATSTRAND:  Adult Mediterranean Gull & Red-throated Diver (PMW).

BUNMAHON:  1+ Great Northern Diver (").

KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR:  Male RING-NECKED DUCK, 24 Tufted Duck & 24 Little Grebes (PMW).

BALLYSHUNNOCK RESERVOIR: 2 imm male Shoveler , 10 Tufted Duck & 64 Teal (").

DERRIGAL / COOLFIN:  32 Whooper Swans nr Derrigal cross (").

TIBBERAGHNY (Co Kilkenny):  32 Whooper Swans (").

KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: Male RING-NECKED DUCK in SE corner of main lake with 12 Tufted Duck, best viewed from new pontoon (Cf).

CLONEA BAY:  Black-throated Diver, Whimbrel & Purple Sandpiper at Ballinclamper (JAP, FO'C, BS).

BLACKWATER CALLOWS:  c60 Whooper Swans above Ballyduff (").

KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS:  4+ Red Grouse (").

SEAFIELD / BUNMAHON: CATTLE EGRET (CFo, SM).

DUNGARVAN: SPOONBILL & 4 Long-tailed Ducks (").

BUNMAHON: CATTLE EGRET still present (S. Millar).

Nr WHITING BAY: 10 Tree Sparrows at feeders, Springfield area at west end of bay (SMH, MC snr).

TRAMORE:  Adult Ring-billed Gull & possible 'Eastern' Jackdaw at boating lake - see video (RZ).

WHITING BAY:  9-10 Yellowhammer & 30+ Skylarks in stubble near middle carpark, 2 Tree Sparrows at west end of bay (JAP).

TRAMORE BACKSTRAND:  Merlin at Lisselan (JF).