August 2008
Sun 31 Aug:
Nr WOODSTOWN: Buzzard.
BALLINARD: Juvenile Mediterranean Gull.
CLONEA STRAND: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (adult &
a different juvenile) at Ballinclamper; adult had white darvic ring '3H97' on right leg. This had been ringed
as a chick in Denmark on 4 June 2005, and subsequently resighted in France in 2006 and at Clonea in August & September
2007.
Sat 30 Aug:
CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile Black Tern at Ballinclamper.
BALLINARD: Brent Goose.
DUNGARVAN: Green Sandpiper at Ballyneety.
HELVICK HEAD: Spotted Flycatcher.
WHITING BAY: 2 juvenile Little Gulls.
Weds 27 Aug:
DUNGARVAN: Green Sandpiper & Kingfisher
at Ballyneety.
CLONEA STRAND: Adult Mediterranean Gull
at Ballinclamper.
Tues 26 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: Great Skua and a 'ringtail' harrier species (probably Hen Harrier).
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Pied Flycatcher.
Sun 24 Aug:
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 56+ Little Egrets; Buzzard nearby.
BELLE LAKE: Water Rail.
Sat 23 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: 12 Sooty Shearwaters, 3 Storm Petrels, 5 Great Skuas, 2 Pomarine Skuas
& an Arctic Skua, and c150 Manx Shearwaters per hour (2 hrs seawatch 1300-1500 hrs).
DUNGARVAN; Juvenile Mediterranean Gull & c20 Common
Terns.
CLONEA STRAND: 2 Great Skuas & 6 Arctic
Terns at Ballinclamper.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Green Sandpiper at Clohernagh.
Fri 22 Aug:
Thurs 21 Aug:
Nr TRAMORE: 4 Buzzards.
Mon 18 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: 4 Sooty Shearwaters, 5 Storm Petrels, a Great Skua & 7 Common Scoter (seawatch 1830-2000 hrs).
Nr WATERFORD CITY: Buzzard south of the city.
Sun 17 Aug:
BELLE LAKE: Water Rail calling.
Sat 16 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: 3 Great Shearwaters &
a Sooty Shearwater in a strong passage of Manx Shearwaters, also 5 Great Skuas,
2 Arctic Skuas & 50+ Storm Petrels.
BALLINARD: 5 Common Scoters flew west.
ANNESTOWN STRAND: Common Sandpiper.
Thurs 14 Aug:
CLONEA STRAND: 3 Mediterranean Gulls (adult
+ 2 juveniles).
Weds 13 Aug:
HEVICK HEAD: 4 Storm Petrels.
Mon 11 Aug:
KNOCKNAGOUR, nr Lismore: Crossbill in garden.
Sun 10 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: 16+ Storm Petrels flew west in
an hour (1725-1825 hrs).
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 2 Green Sandpipers & 4 Common Sandpipers
at Clohernagh.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Hummingbird Hawk-moth.
Sat 9 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: CORY'S SHEARWATER, Storm
Petrel, Common Scoter, Great Skua, 3 Arctic Skuas, 5 Arctic
Terns & a Puffin (seawatch 0715-1100 hrs); also a Common Sandpiper.
DUNGARVAN: Juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Killongford estuary.
Fri 8 Aug:
WATERFORD CITY: Hummingbird Hawk-moth.
Thurs 7 Aug;
DUNGARVAN: Juvenile
Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee.
Weds 6 Aug:
ARDMORE: Adult Mediterranean Gull at Curragh
beach.
DUNGARVAN: 3 Mediterranean Gulls (juvenile & 2 adults)
at Barnawee.
CLONEA STRAND: Juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.
Mon 4 Aug:
CLONEA STRAND: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (adult &
2nd-summer) at Ballinclamper.
BELLE LAKE: 16 Sedge Warblers ringed.
Sun 3 Aug:
BELLE LAKE: Adult Reed Warbler ringed.
Sat 2 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: Pomarine Skua, Arctic
Skua & Storm Petrel.
RAM HEAD: 2 Storm Petrels & a Porpoise.
Fri 1 Aug:
HELVICK HEAD: 11 CORY'S
SHEARWATERS & 2 Arctic Skuas flew west (1755-1940 hrs).
