RECENT HIGHLIGHTS (see Recent Reports
for full details):
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER , Helvick Head, 22nd October 2025.
CATTLE EGRET near Tramore Backstrand, 19th October.
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, Brownstown Head, 17th-20th October.
FIRECREST, Fenor Bog, 17th-18th October.
HOBBY, Tramore Backstrand, 15th October.
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, Brownstown Head, 15th
October.
RADDE'S WARBLER (6th county record), Brownstown Head, 14th October.
RING-NECKED DUCK,
Knockaderry Reservoir, 12th October.
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, Brownstown Head, 12th October.
ISABELLINE WHEATEAR (1st county & 3rd Irish record), Clonea Bay, 5-9 October.
AMERICAN (BUFF-BELLIED) PIPIT (4th county record), Rathmoylan Cove, 6-7 October.
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (6th county record), Kinsalebeg, 5 October.
GLOSSY IBIS, Tramore Backstrand, 8 October.
2
SPOONBILLS, Tramore Backstrand, 8 October.
4
SABINE' GULLS, Clonea Bay, 6 October.
17+
GLOSSY IBISES, three locations, 6 October.
GLOSSY IBIS, Annestown, 4 October.
Grey Phalarope, Bunmahon, 3 October.
OSPREY, west Waterford, 3 October.
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| Number of bird species added to Co Waterford list each year 1970-2024 |
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| Guide to bird sites in Waterford |
Where to Watch ... Waterford Coast
For a copy of this article, published in the autumn 2008 issue of BirdWatch
Ireland's Wings magazine, click below:
wheretowatch
Waterfordbirds on Twitter:
A Twitter news service (waterfordbirds @watbirds) is available for rapid circulation
of bird news highlights for the county . See also brownstownbirds @brownstownbirds
for Brownstown Head sightings.
BirdTrack App:
For details of the free BirdTrack app for Android & iPhone, click here. All records are available to local/county bird recorders if you select that option when registering for BirdTrack (please
do!).
Bird
records - general request for sightings: The website compilers are always interested in sightings
- not just of scarcer migrant or winter visitors, but also counts or confirmed breeding records of commoner species.
Of particular value are sightings of uncommon residents like Barn Owl (precise breeding locations of sensitive species
will not be published online or elsewhere). In addition to any records included on the website, all records will
be added to a larger database of Waterford sightings, to help with ongoing assessment of local bird status (see What to report?). Please email (to reports at waterfordbirds.com) any sightings (recent
or from any year), or digital photos,
to the website compilers. We would also encourage you to sign up and contribute records to the online BirdTrack recording scheme covering Ireland and Britain.
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