Bird records Co Waterford July-August 2007

Waterford bird records July-August 2007 (details subject to verification or correction)

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See migrant Lepidoptera page also (highlights below)

August 2007

Mon 27 Aug:

CLONEA STRAND: 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls at Ballinclamper.

Sun 26 Aug:

BELLE LAKE: 2 juvenile Reed Warblers & 18 Sedge Warblers ringed, Water Rail calling.

Sat 25 Aug:

HELVICK HEAD: Spotted Flycatcher.

GLENDOG (nr Ballylemon): Spotted Flycatcher.

CLONEA STRAND: 2 Roseate Terns (adult + juvenile) at Ballinclamper.

BELLE LAKE: Juvenile Reed Warbler & 20 Sedge Warblers ringed, Water Rail calling.

Sun 19 Aug::

BELLE LAKE: Water Rail.

Sat 18 Aug:

HELVICK HEAD: CORY'S SHEARWATER, Balearic Shearwater, 5-6 Sooty Shearwaters. 6-7 Storm Petrels, Arctic Skua & lots of Common Dolphins.

DUNGARVAN: Ruff & Mediterranean Gull at Killongford, 2 Mediterranean Gulls at Ballyneety. Also, a colour-marked Black-tailed Godwit seen here today had been ringed as an adult male at the Tagus Estuary, Portugal on 22.02.07 , and was also seen at the Medway Estuary, Kent, SE England on 1 & 4.04.07.

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Convolvulus Hawk-moth.

Fri 17 Aug:

MINE HEAD: Leathery Turtle (seen from Ram Head).

Tues 14 Aug:

CLONEA STRAND: Ruff at Ballinclamper.

Sun 12 Aug:

Nr AGLISH: Barn Owl.

MINE HEAD: 40 Choughs.

Sat 11 Aug:

HELVICK HEAD: 14 Puffins & a Great Skua flew west.

DUNGARVAN: 4 Mediterranean Gulls - 1st-summer & 2 juveniles at Ballynacourty, 1st-summer at Ballyneety.

Fri 10 Aug:

RAM HEAD: Great Skua and 9-13 Porpoises.

Mon 6 Aug:

DUNGARVAN: 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull at Ballyneety, adult Mediterranean Gull & 2 Kingfishers at Barnawee; also a dead Otter on Barnawee bridge.

CLONEA STRAND: 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.

BELLE LAKE: 14 Sedge Warblers ringed,Water Rail calling.

Sun 5 Aug:

WHITING BAY: Adult Black Tern & juvenile Mediterranean Gull.

BELLE LAKE: Water Rail calling.

Sat 4 Aug:

HELVICK HEAD: Balearic Shearwater (also recorded on various dates sincec 25 July).

DUNGARVAN: 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull at the Cunnigar.

CLONEA STRAND: Adult Little Gull and 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.

BELLE LAKE: 4 Reed Warblers (2 juveniles & an alarm-calling pair).

Fri 3 Aug:

WHITING BAY: Juvenile Mediterranean Gull.

HELVICK HEAD: 7 Storm Petrels & 2 Arctic Skuas.

DUNGARVAN: 1st-summer Little Gull at the Cunnigar, adult Mediterranean Gull at Barnawee.

CLONEA STRAND: 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull with white colour-ring '3H97' at Ballinclamper - originally ringed as a chick at Fiskeholm, Helnaes, Bugt, Fyn, Denmark, and previously seen (29/11/2006) at Beauport, Paimpol, Cotes d'Armor, France.

Weds 1 Aug:

CHEEKPOINT: HOBBY chasing Swallows about the pier (c2000 hrs).

KILMEADEN POOLS: Green Sandpiper & 15+ Red Admirals.

TRAMORE BAY: 2 Arctic Skuas.

TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 8 Common Sandpipers at Kilmacleague.

July 2007

Last updated 27 Sept 2007

Tues 31 July:

WATERFORD CITY: 2 Buzzards also calling over the city centre.

WATERFORD HARBOUR: Humpback Whale between Dunmore East and Hook Head - see Irish Whale and Dolphin Group website for further details.

Sun 29-Tues 31 July:

Nr TRAMORE: 2 Buzzards present, calling, each day; also one at another site in Tramore area, 30 July.

Sun 29 July:

BELLE LAKE: 3 Reed Warblers, 16 Sedge Warblers & 2 Blackcaps ringed.

Sat 28 July:

DUNGARVAN: 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull at Ballyneety.

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Delicate moth.

Fri 27 July:

KILMURRAY, nr Dungarvan: Long-eared Owl.

HELVICK HEAD: A Sooty Shearwater flew west, also 500+ Manx Shearwaters and 2+ Storm Petrels feeding off the mouth of Dungarvan Bay.

Weds 25 July:

HELVICK HEAD: Balearic Shearwater, 2 Great Shearwaters, Sooty Shearwater, Arctic Skua & small numbers of Storm Petrels.

RAM HEAD: Total of 76 large Kittiwake chicks (some very close to fledging) at study plots that held 154 occupied nests in early June - estimated productivity of 0.49 fledglings per nest, down from 0.7 in 2006.

Sun 22 July:

TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 64 Little Egrets.

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Wheatear & 2 Willow Warblers; Delicate moth.

Sat 21 July:

COMERAGH MOUNTAINS: Good numbers of Ravens & Wheatears.

Fri 20 July:

GREAT NEWTOWN HEAD: 4 Storm Petrels.

Sun 15 July:

DUNGARVAN: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (2nd-summer in bay, 1st-wummer at Ballyneety).

CLONEA STRAND: 3 Great Northern Divers.

Sat 14 July:

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: A turtle species close inshore.

Weds 11 July:

EAST KNOCKMEALDOWNS: Male Hen Harrier.

Tues 10 July:

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 2 Delicate moths.

Mon 9 July:

KILBRIDE SOUTH (nr Tramore): 11 Ravens.

Sun 8 July:

BALLINDUD (Outer Ring Road): Long-eared Owl.

Nr RATHGORMUCK: Spotted Flycatcher & Dipper.

Sat 7 July:

BALLINARD (nr Clonea): 2 Arctic Skuas & 6 Common Scoter.

nr LISMORE: Spotted Flycatcher pair.

Nr KNOCKBRACK QUARRY: 3 Yellowhammers.

BALLYSCANLAN: Long-eared Owl chick calling.

TRAMORE BAY: Arctic Skua.

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 2 Delicate moths.

Fri 6 July:

STRANCALLY (lower Blackwater): Spotted Flycatcher & 2 Jays.

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 2 Delicate moths.

Weds 4 July:

DUNGARVAN: A Guillemot found dead at the Cunnigar today had been ringed on Great Saltee island, Co Wexford on 21 June 1993.

CLONEA STRAND: 1st-summer Little Gull still present; also good numbers of Storm Petrels visible offshore from here and HELVICK HEAD.

Nr LISMORE: Dipper and Spotted Flycatcher.

Sun 1 July:

CLONEA STRAND: Great Skua, 2 Arctic Skuas & 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.

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Note: Sightings listed here are reports, not necessarily authenticated records. * = species for which the Irish Rare Birds Committee currently requires substantiating descriptions or photographs. Records are regularly updated, and older records added or amended where necessary . Many thanks to observers who provided records above - any further records (current or older) would be appreciated.

Please email any sightings, or text details of scarcer species to 0861701599; to report sightings of rarities to the national Birds of Ireland News Service (BINS), phone 01-8307364.

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