November 2006
Sun 26 Nov:
DERRIGAL/PORTNASCULLY: Pink-footed Goose with 117 Greylag
Geese on the Co Kilkenny (Portnsacully) side of R. Suir.
COOLFIN: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (1st-winter & 2nd-winter).
FIDDOWN/TIBBERAGHNY: 15 Whooper Swans on Kilkenny side.
KNOCKADERRY RESERVOIR: 12 Little Grebes, 138 Mallard & 29 Tufted Duck among other
species.
Sat 25 Nov:
ARDMORE BAY: Adult Mediterranean Gull,
Red-throated Diver.
VILLIERSTOWN (R. Blackwater): Water Rail, Common Sandpiper & a late
Red Admiral.
Sat 18 Nov:
KILBRIDE, nr Tramore: Long-eared Owl.
ARDMORE STRAND: 2 Black Redstarts.
RAM HEAD: Female Merlin.
Thurs 16 Nov:
Nr LISMORE: A late Red Admiral at Carrignagour.
Weds 15 Nov:
CLONEA STRAND: 3 Purple Sandpipers at Ballinclamper.
Mon 13 Nov:
WHITING BAY: 4 Whimbrel, 23 Choughs.
BALLYMACARBRY: Little Egret flying north.
Sun 12 Nov:
DUNGARVAN: Adult BLACK BRANT (1st seen
1st Nov).
CAMPHIRE: 214 Whooper Swans, nr the Bride/Blackwater confluence.
BALLINAMONA: 2 White Wagtails.
Sat 11 Nov:
HELVICK HEAD: Female Blackcap.
DUNGARVAN: Red-throated Diver & Whimbrel at Ballynagaul.
BALLINARD: Whimbrel.
BALLYVOONEY COVE: Red-throated Diver.
BUNMAHON: Red-throated Diver.
Thurs 9 Nov:
RAM HEAD: Great Skua & 50+ dolphins.
Weds 8 Nov:
DUNGARVAN: Snow Bunting at the Cunnigar.
Weds 8 Nov:
KNOCKEEN / KILBRIDE NORTH: Buzzard.
Sun 5 Nov:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 2 Chiffchaffs; also 5 Bottlenose Dolphins
offshore.
TRAMORE BAY: 11 Red-throated Divers & 1 Great Northern Diver.
TRAMORE SANDHILLS: Owl species seen, most likely Short-eared.
BUNMAHON BAY: 750 Lesser Black-backed Gulls roosting at dusk, 3 Red-throated Divers.
Sat 4 Nov:
HELVICK HEAD: A late Whinchat at the cliff car-park; hundreds
of Common Dolphins offshore.
ARDMORE: Red-throated Diver & 2nd-winter Mediterranean Gull
in Bay, male Blackcap and a late Red Admiral at Ardmore Head.
RAM HEAD: Merlin, also a Humpback
Whale, Fin Whale & hundreds of Common Dolphins.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Hummingbird Hawk-moth.
Fri 3 Nov:
COMERAGH MOUNTAINS: Female or immature Hen Harrier on
the southern slopes, Jay at Davbeg, & Red Admirals at two locations (up to 450 m).
Thurs 2 Nov:
RAM HEAD: 3 Fin Whales & up to 100 dolphins (either
Common or Striped Dolphin).
Nr LISMORE: Small numbers of Red Admirals
still present.
Weds 1 Nov:
DUNGARVAN: Adult BLACK BRANT, 2 dark-bellied
Brent Geese & 480 light-bellied Brent.
October 2006
Last updated 13 April 2007
Mon 30 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Merlin, 2 Redwings, male Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaffs
(including 1 northern/eastern Chiffchaff).
Sun 29 Oct:
Nr LITTLE ISLAND: Common Sandpiper.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Merlin, 2 Reed Warblers,
female Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaffs (1 northern/eastern); migrant moths included 3 Cosmopolitan
& 2 Gem.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Female/immature Hen Harrier (at Lisselan),
41 Little Egrets, 215 Brent Geese & a late Sandwich Tern.
ANNESTOWN: Hummingbird Hawk-moth.
Sat 28 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Female Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaffs (1 northern/eastern);
migrant moths included 3 Cosmopolitan, 6 Delicate, White-speck,
Scarce Bordered Straw, 3 Gem & 2 Vestal.
Tues 24 Oct:
RAM HEAD: Small numbers of Porpoises and dolphins, also the
latest Clouded Yellow so far in a good year for the species locally (and nationally)
WATERFORD CITY: Hummingbird Hawk-moth at the Ursuline Convent.
Mon 23 Oct:
Nr LISMORE: Lots of Jays at Carrignagour today.
Sun 22 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 1st-winter female Bluethroat (1st county
record - identification not confirmed until April 2007!), Yellow-browed Warbler still present
(trapped & ringed), 8 Chiffchaffs (one northern/eastern Chiff), late Willow Warbler, 3 male
Blackcaps, 5 Redwings & 2 Hummingbird Hawk-moths.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 36 Little Egrets.
RAM HEAD: Pomarine Skua, Fin Whale,
2 Porpoises & 20+ dolphin sp.
Sat 21 Oct:
ARDMORE: 4 Mediterranean Gulls.
HELVICK HEAD: Swallow.
DUNGARVAN: Kingfisher & Common Sandpiper at Ballyneety.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Willow Warbler & 3 Chiffchaffs (including northern/eastern
Chifchaff).
Fri 20 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Yellow-browed Warbler, 2
Reed Warblers & 3 Chiffchaffs in main garden.
WHITING BAY: Wheatear.
Weds 18 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Female/immature Hen Harrier,
male Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaffs (including a northern/eastern
Chiffchaff), & late Willow Warbler.
Tues 17 Oct:
ARDMORE HEAD: Male Blackcap & a Hummingbird Hawk-moth.
Mon 16 Oct:
Nr LISMORE: First Redwings of the autumn, Carrignagour.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: 2 Blackcaps.
Sun 15 Oct:
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: Total of 128 Brent Geese [none at Dungarvan same weekend].
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Merlin, 2 Reed Warblers,
Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaffs (including a northern/eastern Chiffchaff),
& a Willow Warbler.
HELVICK HEAD: 2 Black Redstarts.
ARDMORE STRAND: 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull.
Sat 14 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Merlin, 3 Swallows, Whinchat,
Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, 8 Chiffchaffs (including a northern/eastern
Chiffchaff), Willow Warbler; also a Hummingbird Hawk-moth, White-speck,
2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 5 Delicate.
HELVICK HEAD: 2 Black Redstarts.
Fri 13 Oct;
Nr LISMORE: c.40 Pied/White Wagtails, Carrignagour.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Delicate moth.
Thurs 12 Oct:
DUNGARVAN: Ruff near the cattle mart, Ballyneety.
Weds 11 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Whitethroat, 3 Hummingbird Hawk-moths.
Tues 10 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: WRYNECK, female or immature Hen
Harrier, 5 Swallows, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat,
2 Willow Warblers, 4 Chiffchaffs, 12 Goldcrests & 2+ Siskins.
Mon 9 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Juvenile ROSY STARLING (1st county record),
WRYNECK, 2 Merlins, Whimbrel, 2 Swallows, male Blackcap, Willow Warbler
& 7 Chiffchaffs; also 7 Hummingbird Hawk-moths, 2 Vestal, 9 Delicate & a Cosmopolitan.
RATHMYLAN COVE: 4 White Wagtails, 2 Yellowhammers.
RAM HEAD: 100 Swallows, also 100+ Common Dolphins.
Sun 8 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: WRYNECK refound, Whimbrel, Willow Warbler;
migrant moths included a Hummingbird Hawk-moth, White-speck & 2
Delicate.
TRAMORE BACKSTRAND: 88 Brent Geese.
Sat 7 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Female or immature Hen Harrier, 6 Brent
Geese (flew NW towards Tramore), 98 Skylarks, 2 Wheatears, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler
& Pied Flycatcher; migrant moths included 2 Cosmopolitan & 4
Delicate.
DUNGARVAN: Black Redstart at the Cunnigar.
Fri 6 Oct :
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Wheatear, male Blackcap.
Weds 4 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: WRYNECK still present, 1st-yr Reed Warbler retrapped, Pied Flycatcher, 15+ Lesser Redpolls, 2 Wheatears,
3 Chiffchaffs, Willow Warbler; also 3 Delicate moths.
Tues 3 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: WRYNECK, Whinchat,
Whimbrel, c.50 Skylarks, 24 Long-tailed Tits, 6 Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler & 20 Lesser Redpolls; also a Cosmopolitan
& 9 Delicate moths.
RAM HEAD: 2 Minke Whales.
Mon 2 Oct:
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: WRYNECK, Whimbrel, 2 Reed Warblers (1st-yr ringed), Pied Flycatcher, 2 Willow Warblers; also a
Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Scarce Bordered Straw, 16 Delicate
& 2 White-speck moths.
Sun 1 Oct:
BALLINARD: Juvenile BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
in potato field.
CLONEA STRAND: Whinchat at Ballinclamper.
DUNGARVAN: Adult Ring-billed Gull at Barnawee.
BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Pied Flycatcher, 1st-yr Reed
Warbler ringed, 3 Chiffchaffs & 2 Willow Warblers; migrant moths included 17 Delicate,
a Vestal & a Scarce Bordered Straw.
