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Selected Waterford bird records 2003
Bird records listed below, mostly relating to scarce migrants, have been submitted
to the Irish Bird Report. Any further records from 2003 or other years would be welcome. Latest update 26
July 2005.
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| Species |
Count |
Age/sex |
Location |
Date |
Last date |
Comment |
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| Little Bittern |
1 |
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Clonea |
24-May-2003 |
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exhausted, taken into care, died next morning |
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| Little Egret |
4 |
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Belle Lake |
23-Aug-2003 |
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flew S |
| " |
49 |
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Tramore Backstrand |
17-Aug-2003 |
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high count |
| " |
1 |
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Annestown Bog |
29-Mar-2003 |
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| " |
1 |
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Annestown Bog |
5-May-2003 |
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| " |
1 |
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Clonea Strand |
27-Oct-2003 |
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| " |
1 |
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Ballinard (Ballynacourty Point) |
16-Nov-2003 |
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| " |
14 |
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Dungarvan |
11-Oct-2003 |
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| " |
1 |
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Whiting Bay |
2-May-2003 |
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| " |
2 |
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Goat Island, nr Whiting Bay |
2-Nov-2003 |
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| Great White Egret |
1 |
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Dungarvan |
18-Jan-2003 |
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not submitted IRBC? |
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| 'Black
Brant' |
1 |
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Dungarvan |
1-Jan-2003 |
19-Jan-2003 |
Branta bernicla nigricans |
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| 'Dark-bellied' Brent
Goose |
1 |
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Dungarvan |
1-Jan-2003 |
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| Eider |
1 |
1st-w m |
Clonea |
19-Jan-2003 |
14-Feb-2003 |
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| Long-tailed Duck |
1 |
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Tramore Backstrand |
26-Jan-2003 |
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| Surf Scoter |
2 |
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Ballyvooney Cove |
5-Dec-2003 |
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sex breakdown
by date unclear |
| " |
1 |
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Ballyvooney Cove |
8-Dec-2003 |
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| " |
2 |
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Ballyvooney Cove |
18-Dec-2003 |
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| " |
1 |
male |
Ballyvooney Cove |
27-Dec-2003 |
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| " |
2 |
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Ballyvooney Cove |
29-Dec-2003 |
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| " |
1 |
male |
Ballyvooney Cove |
30-Dec-2003 |
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| Goosander |
1 |
female |
Dungarvan: Ballyneety |
14-Jan-2003 |
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| " |
2 |
females |
Dungarvan: Ballyneety |
25-Jan-2003 |
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| " |
1 |
female |
Dungarvan |
13-Mar-2003 |
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| " |
1 |
sex? |
Dungarvan: Ballyneety |
18-Dec-2003 |
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| " |
1 |
male |
Dungarvan: Ballyneety |
22-Dec-2003 |
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| " |
1 |
sex? |
Dungarvan: Ballyneety |
23-Dec-2003 |
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| " |
1 |
sex? |
Dungarvan |
29-Dec-2003 |
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| Buzzard |
3 |
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nr Tramore Backstrand [precise site conf.] |
1-Feb-2003 |
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| " |
2 |
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nr Tramore Backstrand [precise site conf.] |
22-Feb-2003 |
1-Mar-2003 |
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| " |
1 |
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Piltown Cross, near Clashmore |
late-Sep-03 |
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| Little Stint |
1 |
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Dungarvan: Ballyneety |
3-Oct-2003 |
14-Oct-2003 |
originally id'd as Semipalmated Sandpiper |
| " |
1 |
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Clonea Strand |
16-Nov-2003 |
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November record |
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| Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
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Clonea Strand |
3-Sep-2003 |
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at Ballinclamper |
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| Whimbrel |
1 |
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Clonea Strand |
19-Jan-2003 |
14-Feb-2003 |
winter record |
| " |
615 |
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Clonea Strand |
27-Apr-2003 |
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high count |
| " |
69 |
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Dungarvan: Kilminnin |
27-Apr-2003 |
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| " |
28 |
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Ardmore Strand |
2-May-2003 |
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| " |
45 |
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Clonea Strand |
2-May-2003 |
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