Species	Count	Age/sex	Location	Date	Last date	Comment
Little Bittern	1		Clonea	24-May-2003		exhausted, taken into care, died next morning
Little Egret	4		Belle Lake	23-Aug-2003		flew S
"	49		Tramore Backstrand	17-Aug-2003		high count
"	1		Annestown Bog	29-Mar-2003
"	1		Annestown Bog	5-May-2003
"	1		Clonea Strand	27-Oct-2003
"	1		Ballinard (Ballynacourty Point)	16-Nov-2003
"	14		Dungarvan	11-Oct-2003
"	1		Whiting Bay	2-May-2003
"	2		Goat Island, nr Whiting Bay	2-Nov-2003
Great White Egret	1		Dungarvan	18-Jan-2003		not submitted IRBC?
'Black Brant'	1		Dungarvan	1-Jan-2003	19-Jan-2003	Branta bernicla nigricans
'Dark-bellied' Brent Goose	1		Dungarvan	1-Jan-2003
Eider	1	1st-w m	Clonea	19-Jan-2003	14-Feb-2003
Long-tailed Duck	1		Tramore Backstrand	26-Jan-2003
Surf Scoter	2		Ballyvooney Cove	5-Dec-2003		sex breakdown by date unclear
"	1		Ballyvooney Cove	8-Dec-2003
"	2		Ballyvooney Cove	18-Dec-2003
"	1	male	Ballyvooney Cove	27-Dec-2003
"	2		Ballyvooney Cove	29-Dec-2003
"	1	male	Ballyvooney Cove	30-Dec-2003
Goosander	1	female	Dungarvan: Ballyneety	14-Jan-2003
"	2	females	Dungarvan: Ballyneety	25-Jan-2003
"	1	female	Dungarvan	13-Mar-2003
"	1	sex?	Dungarvan: Ballyneety	18-Dec-2003
"	1	male	Dungarvan: Ballyneety	22-Dec-2003
"	1	sex?	Dungarvan: Ballyneety	23-Dec-2003
"	1	sex?	Dungarvan	29-Dec-2003
Buzzard	3		nr Tramore Backstrand [precise site conf.]	1-Feb-2003
"	2		nr Tramore Backstrand [precise site conf.]	22-Feb-2003	1-Mar-2003
"	1		Piltown Cross, near Clashmore	late-Sep-03
Little Stint	1		Dungarvan: Ballyneety	3-Oct-2003	14-Oct-2003	originally id'd as Semipalmated Sandpiper
"	1		Clonea Strand	16-Nov-2003		November record
Curlew Sandpiper	1		Clonea Strand	3-Sep-2003		at Ballinclamper
Whimbrel	1		Clonea Strand	19-Jan-2003	14-Feb-2003	winter record
"	615		Clonea Strand	27-Apr-2003		high count
"	69		Dungarvan: Kilminnin	27-Apr-2003
"	28		Ardmore Strand	2-May-2003
"	45		Clonea Strand	2-May-2003
"	15		Dungarvan	2-May-2003
"	18		Clonea Strand	5-May-2003
"	19+		Tramore Backstrand	9-May-2003
"	16		Clonea Strand	11-May-2003
Spotted Redshank	1		Dungarvan	3-Sep-2003		at Kilminnin/Barnawee
Green Sandpiper	1		Kilmeaden pools	3-Dec-2003	27-Dec-2003	3rd, 4th, 23rd & 27th Dec
Wood Sandpiper	1		Kilmeaden pools	3-Sep-2003
Grey Phalarope	5		Ballinard/Clonea	9-Nov-2003
Pomarine Skua	2		Helvick Head	3-May-2003
"	2		Helvick Head	4-May-2003
Great Skua	3		Helvick Head	3-May-2003		1 flew W
"	3		Helvick Head	4-May-2003		1 flew W
"	2		Helvick Head	24-Jul-2003		flew W
Little Gull	1		Tramore boating lake	22-Feb-2003
"	1		Ballinard/Clonea	9-Nov-2003
Mediterranean Gull	1	adult	Ardmore	12-Nov-2003		nr Curragh pond
Ring-billed Gull	1		Tramore boating lake	22-Feb-2003
Iceland Gull	1		Dungarvan	1-Feb-2003
Glaucous Gull	1		Tramore boating lake	22-Feb-2003
"	1	1st-w	Helvick Head	15-Apr-2003
"	1		Dungarvan	22-Jun-2003		June record
"	1	adult	Ballynacourty	13-Mar-2003
Sandwich Tern	1		Dungarvan	1-Feb-2003		February record
Nightjar	1		confidential site, Comeragh Mountains	Jun-Jul-03		churring male
Swift	1		Kilrossanty	23-Apr-2003		early
"	1		Brownstown Head	27-Apr-2003		early
Hoopoe	1		nr Waterford Airport	17-Mar-2003	19-Mar-2003
"	1		Annestown	17-Mar-2003	18-Mar-2003
"	1		Brownstown Head	late-Sep-03
Sand Martin	2		The Cunnigar, Dungarvan	21-Mar-2003		early
'White' Wagtail	17+		Clonea Strand	31-Aug-2003
"	15		Clonea Strand	20-Sep-2003
Water Pipit	1		Kilmeaden pools	1-Dec-2003	30-Dec-2003	into 2004; 1st county record
Black Redstart	1		Abbeyside, Dungarvan	25-Jan-2003
"	2		Helvick Head	17-Mar-2003	22-Mar-2003
"	1		The Cunnigar, Dungarvan	21-Mar-2003
"	1		Ballyquin, nr Ardmore	22-Mar-2003
"	1		Lemybrien	9-Nov-2003		date approximate
"	1		Ardmore Head	12-Nov-2003
"	1		Passage East	16-Nov-2003
"	1		Ballyvooney Cove	20-Dec-2003
Whinchat	1	male	Brownstown Head	5-May-2003
"	2		Brownstown Head	6-Sep-2003
Wheatear	3		Whiting Bay	13-Mar-2003		early
"	4		Ferry Point	13-Mar-2003		early
Ring Ouzel	1 f	female	Brownstown Head	21-Apr-2003
Reed Warbler	1	adult	Belle Lake	12-Jul-2003		trapped & ringed
"	3+		Belle Lake	26-Jul-2003		ad ringed,  also 2 juvs
"	3		Belle Lake	2-Aug-2003		ad + 2 juvs ringed
"	1	juv	Belle Lake	3-Aug-2003		trapped & ringed
"	1	juv	Belle Lake	5-Aug-2003		trapped & ringed
"	1	juv	Belle Lake	6-Aug-2003		heard calling
"	3	juvs	Belle Lake	15-Aug-2003		trapped & ringed
"	1	juvs	Belle Lake	3-Sep-2003		trapped & ringed
"	1		Brownstown Head	20-Sep-2003	29-Sep-2003
"	1	1st-yr	Brownstown Head	14-Oct-2003	18-Oct-2003	trapped & ringed on 14th Oct
Barred Warbler	1	1st-yr	Brownstown Head	1-Oct-2003	6-Oct-2003
Whitethroat	1		Helvick Head	25-Apr-2003		early
Garden Warbler	2		Helvick Head	25-Apr-2003
"	1		Brownstown Head	27-Apr-2003		trapped & ringed
Pallas's Warbler	1		Brownstown Head	12-Nov-2003	13-Nov-2003	trapped & ringed on 12th Nov
Yellow-browed Warbler	1		Brownstown Head	15-Oct-2003	16-Oct-2003	trapped & ringed on 15th Oct
Chiffchaff	1		Kilmeaden pools	27-Dec-2003		winter record
"	2		Kilmeaden pools	late-Dec-03		winter record
Firecrest	1		nr Lemybrien	1-Nov-2003
"	1		Brownstown Head	15-Nov-2003
Pied Flycatcher	1		nr Lemybrien	Apr/May-03		late Apr or early May
Tree Sparrow	2		Brownstown Head	9-Nov-2003
"	4		Brownstown Head	16-Nov-2003
Brambling	1		Brownstown Head	27-Oct-2003
"	1		Helvick Head	7-Nov-2003
Crossbill	2		Benvoy, nr Bunmahon	11-Oct-2003
Northern Parula	1	1st-yr male	Brownstown Head	5-Oct-2003

 

 

Water Pipit, Kilmeaden pools, 4 December 2003 © P. Archer

Pallas's Warbler, Brownstown Head, 12 November 2003 © P. Archer

Northern Parula, 1st-yr male, Brownstown Head, 5 October 2003 © P.M. Walsh

Buzzard, Waterford airport, March 2003 © P. Archer