29 November 2013
Dun Laoghaire: 1 Snow Bunting on the East Pier this
afternoon.JC
Snow Bunting at East pier
Dun Laoghaire (Photo by James Cavanagh)
27 November 2013
Monkstown: We had a flock of Waxwings in Belgrave
Square, Monkstown today. I heard their chatter and
recognised it before I saw them! A flock visited here at
this time last year also. Sorry I have no pictures they were
sitting on top of a Lime tree and flying over and back to various
bushes with berries.JO'H
Bull Island: 3 Long-tailed Ducks (Sutton Creek Area),
3 Gadwall (River Santry Outflow).EK
Long-tailed Duck (eclipse
plumage) at Bull Island (Photo by Edd Kealy)
23 November 2013
Dunlin at Bull Island (Photo
by Cian Merne)
Stonechat (m) at Bull Island
(Photo by Cian Merne)
Phoenix Park: While walking our 'Mutt' in the phoenix park
Dublin, from 7-45am to 11am sightings where - Corvids; Magpies;
Woodpigeons; Collared Doves; a Sparrowhawk
(fm) chasing Starlings; a Raven calling close to the
army stables while I was looking for the elusive Woodpecker (no
luck there); a small flock of Fieldfares raiding a Mistle
Thrush's berry stock, what a racket the thrush was making
while defending; a Robin trying the same with a large flock of
Redwings; Blackcaps, Blackbirds, Thrushes,
Wrens, Blue+Great+Coal tits, Goldcrest, and a single
Treecreeper in
around Ashtown Castle. While our dog was running ahead, he flushed
up 3 Jays on the ground collecting nuts the squirrels had hid.BC
Redwing at Phoenix Park
(Photo by Brian Carruthers)
22 November 2013
Bull Island: 20 pair of Shoveler among lots of birds
including Pintail, Teal, Wigeon, Shelduck,
and many hundreds of Brent Geese on the Bull Island
today.LK
Shoveler (f&m) at North
Bull Island (Photo by Liam Kane)
Little Egret at North
Bull Island (Photo by Harry Bailey)
Pintail (m) with Brent Goose
at North Bull Island (Photo by Harry Bailey)
21 November 2013
Broadmeadows: >1000 Golden Plover, >300 Lapwing,
>40 Teal, plus 3 Greenshank.CD
Malahide Estuary: >20 Great-crested Grebe, 13 Red-breasted
Merganser and 35 Goldeneye.CD
Broadmeadows; 1 male Pintail round the corner from
Malahide Yacht Club; 1 Whooper Swan under the M1 overpass
and large flock of Golden Plover at same place.
Rogerstown: 1 male Brambling – same place as where
they were found last year;
Turvey: 2 Buzzards Turvey.LK
20 November 2013
Bull Island: Third day & third time lucky, with some
great help from John Fields, we captured some nice shots this year
of 5 Snow Buntings on the strand, between the Wooden bridge
south beach car park and the first blue info sign 500m down. For
the pass two days all we seen was a Merlin hunting.BC
Snow Bunting at Bull Island
south (Photo by Brian Carruthers)
16 November 2013
Rogerstown: A Buzzard acting the 'Kestrel' over a Sparrowhawk
A fab sighting of the Merlin preening on the fence the very
secretive Water Rail a flight of Greylags with the Canada goose
keeping company again And Rogerstown/Turvey Parks first proof shot
of the Otter outside the hide (including this just to let all know
to keep an eye out for it).BC
Flight of Greylag Geese with
the Canada goose keeping company at Rogerstown (Photo by Brian
Carruthers)
Merlin at Rogerstown (Photo
by Brian Carruthers)
Rogerstown/Turvey Parks
first proof shot of the Otter outside the hide
(including this just to let all know to keep an eye out for
it)
Water Rail at Rogerstown (Photos by Brian Carruthers)
15 November 2013
Bull Island: A pair of Gadwall seen
today at the Santry River outflow ( just north of the
causeway). Along with the many returning Pale-bellied
Brent Geese, other geographical races of the species have also
turned up, with 3 Dark-bellied and single Grey-bellied and
Black Brant being recorded in recent days. A 1st Winter
male Eider is an unusual visitor, and at present can be
seen from the north Bull Wall.GF
Gadwall (m) at Bull Island
(Photo by Ger Franck)
14 November 2013
Bull Island: 1 Eider (imm. male) feeding just
off rocks at tip of Bull Wall. Also noted were 2 Great Crested
Grebes, 2 Stonechats and 120 Sanderling feeding
along the beach. 5 Little Grebe present on island side of
wooden bridge at high tide.CD
13 November 2013
Bull Island: Busy day down the Bull Island today, with 3 Snow
Buntings, an Eider, 1 Ring-billed Gull and Black
Brant and Grey-bellied Brent Goose. Also 1 Raven
and 30 Sanderling. EK
Black Brant at Bull Island
(Photo by Edd Kealy)
Sanderling at Bull Island (Photo by Edd Kealy)
11 November 2013
Kestrel posing along
the Dart line (Photo by James Cavanagh)
10 November 2013
Rogerstown Estuary/Turvey Park: Today I went back
to Rogerstown & Turvey looking for the Canada Goose and
was not disappointed. It arrived at noon with a large flock
(32) of Greylag Geese and stayed for the next 2 hours
feeding in the channel 150m from the south hide. The day itself
started of well with a mixed flock (80) of mainly Goldfinch,
Linnet, Chaffinch, Yellowhammer & Redpoll,
feeding on fallen seeds, After been in the hide for an hour,
Niall Griffin & myself spotted 14 Bullfinch gorging on
berries outside, the most Bullfinches either of us have ever seen
together - when trying to take a photo, they scattered. Other
birds that made our day where . . .2 Buzzards, 2 Kestrels,
1200 Golden Plovers, 500 Lapwing, 250 Dunlin,
Wigeon, Teal, Black-tailed Godwits, Little
Egrets, Little Grebes, Shovelers, Mallards,
Greenshank, Redshank, Grey Plovers, Sanderling,
Brent Geese, Long-tailed Tits.BC
Canada Goose (with his back to us looking
right) amongst the Greylag and Brent Geese at Rogerstown (Photo by
Brian Carruthers)
Redpoll and Yellowhammer at
Rogerstown (Photos by Brian Carruthers)
9 November 2013
Rogerstown Village Harbour: 1 Canada Goose with
a flock of Brent Geese.BC
Turvey (South Hide): 1 Red Kite; 2 Kestrels; 2
Buzzards; 2 Sparrowhawks; 12 Greylag Geese.
A large mixed flock of Linnets, Chaffinches, Yellowhammers
& Redpolls feeding along the "Partridge"
field fence line.BC&JE
8 November 2013
Sparrowhawk over
Rogerstown (Photo by Harry Bailey)
North Bull Island: large
pockets of Brent Geese today and good scattering of Pintail
and Shelduck.AF
Brent Geese at North Bull
Island (Photo by Andy Friel)
Blessington Basin: 44 Tufted Duck; 1 Smew
(m); 1 Hooded Merganser (m), 3 Wood Duck, 1 Mandarin
Duck; plus several Mallard, Coot, Moorhen
and Black-headed Gulls present. CD
Guillemot at Howth (Photo
by Bill Quinn)
7 November 2013
Howth: I photographed the 1st year Shag on 7th
November. Unusually it was standing at the end of the boat slip
between the Yacht Club and the start of the East Pier. The pale
tips to the upperwing-coverts are clearly visible. You can't
really see them when it is swimming.BQ
North Bull Island: sighted 60 Pintail; 150 Shelduck;
500 Brent Geese; all 1 hour before high water on Causeway
close to the Interpretative centre.LK
Pintail at North Bull Island
(one female) (Photo
by Liam Kane)
6 November 2013
Phoenix Park: 14 Mandarin and two Wood Ducks at
Quarry Lake, Phoenix Park this pm.DMcCabe
2 November 2013
Dollymount Strand: 1 Grey Phalarope on Dollymount
Strand today, among a mixed flock of approx 200 Sanderlings
and Dunlins.CM
1 November 2013
Howth Harbour: I saw Shag and the 2 Little Grebes
in Howth Harbour this morning.BQ
Little Grebes at Howth (Photo
by Bill Quinn)
Shag at Howth (Photo
by Bill Quinn)
