Galley Head Birding

News of a red-necked grebe near Durrus had me hot-footing it to the wesht - a full-blown irish tick, no less. Got cracking views of it too,...

A kingfisher spent ages sitting on a post looking over the flooded fields at Long Strand this lunchtime - a tricky one to get for the patch ...

A 1st winter glaucous gull headed along Long Strand towards Owenahincha this morning. Nothing much doing lakeside though.

Cashed in reed bunting , skylark and peregrine for the year this morning ( 69 ), with a merlin over too.

A fine 1st winter glaucous gull and 3 lapwings ( 66 ) were on the lakeside this afternoon, with the black-necked grebe still out on the l...