more birders than birds!

Galley was hooching this morning - with birders, that is. Sadly, no-one could do better than 1 blackcap down dirk and 2 buzzards still booting about.

nae migs

Did galley this am after last night's south-easterlies, and was pretty hopeful there'd be something, but nothing doing anywhere! 1 chiffchaff calling in dirk was it. Ho hum.

more duck excitement

More excitement on Kilkeran Lake today in the form of a tufted duck (125), and even more unusual (for the lake, anyway), a female common scoter! The coot was still lingering too. Little on the migrant front tho, with 2 redpolls and a merlin at the head, 1 siskin over, 2 chiffchaffs and a blackcap in the bushes, and 3 buzzards still knocking about the top fields.

Galley gets another fea's

A fea's petrel was seen off Galley this morning at 10.45, heading west. Three arctic skuas, 1 sooty shearwater and 10 wigeon were also seen. I was there for the sooty and the wigeon - result! (124). A coot was on Kilkeran Lake late afternoon (yes, I checked, and it isn't).

birding with the stars

A morning sesh with hh and the mckinney down dirk and shite lane finally produced all 3 buzzards, plus I "got" goldcrest for the year, if i hadn't already had it (123). The juvenile american golden plover was still at Muckross Strand mid-morning too, so at least tom saw something good!