Galley Head Birding

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January 3, 2009 - and the last shall be first...

Today was the annual Great Island Bird Race, with 5 Cork teams meeting on the pier in Cobh at 8.30 to battle it out for the honours. We didn't really put a foot wrong all day, and by 1.00 pm were on 88, only 1 behind our paltry total for last year, when we really struggled.  Our luck held for the rest of the day, and we retired to the pub on 101, which turned out to be the winning score by 1 species! Jammy gits to a man!  Not too much in the way of highlights, with 1 cattle egret, 2 adult ring-billed gulls, 1 glaucous gull and 3 or 4 iceland gulls, long-eared owl and merlin the best.
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Galley Head Birding

Birding around Galley Head, County Cork

Patch Challenge 2010

1st Boghall 71.83%
2nd Folkestone 66.53%
3rd Galley 65.34%
4th Portlethen 58.47%
5th Girdleness 54.25%
6th Lough Beg 54.24%
7th North Don 52.85%
8th Collieston 42.14%
9th South Don 41.50%
10th Beer Head 38.88%

based on last 3 year's average total
updated 16/3/10

Patch Challenge 2009 - victors

1st North Don 107.94%
2nd Girdleness 106.89%
3rd Galley 100.74%

based on last 3 year's average total
updated 30/12/09

Best Patch find 2009

• Black-headed Bunting* - Galley 11/9

* See here for photos

2005 & 2006 Cork Bird Report


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