November 12, 2006
Back in Dublin!
Today myself, the beast and the ould fella went up to cruisetown in search of the Forsters tern.
Two female velvet scoter were off the south end of cruisetown, but we never connected with the tern.
6 greenland White fronted geese were with the greylags at dromiskin.
Numerous buzzards knocking around (missed those).
With a male and female merlin also here.
A drake long tailed duck was distant off salterstown.
We then heard of the hen harrier at rog and 2 slav grebes and a long tailed duck at swords.
The hen harrier was immediately present just off turvey drive at rog.
We then moved on to swords were we saw the long tailed duck, and saw not 2 but 3 slavonian grebes at swords.
Not a bad day.
Pariah
Worth while links
Irish County yearlists page 2006
November 09, 2006
Last day in Cork
On Saturday I made a last excursion out into west cork in the hopes of digging something out.
Stopped off at Rosscarberry first, seeing both the AGP and the Lesser yellowlegs.
Then on down to ballymacrown. No sign of my RB fly, but a snow bunting was a nice cork tick and year tick in one of the southern paddocks.
A showy female hen harrier was also present hunting around the paddocks.
On towards Toe head, stoppping off at L. Adrigole on the way and finding a nice yellowbrowed warbler in with a flock of tits.
Toe head itself was extremely quiet with just redwings and fieldfare moving through.
Sin e
Home to Dublin now.
Pariah
Worth while links
Irish County yearlists page 2006