January 16, 2006
Go West
Went down galley way in the hopes of seeing some good birds for the year.
Straight away ran into a 1st winter glaucous gull on red strand.
Missed out on the Black Necked Grebe on kilkeran, but came across 12 crossbills at castle freke.
An Adult Med gull and adult ring billed gull were at roscarberry.
The green winged teal was at the red benches at clonakilty.
7 ring billed gulls were at ring, 4 adults, 2 first years and a second year.
An adult med was here also.
Timoleague had 2 ringbilleds, an adult and a second year.
As well as 3 med gulls, 2 first years and an adult.
Kinsale had 1 adult ring billed in the town itself.
with 3 med gulls, 2 first years and an adult at the base of the old head.
On sunday went down cobh and east cork.
2 ring billeds, an adult and a second year were on cuskinny marsh.
4 adult med gulls were at white gate, with 3 first years at aghada. 17 common scoter were also here.
An adult med gull was at ballycotton, but no sign of the frosty tern there today.
1 ring billed gull was at ring in east cork.
.....Thats alot of ring billed gulls.......
Pariah
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