September 11, 2006
300
And my 300th tick was...(Insert Drumroll here)......Tree Pipit.....I know...Shite 300th really...but the way things are going with those birds it could well turn out to be a mega in years to come!
Not a bad weekend for birding i have to say.
On saturday i went down to mizen head with SR to try and dig out passerines and waders.
First up was a nice Juv Pied Flycatcher in the orchard anlong with a juv Spotted Fly. 2 ticks for SR adding to the 3 Curlew Sandpipers at Whites marsh that morning.
We narrowly missed a wryneck here but thems the breaks.
Lissagriffin produced crap views of the lesser yellow legs and we missed the semi p.
Nothing much else doing around the place.
On sunday we went down to Ballycotton.
The whiterumped was showing very well for a good hour or so.
As was the Curlew Sand here.
Knockadoon produced another Pied fly in the thatch gully.
And a Tree pipit at the holyground farmyard.
Nice spot that. Will definitely be checking that in future. We just missed a possible hippo at the campsite.
Sin e. 300...WOOOOOOOO
Pariah
Worth while links
Irish County yearlists page 2006