April 2004 Sightings
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30.04.04 IT Sligo
1 fledged juvenile Blackbird
30.04.04 Sligo Bus Station
2 Swifts were seen; County Sligo's first Swift of the year was seen flying over Sligo town last Sunday. This record is almost weeks earlier than previous years and ties in with the earlier arrival of other migrants. Similarly, the fledged blackbird is an early record for the area.
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| Images © Mícheál Casey 2004 | ||
| Two birds that may be encountered on the coast of Sligo towards the end of April are White Wagtails (pictured left) and Whimbrels (right). Both birds were photographed on the strand at Ballyconnell on the 29th April 2004 | ||
29.04.04 Ballyconnell
3 Whimbrel
1 White Wagtail
29.04.04 Cloonagh Beach (north of Ballyconell)
1 Manx Shearwater
2 Eider
7 Whimbrel
3 Wheatears
29.04.04 Cartron Marsh
3 Brent Geese
Cartron
2 Sandwich Terns
28.04.04 Gibraltar
17 Brent Geese
28.04.04 Tubbercurry
1 Grasshopper Warbler
27.04.04 IT Sligo
1 Willow Warbler
26.04.04 Mullaghmore
5 Whooper Swans
23.04.04 IT Sligo
2 Redpolls
22.04.04 Cartron
1 Swallow
20.04.04 Cartron Marsh
about 50 Brent Geese
1 Swallow
19.04.04 IT Sligo
1 Swallow
19.04.04 Cartron Marsh
1 Black Brant
01.04.04 Cartron Bay
2 Great Crested Grebes
1 Black Brant
15 Light-bellied Brent Geese
1 Goldeneye (female)
5 Red-breasted Mergansers
2 Sand Martins