April 2007 Sightings
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April 2007
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April 2007 Oyster Island, Rosses Point |
Calling Corncrake on Oyster Island. This is an early record and this bird is likely to be returning for a third season and is clearly audible from Rosses Point, especially at night. (D. Gunn via D. Cotton, T. Gordon) |
| 29th
April 2007 Lough Gara |
Two Swifts, two Whooper Swans (D. Cotton) |
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April 2007 Ballisodare Bay |
1 Sandwich Tern at Kellystown and 12 Shelduck at the Inishes. (M. Enright) |
| 29th
April 2007 Cummeen Strand |
10 Brent
Geese still present at
the end of the Coney Rd. area, surely just the last stragglers and due
to migrate any day now. Many Whimbrel passing through, c.30 yesterday
at Gibraltar. (M.
Enright) |
| 29th
April 2007 Aughris Head |
Great Northern Diver in summer plumage (M. Bell) |
| 29th
April 2007 Portavaud |
Two Sandwich Terns (M. Bell) |
| 29th
April 2007 Ballymote-Boyle Road |
Grasshopper Warbler and Sedge Warbler heard (M. Bell) |
| 29th
April 2007 Ladies Brae, Coolaney |
Cuckoo seen, Grasshopper warbler heard nearby in a young plantation. (M. Bell) |
| 29th
April 2007 Tubbercurry |
Cuckoo calling, also Grasshopper Warblers, Sedge Warblers singing (M.Casey). |
| 27th
April 2007 Ballinfull Strand, Maugherow |
Two Great Northern Divers, two Red-throated Divers, two Long-tailed Ducks (M.Casey) |
| 27th
April 2007 Ballyconnell |
White Wagtail (S.Feeney) |
| 27th
April 2007 Raghley |
White Wagtail (S.Feeney) |
| 24th
April 2007 Lissadell |
Male Blackcap (S.Feeney) |
| 24th
April 2007 Ballyconnell Beach |
102 Oystercatchers, 1 Dark-bellied Brent with 11 Pale-bellied Brent, 6 Wheatear (5 male and 1 female) (S.Feeney) |
| 24th
April 2007 Raghly |
One pair of Eider, Great Northern Diver in full breeding plumage (S.Feeney) |
| 22nd
April 2007 Raghly |
20 Whimbrel (S.Feeney) |
| 22nd
April 2007 Ballyconnell Beach |
6 White Wagtails (S.Feeney) |
| 22nd
April 2007 Trá Gearr, Streedagh |
Two White Wagtails on beach, two Great Northern Divers in the bay, one moulting, the other in full summer plumage (M. Enright) |
| 21st April 2007 Ballymote, Co. Sligo |
Three Swifts, the first reported in Co. Sligo in 2007, and an early record of a summer migrant that is normally one of the last to arrive (M. Bell) |
| 20th April 2007 Upper Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh |
Marsh Harrier seen on Upper Lough Erne, near Inishrooske, on the eastern side of the lake (B. Robson) |
| 19.04.07
Rahaberna, Sligo (1 mile north of Sligo town) |
A small dark
heron was seen flying north-east towards Glencar in rapid and
direct flight at 9 am this morning, and about 100m above ground level,
as though migrating. (D.Cotton)
Unfortunately the brief and distant views did not permit specific identification (a stray Night Heron from the continent seems likely) and there have been no further reports of the bird. Worth keeping in mind however if you are out on wetlands in Cavan/Leitrim/Fermanagh over the next couple of days.... |
| 19th April 2007 Ballygilgan Nature Reserve, Lissadell |
10+ Whimbrel at Ballygilgan Strand (S.Feeney) |
| 17th
April 2007 Cummeen Strand |
300 Brent on Cummeen Strand near Coney Road,
including four ringed birds (M.
Enright) |
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| Images © Mícheál Casey 2007 | |
| 18th April 2007: Willow
Warbler pictured at Streedagh |
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| 18th April 2007: Little Egret
pictured at low tide in the estuary at Streedagh |
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| 18th April
2007 Streedagh |
Little Egret fishing in channels along road, possibly the same bird as the one seen in Carney on the 18th march (S. Feeney) |
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| 18th April 2007: Golden
Plovers pictured at Ballyconnell, well advanced in their moult into
breeding plumage |
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| 18th April 2007:
White Wagtails on the Sligo coast on passage to their breeding grounds
in Iceland are another landmark of spring, and the Ballyconnell and
Raghley areas of Sligo are very reliable sites in late April/early May
to see this subspecies of the resident Pied Wagtail that breeds in
Ireland. |
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| 18th
April 2007 Ballyconnell Maugherow, Co. Sligo |
White
Wagtails on
beach,
flock of Golden Plover moulting into summer plumage
on pasture behind the
beach (S. Feeney) |
| 17th
April 2007 Raghley Point |
10 Sandwich Terns, 18 Bar-tailed godwits on beach (S. Feeney) |
| 16th
April 2007 Rathscanlon, Tubbercurry |
Willow Warbler singing (M. Casey) |
| 15th
April 2007 Drum, Ballygawley |
Chiffchaff singing (S. Feeney) |
| 14th
April 2007 Ballyconnell, Maugherow |
Nesting
Fulmar, also Raven's
nest with four well-grown young
(S.
Feeney) |
| 13th
April 2007 Tubbercurry |
2 Swallows (M.Casey) |
| 6th
April 2007 Lough Gara, Co. |
Displaying
Goldeneye, three
Whooper Swans (J.
Gallagher) |
| 6th
April 2007 Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon |
2
Shoveler, 8 Whooper Swans,
2 Shelduck on wetland outside Ballaghaderreen,
Co. Roscommon (J.Gallagher) |
| 5th
April 2007 Glencarbury, Dartry |
At
least one Peregrine
Falcon, two Chough seen
in flight, also
four Wheatears seen at an altitude of 1500 feet (S.Feeney) |
| 5th
April 2007 Aughris Head |
6 Rock
Doves seen (S.Feeney) |
| 4th
April 2007 Garravogue Sligo |
4 Sand
Martins flying
along river downstream of |
| 4th
April 2007 Lough Arrow |
(Update |
| 2nd
April 2007 Parkes' Castle, Lough Gill |
2
Swallows (P. Keogh) |
| 2nd
April 2007 Hollymount, Co. Mayo |
A
Starling found dead in a
private garden in a rural area was found to have
a Lithuanian ring (B. Hession) |
| 2nd
April 2007 Ballyconnell |
Dark-bellied
Brent present
with approx 45 Light-Bellied Brent (M.Casey, S.Feeney) |