August 2005 Sightings
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Late August 2005 Raghley Point
Heard Corncrake and saw Fieldfares (R De Souza, report received 4/9/07)
23.08.05 Cartron Point, Sligo Harbour
3 Eurasian Wigeon, the first birds of the large flocks that winter in Sligo Bay
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| Images © Will Woodrow 2005 | |
| 24th August 2005: Sabine's Gulls rarely come close inshore, except in favourable
weather conditions during their autumn passage. These superb photos
are actually of a bird photographed by Will Woodrow off Kilcummin head
in Mayo, which is across Killala Bay from Enniscrone. |
24.08.05 Easky Point, Co. Sligo
Sabine’s Gull
31.08.05 Quay St Car Park, Sligo Harbour
A metal-ringed Common Gull, originally ringed as a nestling at a breeding colony on Loch Tarff in the Scottish Highlands, has returned to Sligo Harbour for the third consecutive autumn. This bird's ring, ET 47509, was read using a telescope
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| Image © Will Woodrow 2005 | |
| 31st August 2005: Little Gulls are quite rare on the west coast. The top photo
provides an excellent comparison with the more common and superficially
similar Black-headed Gull |
31.08.05 Derk, Dromard, Co. Sligo
1 Winter Plumaged Little Gull.
31.08.05 Ballisodare Quarry, Ballisodare, Co. Sligo
1 Ruff, 14 Ringed Plovers.