February 2004 Sightings

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29.02.04 Cartron Marsh
1 Black Brant
1 Iceland Gull

 

Iceland Gull Iceland Gull
Images © Mícheál Casey 2004
February 2004:  Iceland Gulls are becoming an increasingly common sighting in Sligo during the winter, the bird on the left was seen feeding in a freshly ploughed field in Raghley, while the bird on the right frequented the docks and the lower reaches of the Garravogue River

27.02.04 Garravogue River  

1W Iceland gull

27.02.04 Ballygawley Lake
5 Whooper Swans
11 Goldeneye
 
26.02.04 Mullaghmore
3 Scaup
 
25.02.04 Cartron Bay
1 Iceland Gull
 
24.02.04 Rosses Point
5 Long-tailed Ducks

24.02.04  Cartron Marsh
1 Iceland Gull
 
22.02.04 Raghley

1W Iceland gull

19.02.04 Rosses Point
3 Slavonian Grebes
11 Red-throated Divers
16 Great Northern Divers
11 Long-tailed Ducks
230 Common Scoters

 
Female Brambling Male Brambling
Images © Mícheál Casey 2004
18th February 2004:  The presence of a flock of Bramblings at Lissadell has been one of the highpoints of the winter and has provided a good opportunity to get familiar with a bird which is infrequently seen in Sligo.  The male (right) has a darker head and is more brightly coloured than the female (left), differences which will be accentuated as the breeding season approaches and the buffish tips wear off the male's head feathers, to reveal the mainly black body of the feathers underneath.

18.02.04 Lissadell
4 Brambling

18.02.04 Carrowmore Ponds
1 Pochard
1 Jack Snipe
 
17.02.04 Ballast Quay, Sligo
15 Snipe
Cartron Marsh
1 Iceland Gull
 
15.02.04 Cartron Marsh
1 Black Brant
1 Iceland Gull
1 Ring-billed Gull (adult)
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gibraltar Point
2 Chough
 
14.02.04 Cartron Marsh
1 Black Brant
1 Iceland Gull


Pink-footed Goose Pink-footed Geese
Images © Mícheál Casey 2004
14th February 2004:  Two Pink-footed Geese grazing with the 1400-strong Barnacle Goose flock at Ballyconnell today

14.02.04 Ballintemple
2 Pink-footed Geese
1400 Barnacle Geese

14.02.04 Rosses Point
Velvet Scoter
15 Red-throated Divers
 
13.02.04 Cartron Marsh
1 Black Brant
1 Iceland Gull
1 Ring-billed Gull

13.02.04 Rosses Point
7 Velvet Scoters

13.02.04 Truskmore Mountain
1 Golden Eagle (from Glenveagh reintroduction programme)
 
12.02.04 Cartron Marsh
 1 Black Brant
 1 Iceland Gull (faded first winter)