February 2004 Sightings
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29.02.04 Cartron Marsh
1 Black Brant
1 Iceland Gull
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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)