June2009

Date	Species	Photo	Number	Site	Observer	Remarks

30 June 2009	Swift		c 20	Sligo Town	Seamus Feeney
24 June 2009	Whooper Swan		2	Bunduff Lake	Marius Breen	Long-staying non-flyer and another Whooper seen
24 June 2009	Common Sandpier		1	Ballysadare Estuary	Martin Enright	opposite Silver Falls apartment building
24 June 2009	Long-eared Owl		1	near Lough Gill	Sandie McCanny	Two juveniles being fed by adult
23 June 2009	Common Tern		c. 50	Lough Gill	Séamus Feeney, Mícheál Casey	c. 50 adults were seen in the vicinity of a traditional breeding colony
19 June 2009	Tree Sparrow		1	Raghly	Declan Skehan	Near the harbour
19 June 2009	Manx Shearwater		200	Lenadoon Point, Inishcrone	Séamus Feeney	c. 200 Manx Shearwater, were feeding in a circuit that took them east and west of Lenadoon Pt. At times in a group of c. 100
19 June 2009	Sooty Shearwater		2	Lenadoon Point, Inishcrone	Séamus Feeney	During a seawatch from 1000 - 1430 hrs.
19 June 2009	Great Skua		4	Lenadoon Point, Inishcrone	Séamus Feeney	Includes a pair, seen during a seawatch from 1000 - 1430 hrs.
19 June 2009	Arctic Skua		2	Lenadoon Point, Inishcrone	Séamus Feeney	A pair, seen during a seawatch from 1000 - 1430 hrs.
19 June 2009	Storm Petrel		8	Lenadoon Point, Inishcrone	Séamus Feeney	During a seawatch from 1000 - 1430 hrs.
19 June 2009	Puffin		7	Lenadoon Point, Inishcrone	Séamus Feeney	In one group, during a seawatch from 1000 - 1430 hrs.
19 June 2009	Common Scoter		6	Lenadoon Point, Inishcrone	Séamus Feeney	During a seawatch from 1000 - 1430 hrs.
19 June 2009	Buzzard		1	near Beltra	Séamus Feeney	Hunting
18 June 2009	Whinchat		4	Near Ballinagare, Co. Roscommon	Declan Skehan	Adult and three juveniles
18 June 2009	Tree Sparrow		3	Raghly	Mícheál Casey	Two juveniles and an adult near the harbour. A Stoat was carrying prey (a mouse) along road nearby
17 June 2009	Tree Sparrow		1	Raghly	Mícheál Casey	Seen briefly but clearly at the very tip of the headland, near the harbour.
16 June 2009	Jay		1	Union Foods, Ballygawley	Séamus Feeney	Also a Common Whitethroat singing nearby
15 June 2009	Spotted Flycatcher		2	Markree Estate, Collooney	Declan Skehan	A pair seen at the bridge on the main avenue, where a pair has been seen for the past three years
10 June 2009	Common Sandpiper		1	Lough Gill	Paul Keogh	Also a Pine Marten seen near Dromahair on the same day
9 June 2009	Wheatear		2	Coney Island, Sligo Harbour	Shaun Connor	Male Wheatear and young juvenile seen adjacent to rabbit burrows on Coney Island (probable nesting site) (Shaun Connor)
9 June 2009	Spotted Flycatcher		1	near Dromahair, Co. Leitrim	Paul Keogh
9 June 2009	Kingfisher		1	Lough Gill	Paul Keogh
6 June 2009	Arctic Skua		1	Cooanmore Point, Easkey	Séamus Feeney	One dark phase bird, 39 Manx Shearwaters and good numbers of Gannets and Fulmars seen in a 2-hour seawatch
5 June 2009	Whooper Swan		2	Lough Ree, Co. Roscommon	Joe Donaldson	On Roscommon side, west of Lanesboro.
5 June 2009	Goldeneye		4	Lough Ree, Co. Roscommon	Joe Donaldson	All males. On Roscommon side, west of Lanesboro.
4 June 2009	Whimbrel		1	Rathscanlan, Tobercurry	Mícheál Casey	One heard calling as it flew over near midnight
3 June 2009	Tree Sparrow		1	Old village, Aughris Head	Mícheál Casey
2 June 2009	Corncrake		4	Oyster Island, Sligo Harbour	Tim Gordon	I heard 4 corncrakes on Oyster, one in the eastern enclosure, one 100m east of Bruen’s enclosure, one on the west wall of Bruen’s enclosure, near the house – these three all on the Rosses Point side of the island - and I think one on the other side, on or near the south wall of Bruen’s enclosure. There’s seems not to be one on Coney, and I didn’t find any in the usual spots between Raghly Point and Knocklane. I hope to get onto Oyster one night in the next few weeks to confirm last night’s records. I’ve had no reports from anyone else in Sligo so far. Good numbers in Mayo, more than last year, but slightly fewer so far in Connemara. Keep an ear out for other birds – there must be more out there! Tim Gordon
1 June 2009	Long-eared Owl		1	N4, Sligo Town	Conor McElhinney	Flew across main road between Sumerhill College and the Caltragh exit
1 June 2009	Common Tern		4	Doorly Park, Sligo Town	John McEvoy	Heading upriver, towards Lough Gill

June 2009 Sightings