June 2010 Sightings

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Image © Ulrike Schwier 2010

2nd June 2010: Robin carrying food to young at Raghly.

Sligobirding.com Corncrake reports.......... the 2010 tally to date:

8 reports so far this season in the Sligo/Leitrim/North Roscommon area

It seems likely that some of these reports may refer to a single bird moving around (e.g. the two reports from Sligo harbour may refer to a single bird, and the two reports from Drumcliff Bay may refer to another)

*Date*	*Number*	*Site*	*Reported by*
30 May 2010	2	Kintogher, Rathcormack	J. Mulvey via Gerard Scott
19 May 2010	2	Oyster Island, Sligo Harbour	Ciarán Davis
23 May 2010	1	Knocknarea, Strandhill	Des McConville
22 May 2010	1	Cliffoney Village	Charlie Harkin
19 May 2010	2	Oyster Island, Sligo Harbour	Ciarán Davis
18 May 2010	1	Rathosey, Coolaney	Micheál Gorman
15 May 2010	1	Creevykeel, Mullaghmore	John Barry via Joe Doolan of Irishbirding.com
12 May 2010	1	Oyster Island, Sligo Harbour	Ciarán Davis
Date unknown	1	Strandhill	via Tim Gordon, Corncrake Fieldworker
Date unknown	1	Tommie's Island, Sligo Harbour	via Tim Gordon, Corncrake Fieldworker
6 May 2010	1	Lissadell	Jean Dunleavy
3 May 2010	1	Lower Rosses	Seán McGinty via Tim Gordon
17 May 2010	1	Altagowlan, Arigna, Co. Roscommon	via Declan Skehan
18 May 2010	1	Conray, Glencar, Co Leitrim	via Tim Gordon, Corncrake Fieldworker

Corncrake Fieldworker Tim Gordon comments (28/5/2010).

"Nationally, at the moment there are 37 to 38 in NW Donegal, including 18 or 19 on Inishbofin, the most here in many years. There’s at least one in the Shannon Callows. There are at least 19 in Erris (22 last year), three in SW Mayo (nine last year) and six or seven in Connemara (11 last year), so in the West, at the moment Sligo is the only area looking to have an increase in crakes"

Date	Species	Photo	Number	Site	Observer	Remarks

22 June 2010	Corncrake		1	Kintogher, Rathcormack	Vonna & David Gunnne	Calling
22 June 2010	Wheatear		2	Easky	John Foss
13 June 2010	Corncrake		1	Kintogher, Rathcormack	Tim Gordon
13 June 2010	Osprey		1	Lough Melvin, Co. Leitrim	E. Wilson and M. Finney via Marius Breen.
12 June 2010	Ringed Plover		3	Collooney Business Park	Séamus Feeney	A pair bred successfully on waste ground
12 June 2010	Peregrine Falcon		1	Annagh, Castlebaldwin	Séamus Feeney, Ryan Wilson-Parr, Siobhán Ryan	Soaring at a great height
12 June 2010	Common Buzzard		1	Ladies' Brae, Coolaney	Mícheál Casey
12 June 2010	Whinchat		1	Ladies' Brae, Coolaney	Mícheál Casey	Still present, singing.
12 June 2010	Sparrowhawk		1	Breeogue, Strandhill	Trevor Hunter	Male sparrowhawk carrying off blackbird , stopped twice on the road carrying prey struggling before disappearing over a hedge. Prey was most the same size as the little male sparrowhawk.
11 June 2010	Common Buzzard		1	Beltra	Séamus Feeney
11 June 2010	Great Skua		1	Lenadoon Point, Rathlee, Easky	Séamus Feeney
11 June 2010	Storm Petrel		1	Lenadoon Point, Rathlee, Easky	Séamus Feeney
7 June 2010	Tree Sparrow		1	Easky	Robin Burnhams	In private garden
8 June 2010	Cuckoo		1	Ballintogher	O. McCarrick	With a distinctively individual call
8 June 2010	Wheatear		1	Ballintogher	O. McCarrick
8 June 2010	Razorbill		c. 50	Aughris Head	Robin Burnhams
8 June 2010	Common Guillemot		c. 50	Aughris Head	Robin Burnhams
8 June 2010	Black Guillemot		2	Aughris Head	Robin Burnhams
7 June 2010	Raven		2	Near Lavagh	Conor McElhinney	Two moulting birds seen soaring.
7 June 2010	Kingfisher		1	Owenmore River, Collooney	Conor McElhinney	Opposite Owenmore View on the old Galway road just past the railway bridge.
7 June 2010	Peregrine Falcon		1	Rathscanlon, Tobercurry	Mícheál Casey
6 June 2010	Grey Heron		1	Finlough Lake, Kilvarnet, Ballinacarrow	Conor McElhinney	Heron seen catching a Pike - took 20mins to swallow it!
6 June 2010	Mute Swan		2	Finlough Lake, Kilvarnet, Ballinacarrow	Conor McElhinney	Pair on nest
6 June 2010	Moorhen		8	Finlough Lake, Kilvarnet, Ballinacarrow	Conor McElhinney	4 Moorhen chicks,and 4 adult birds seen
6 June 2010	Mallard		13	Finlough Lake, Kilvarnet, Ballinacarrow	Conor McElhinney	2 female Mallard, with set of 6 and 5 ducklings each
6 June 2010	Common Coot		10	Finlough Lake, Kilvarnet, Ballinacarrow	Conor McElhinney	4 Coot chicks, 6 adult birds seen, one on a nest
6 June 2010	Common Whitethroat		3	Carramore/Ransboro area	Trevor Hunter	A total of 6 (including these 3) heard on a cycle from Ransboro around L Gill
6 June 2010	Grasshopper Warbler		1	Ballymote	John Cozens via irishbirding.com
6 June 2010	Common Cuckoo		1	Dooneen Wood, Warren Way, Inishcrone	John Cozens via irishbirding.com
6 June 2010	Common Cuckoo		1	Dooneen Wood, Warren Way, Inishcrone	Mervyn Gawley	Not heard in this particular area for 30 years
5 June 2010	Great Crested Grebe		1	Aughamore, Lough Gill	Declan Harte
4 June 2010	Common Cuckoo		1	The Inishes, Ballysadare Bay	Ann Marie Ellison , Michael Harte via Trevor Hunter
4 June 2010	Common Cuckoo		1	Lough Bo	Trevor Hunter
4 June 2010	Common Cuckoo		1	Hazelwood Shore, Lough Gill	Conor & Ruth McElhinney	Heard calling twice from outside the Waterfront on promenade in Rosses Point at 8:30pm.
4 June 2010	Common Sandpiper		3	Hazelwood Shore, Lough Gill	Beatrice MacDonald
2 June 2010	White-tailed Eagle		1	Monasteraden	Jessamine O'Connor and Denise O'Reilly	Over Lough Gara, almost certainly 'Male Star' who is a long-staying visitor to the lake.
2 June 2010	Blackcap		2-3	Near Carrownagh, Ballygawley	Robin Burnhams
2 June 2010	Common Sandpiper		2	Lough Lumman, Ballygawley	Robin Burnhams
1 June 2010	Common Sandpiper		3	White's Bay, Lough Gill	Declan Feeney
1 June 2010	Tree Sparrow		1	Raghly	Declan Feeney	Juvenile
1 June 2010	Hen Harrier		1	Maugherow area	Declan Feeney	Ringtail, being mobbed by crows