May 2005 Sightings
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27.05.05 Cartron Marsh
1 Iceland Gull
1 Red-throated Diver
44 Bar-Tailed Godwits
24.05.05 Tubbercurry
1 Spotted Flycatcher
24.05.05 IT Sligo
1 Sedge Warbler
22.05.05 Mullaghmore
1 Whooper Swan
2 Red-breasted Mergansers
21.05.05 IT Sligo
1 Kingfisher
20.05.05 IT Sligo
1 Redpoll
18.05.05 IT Sligo
1 Redpoll
17.05.05 Colgagh Lough
1 Great Crested Grebe
3 Little Grebes
4 Tufted Ducks
17.05.05 Doon Lough, County Leitrim
2 Common Sandpipers
17.05.05 IT Sligo
1 Redpoll
17.05.05 Ballyconnell
2 Whooper Swans
2 Black Guillemots
3 White Wagtails
1 Wheatear (Greenland subspecies)
The two Whooper Swans seen were probably late migrants.
Greenland Wheatears move through County Sligo in spring and autumn to their breeding grounds in Iceland, Greenland and northeast Canada. They are most obvious in spring when they can seperated from "our" Wheatears by the much darker and extensive ochre on their breast. Seen on the 13.05.05.
12.04.05 Ballyconnell
Whimbrel
White Wagtail
Several White Wagtails are still present along the northern coastline of County Sligo.
11.04.05 Hazelwood
3 Blackcaps
1 Treecreeper
2 Jays
10.04.05 Mullaghmore
1 Whooper Swan
1 Cuckoo
5 Sedge Warblers
06.05.05 Cartron Inner Bay
1 Iceland Gull (first winter)
04.05.05 Mullaghmore
2 Pink-footed Geese
1 Swift
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Sedge Warbler
1 Grasshopper Warbler
The Pink-footed Goose were seen for a few minutes at Lake 3, before flying off in the direction of Donegal.
03.05.05 IT Sligo
1 Redpoll