September 2006 Sightings
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30.09.06 Ballisodare Estuary
A first winter Mediterranean Gull was present on the 10th September (D. Breen)
30.09.06 Streamstown, Ballisodare
Four swallows, one wheatear, good numbers of Curlew and Oystercatcher - the winter visitors well established, the last of the summer ones almost gone.......
29.09.06 Ballyconnell
Kestrel and Peregrine Falcon
26.09.06 Ballyconnell Strand
Curlew Sandpiper with small group of Dunlin
24.09.06 Carraroe, Sligo Town
Flock of Hooded Crows and Rooks mobbing a Common Buzzard, just east of dual carriageway, south of Carraroe roundabout, near Molly Fulton's pub (M. Casey)
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| Images © Mícheál Casey 2006 | ||
| 20th September 2006: This otter was watvhed for almost half an hour as it fished in Cartron Marsh. Although Otter numbers appear to have staibilised after several decades of decline, very few town centres have Otters on their doorstep. | ||
20.09.06 Bartragh Island, Moy Estuary
Hen Harrier (M. Gawley)
20.09.06 Enniscrone
several Red-throated and Great Northern Divers in summer plumage (M. Gawley)
20.09.06 Moy Estuary, near Enniscrone
200+ Wigeon (M. Gawley)
19.09.06 Streamstown, Ballisodare
1 little Egret, 3 Black-tailed godwits (N Mugan)
19.09.06 Standalone Point, Sligo Harbour
3 Curlew Sandpiper (N Mugan)
15.09.06 Ballisodare Bay
Curlew Sandpiper with 15 Dunlin (M. Bell)
15.09.06 Strandhill
Long-eared Owl (N Mugan)
15.09.06 Raghley Point
Flock of 22 Linnet, mostly juveniles (M. Casey)
14.09.06 Sligo Harbour (Cartron Marsh)
350+ Redshank, 120+ Curlew, 5 Black-tailed Godwit and two Sandwich Terns at Cartron bus stop on the high tide (M. Casey)
8.09.06 - 30.09.06 Termon Hill, Mullet Peninsula, Co Mayo
2nd Winter female Snowy Owl (D. McLoughlin) A superb sight and well worth the trip
- see Michael Davis's marvellous photos at: Birdsireland.com Snowy Owl Gallery
10.09.06 Easkey
- 1 juvenile Mediterranean Gull, 1 Little Stint (N Mugan)
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| Images © Mícheál Casey 2006 | |
| 6th September 2006: This Black-headed Gull touched down briefly at the Fish Quay in Sligo Harbour before disappearing, and this has proven to be the only sighting of this bird which was ringed as a nestling on Gull island in Lough Mask Co. mayo in June. Relatively few of the 270+ Black-headed gulls ringed on that island have been re-sighted since. Any sightings of gulls with coloured/ numbered rings should be reported to the project co-ordinator, Eoin McGreal. |
05.09.06 Sligo Harbour (Quay)
- Ring-billed Gull (N Mugan)
03.09.06 Roskeeragh Point, Mullaghmore
- Arctic Skua (N Mugan)