Sligo Gulls - February 2009
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Images  ©  Mícheál Casey, Declan Skehan 2009
11th February 2009: The sharp-eyed Séamus Feeney has contacted the site to point out that the Mediterranaean Gull seen at Riverside on the 9th is a diiferent bird to the one seen a few hundred metres upstream at Doorly Park that day.  Seamus spotted that the one at Doorly Park (bottom and centre left images) has been around for a while, the Riverside bird (top and centre right images is a new bird, with more black in its 'mask' and some differences in bill pattern


Mediterranean Gull
Mediterranena Gull
Images  ©  Mícheál Casey 2009
9th February 2009  The adult Mediterranean Gull at Doorly Park today

Mediterranean Gull
Mediterranena Gull
Images  ©  Declan Skehan 2009
8th February 2009  The adult Mediterranean Gull at Doorly Park today


2w Glaucous Gull
2w Glaucous Gull
Images  ©  Mícheál Casey 2009
7th February 2009  Second-winter Glaucous Gull, Ben Bulben in the background in the top image



Glaucous Gull - Adult
Adult Glaucous Gull
Images  ©  Mícheál Casey 2009
7th February 2009  Adult Glaucous Gull at Deepwater Quay, Sligo Harbour



1w Iceland Gull
1w Iceland Gull
1w Iceland Gull
Images  ©  Mícheál Casey 2009
7th February 2009  Iceland Gull, aso at the Deepwater Quay, Sligo Harbour.  This seems to be the same bird photographed by John Murphy (below)


 First-winter Iceland Gull
Image  ©  John Murphy 2009
5th February 2009  First-winter Iceland Gull, Deepwater Quay, Sligo Harbour
The gulls continued to make the most of the fishmeal debris after a cargo was loaded onto a bulk carrier this week

Black-headed Gull
Image  ©  Kevin Murray 2009
6th February 2009  Adult Black-headed Gull, Sligo Harbour


Little Gull
Little Gull
Little Gull 1w
Images  ©  Declan Skehan 2009 
6th February 2009: Little Gull at Cartron sewage outfall, Sligo Harbour

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Ring-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Images  ©  Declan Skehan 2009 
5th February 2009:   Ring-billed Gull at the Deepwater Quay, Sligo Harbour.

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First-winter Glaucous
Images  ©  Declan Skehan 2009 
6th February 2009: First-winter Glaucous Gull at Deepwater Quay, Sligo Harbour

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Second-winter Glaucous Gull
Second-winter Glaucous Gull
Images  ©  Declan Skehan 2009 
5th February 2009: Second winter Glaucous Gull at Deepwater Quay, Sligo Harbour

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Adult Glaucous Gull
Adult Glaucous Gull
Images  ©  Declan Skehan 2009 
5th February 2009:  Adult Glaucous Gull at Deepwater Quay, Sligo Harbour

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1w Little Gull
1w Little Gull
1w Little Gull
1w Little Gull
1w Little Gull
Images  ©  Mícheál Casey 2009 
2nd February 2009: First winter Little Gull at Cartron Sewage Outfall

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Second-winter Glaucous Gull
Second-winter Glaucous Gull
Images  ©  Declan Skehan 2009 
1st February 2009:  Second-winter Glaucous Gull at the Cartron sewage outfall.

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