Below the list I presented the other day - this is obviously provisional and unofficial but if there are any other additions or corrections please post them. Several barn owl sightings mentioned. Also to note that Gerry had the dowitcher and a little stint at Dundalk Harbour on Wednesday.
Bird Review 2006
County Louth
Draft
January
5th January - Albino hooded crow – Marsh Road - ?
8th January - Mealy Redpoll – Cruisetown - Gerry O'Neill
18th January - Twite - Soldiers Point - John Gallagher
28th January – Ring-necked Duck - Mell quarry - ?
Feb
5th Feb - Twite – Seabank – Sandra McKeever et al
18th Feb - Twite, Shore Road - Breffni Martin
4th Feb – Long-tailed Ducks – Salterstown - Enda Flynn
19th Feb - Hen Harrier – Cruisetown - ?
26th Feb - Barnacle Goose - Lurgangreen - ?
28th Feb - Slavonian Grebe - Annagassan - visiting UK birder
March
12th March - Black Redstart - Greenore - Joe Devlin
14th March - White Wagtails - Soldiers Point - visiting UK birder
19th March - Franklins Gull - Cruisetown - Don Hodgers
19th March - Ring-billed Gull - Cruisetown - Paul Kelly
19th March - Little Gull – Cruisetown – Peter Phillips
26th March – Long-tailed Ducks - Hermitage - Enda Flynn
28th March – Brambling – Termonfeckin – Susan McKeever
April
2nd April - White Wagtail & Slavonion Grebe - Hermitage – Don Hodgers
9th April - Dark-bellied Brent – Balaggan – Joe Devlin
9th April - Dark-bellied Brent Annagassin - Gerry O'Neill
12th April - Slavonian grebes - Blackrock - Oscar Merne
16th April – Dark-bellied Brent – Cruisetown – Don Hodgers
20th April – Eastern Jackdaw – Avenue Road – Gerry O’Neill
21 April - Greenland Wheatears, White Wags, Eastern Jackdaw - Balaggan - ??
22 April - Yellow Wag - Hermitage – Enda Flynn
23rd April - 39 White Wagtails – Draghanstown – Don Hodgers
29 April - dark phase Artic Skua - Hermitage – Enda Flynn
30 April – Black-throat Diver – Hermitage - Enda Flynn
May
1st May – Eider Ducks Greenore – Don Hodgers
7 May – Crossbills, Woodcock, Gropper - Mulahattan – Enda Flynn
11th May – Little Egrets nesting Beaulieu – Sandra McKeever
15 May - Osprey - Seabank - Gerry O'Neill
19 May - Little Stint - Templetown – Breffni Martin
23 May - Little gulls and hen harrier - Dundalk docks – Gerry O’Neill
25 May - Spotted Flycatchers – Hermitage - Freddie Vernon
28 May - Arctic Skua - Hermitage - Freddie Vernon
June
9th June – Yellow-legged Gull - Lurgangreen – Gerry O’Neill
11th June - Ruddy Shelduck - Lurgangreen - ?
28th June - Spotted Flycatcher - Avenue Road Dundalk – Don Hodgers
July
13th Jul – Barn Owl – Tom Bellow Ave Dundalk – Derek Waters
31st Jul - Green Sandpipers - Dundalk harbour – Breffni Martin
August
13th August - 6 Arctic Skuas - Seabank – Enda Flynn
17th Aug - Hobby - Rathcor – Don Hodgers
19th Aug – Yellow-legged Gull - Lurgangreen – Enda Flynn
20th Aug – Osprey fly-by – Lurgangreen – Enda Flynn
26th Aug - Osprey - Lurgangreen – Enda Flynn
27th Aug - Wood Sandpiper - Hermitage - Freddie Vernon
29th Aug – Black Tern – Hermitge – Paul Kelly
31st Aug - Yellow-legged Gull – Cruisetown - Breffni
September
10th Sept – Sabine’s Gull – Baltry - ?
11th Sept - Little Stint - Cruistown – Breffni Martin
14th Sept - Curlew Sandpers - Dundalk Harbour – Breffni Martin
15th Sept – Curlew Sandpiper – Baltray – Margaret Reilly
29th Sept - Curlew Sandpiper - Baltry - Sandra Mckeever
Seawatching records for Aug, Sept off Clogher Head and Shelling Hill include several arctic skuas, a few bonxies, a few sooty shearwaters, a few med shearwaters, many manxies + storm petrels.
October
1st Oct - Male Surf Scoter - Cruisetown - ?
1st Oct - Med gull, Curlew sand & Spotted Redshank - Seabank - ?
8th Oct - Forsters Tern – Cruisetown – Don Hodgers
14th Oct – White-rumped Sandpiper – Lurgangreen – Eamonn Larrissey
24th Oct – Short-eared Owl – Clogher – Peter Phillips
November
5th Nov – Black-throated diver - Cruisetown – Enda Flynn
9th Nov - Slavonian grebes – Cruiestown – Sandra McKeever
11th Nov – Green-wing Teal - Dundalk harbour – Dick Coombes
12th Nov - 2 Velvet Scoter - Cruisetown - ?
13th Nov - 6 Slavonian Grebes - Cruisetown – Sandra McKeever
15th Nov - Black Brand - Carlingford - Breffni
19th Nov - 5 Eider – Hermitage - Sandra, Margaret & Tommy
25th Nov - Purple Sandpiper - Balaggan Point - Breffni
December
2nd Dec - White Billed Diver – Hermitage – Larry Lenihan
11th Dec - Iceland Gull - Clogher – Gerry O’Neill
18th Dec - Goosander - Giles quay – Breffni Martin
24 Dec - Hen Harrier - Dunany - Sandra
31 Dec - Hen Harrier – Lurgangreen – Margaret
Nov/Dec – Barn Owl - Alphonsos Rd/Belfry Ave Dundalk - Gareth McSherry